The Scheme would cater for medicare of all Ex-servicemen in receipt of pension, including disability/reservists pension and family pensioners, as also dependants to include wife/husband, legitimate children and wholly dependent parents, by establishing new Armed Forces Polyclinics and Augmented Armed Forces clinics at 227 stations spread across the country. The scheme will comprise as follows:- |
| ECHS NEWS LETTER : JANUARY 2009 |
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| 1 |
COST OF SMART CARD: RS 135 EACH WITH EFFECT FROM 1 APRIL 2009. |
| 2 |
NO OF MEMBERS: 9 LAKH OUT OF 27LAKHPENSIONERS AUTHORISED TO BECOME MEMBERS OF ECHS. |
| 3 |
TEMPORARY MOVE: IN CASE A MEMBER IS REQUIRED TO SHIFT TEMPORARILY TO ANOTHER LOCATION FOR
A SHORT DURATION NOT EXCEEDING SIX MONTHS, THE DEPENDENCY IS ALSO REQUIRED TO BE CHANGED TO
ANOTHER POLY CLINIC. FOR THIS, OBTAIN PERMSION FROM PARENT POLY CLINIC. |
| 4 |
REFERRAL: DURING NORMAL TIMES, FOR REFERRAL, GO TO YOUR DEPENDENT POLYCLINIC WHO WILL
REFER YOU TO NEAREST MILITARY HOSPITAL OR EMPANELLED CORPORATE HOSPITAL FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT. |
| 5 |
EMPANELLMENT OF HOSPITALS: 1124 PRIVATE HOSPITALS/NURSING HOMES/DIAGONSTIC CENTRES/DENTAL
CLINCIS/LABORATORIES HAVE BEEN EMPANELLED SO FAR. ANOTHER 150 PRIVATE HOSPITALS ARE UNDER PROCESS OF EMPANELLMENT. |
| 6 |
MEDICAL TREATMENT TO NON MEMBER PENSIONERS : NON MEMBER PENSIONERS WILL CONTINUE TO BE TREATED IN MILITARY HOSPITALS SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY OF BEDS AND FACILITIES. |
| 7 |
EXPANSION OF ECHS NETWORK :181 NEW ECSH POLYCLINICS AND 16 MOBILE POLYCLINICS ARE LIKELY TO BE APPROVED BY MINISTRY OF DEFENCE AT A COST OF RS 130 CRORES AND RS 44 CRORES RESPECTIVELY. |
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| a) |
ECHS would be a contributory scheme. On retirement, every service personnel will compulsorily become a member of ECHS by contributing his/her share and the schemeand the Scheme would be applicable for life time. Similarly, Ex-servicemen who have already retired can become members by making a one time contribution. There would be no restriction on age or medical condition. The one time contribution will be as follows:-
| Pension upto Rs.1500/- |
: Rs.1800/- |
| Pension between Rs.1501/- and Rs.3000/- |
: Rs.4800/- |
| Pension between Rs.3001/- and Rs.5000/- |
: Rs.8400/- |
| Pension between Rs.5001 and Rs.7500/- |
: Rs.12000/- |
| Pension Rs.7501/- and above |
: Rs.18000/- |
(War disabled pensioners are now exempted form payment of contribution for this scheme) |
| b) |
Retired personnel joining the scheme will forfeit the monthly medical allowance of Rs.100/- presently admissible to them and those who do not join the scheme would continue getting medical allowance as hithertofore. Such persons would not be entitled to any medical facility from Armed Forces Clinics/Hospitals or Polyclinics set up under the Scheme.
Details are available with:-
Regional Centre(ECHS)
C/o Station Headquarters
Roberts Road
Trimulgherry, Secunderabad |
| c) |
The following number of ex-servicemen and widows of ex-servicemen belonging to Andhra Pradesh have registered with ECHS Polyclinics :-
| i) |
Visakhapatnam |
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2,268 |
| ii) |
Kakinada |
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337 |
| iii) |
Vijayawada |
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375 |
| iv) |
Guntur |
- |
1,837 |
| v) |
Giddalur |
- |
685 |
| vi) |
Chittoor |
- |
621 |
| vii) |
Hyderabad |
- |
5,719 |
| viii) |
Secunderabad |
- |
6,735 |
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18,577 |
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| ECHS EMPANELLED HOSPITALS IN SECUNDERABAD |
TOP |
Sl.No. |
Name of the Hospital |
Address |
Telephone No. |
1. |
Yashoda Hospital |
SP Road, Secunderabad |
040-27713333 |
2. |
Yashoda Hospital |
Somajiguda,
Hyderabad |
040-23319999 |
3. |
KIMS Hospital |
Minister Road,
Hyderabad |
040-27814910 |
4. |
Global Hospital Ltd |
Lakdi-Ka-Pool,
Hyderabad |
040-23244444 |
5. |
Care Hospital, Road No.1 |
Banjara Hills,
Hyderabad |
040-23372424
040-55668888 |
6. |
Care Hospital |
Nampally,
Hyderabad |
040-55517777
040-24735465 |
7. |
Medwin Hospital |
Raghava Ratna Towers,
ChiragAli, Hyderabad |
040-23202902 |
8. |
Kamineni Hospital |
LB Nagar,
Hyderabad |
040-24022272 to 76 |
9. |
Indo- American Cancer Institute & Research Centre |
Banjara Hills,
Hyderabad |
040-23551235
040-23552766
040-25551231 |
10. |
Medinova Diagnostic Centre |
6-3-652, Kautilya,
Somajiguda, Hyderabad |
040-23311122
040-23311133 |
11. |
Nizam Institute of Medical Sciences |
Punjagutta
Hyderabad |
040-23320332 |
12. |
Army College of Dental Sciences |
Secunderabad |
040-27981650 |
13. |
Mediciti Hospital |
Hyderabad |
040-23231111 |
14. |
Elbit Medical Diagnostic Ltd |
Banjara Hills
Secunderabad |
040-23372731
040-23756740
040-23756741 |
15. |
Sai Vani Hospitals Ltd |
Domalguda
Hyderabad |
9849035636
92462899771 |
16. |
Dental Venue Multispeciality Hospital |
SP Road, Secunderabad |
9246352447
9246352447
9246359337
66312447 |
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