CGHS Facilities

Press Information Bureau
Government of India

   CGHS Facilities

   CGHS is basically providing the dispensary services through its Wellness Centres manned by the General Duty Medical Officers. However, CGHS also provides the services of medical specialists through the Polyclinics and Central Government hospitals. In addition, the CGHS medical specialists also visit designated dispensaries on stipulated days in each week to provide medical consultation to the beneficiaries. Due to shortage of specialists in CGHS it is practically not feasible and financially viable to provide Specialist facilities in each CGHS Wellness Centre. Moreover, CGHS is also engaging contractual specialists against the vacant posts of specialists to provide the medical consultation services to its beneficiaries. CGHS has a dedicated wing of specialists at the Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi for its beneficiaries. The CGHS beneficiaries are also allowed to consult specialists at Dr. RML Hospital and other Government hospitals in NCR in respective specialties. In addition, CGHS has empanelled a large number of private hospitals to provide inpatient medical care to its beneficiaries on the advice of Government specialists.

Administrative Functioning of CGHS Unani

        Central Government Health Scheme provides the healthcare facilities to its beneficiaries predominantly in the Allopathic system of medicine as per their demand. AYUSH system of medicine is a very small component under CGHS. The Unani system is an even smaller component of AYUSH. There are 10 small units of Unani system consisting of one or two Unani doctors and pharmacists attached to main CGHS Wellness Centres in Delhi, Kolkata, Lucknow, Hyderabad and Bangalore.

CGHS Wellness Centre.

   X-ray machines have been installed in some dispensaries/Poly clinics/ First Aid Posts in the following cities:

Name of City	No. of total machines	No. of machine working
Bangalore	1	1
Chennai	2	1
Jaipur	1	0
Hyderabad	1	1
Mumbai	1	1
Kolkata	1	0
Delhi	4	2
Total	11	6

CGHS beneficiaries may contact CGHS HELP DESK by phone for Information about CGHS and for Grievances.

CGHS HELP DESK NEW DELHI - PHONE NUMBERS :

   CGHS beneficiaries may contact CGHS HELP DESK by phone for Information about CGHS and for Grievances

   CGHS HELP DESK operates on all working days from 8A.M. to 8 P.M.

   Tel No. 011-23387803

   Medical officers on emergency duty at the following Wellness Centers shall attend to queries from callers between 8 PM to 8 AM and on Sundays and Gazetted holidays.

   1. South Avenue Wellness Centre, 153, South Avenue, New Delhi-11 Telephone No. 23013490

   2. North Avenue Wellness Centre, 31, North Avenue, New Delhi-1, Telephone No. 23094420

   3. Zakir Husain Road Wellness Centre, CGHS Building, Dr. Z.H.Road, New Delhi Telephone No. 23383724

   4. Telegraph Lane Wellness Centre, 18-E, Telegraph Lane, New Delhi Telephone No. 23326601

   5. Kirigsways Camp Wellness Centre, CGHS Disp, KWC No. 60, New Police Line, Kingsway Camp, Delhi Telephone No.27459411

   6. Tim arpur Wellness Centre, Lancer Road, Tim arpur, Delhi. Telephone No. 23813808

Source : http://msotransparent.nic.in/cghsnew/index.asp

CGHS Facilities Enchanced for PIB Accredited Media Persons.

   CGHS Facilities Enchanced for PIB Accredited Media Persons

   The Government of India has liberalized the Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) facilities for PIB accredited media persons. All facilities available to the PIB accredited journalists will now also be available to their eligible dependent family members.

   The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has streamlined the procedure making it easier for media persons to avail of facilities in empanelled private and Government hospitals. Media persons can now get OPD consultation from any Government hospital and procure the medicines through the concerned CGHS Wellness Centres. Media persons can also get treatment at any of the empanelled hospitals on the basis of the CGHS card issued to them. Empanelled hospitals will charge only the CGHS rates for the facilities for which they are empanelled.

   The necessity of permission letter for investigations has been done away with and CGHS beneficiaries can get investigations done at empanelled diagnostic labs on the basis of advice of CGHS doctors/Government specialists. The Ministry has already issued orders in this regard on 1.1.2013. However, journalists will have to pay for the investigations at the CGHS rates and no reimbursement is permitted. Under these rules, the journalists can also go to any empanelled hospital during any emergency.

New Timings for CGHS Wellness Centres.

No: S.11030/55/2012-CGHS(P)
Government of India
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
Department of Health & Family Welfare

Maulana Azad Road, Nirman Bhawan
New Delhi 110 108 dated the 20th December, 2012

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject:- New Timings for CGHS Wellness Centres

   The undersigned is directed to state that with a view to improve the functioning of CGHS and ensure optimum utilization of available manpower resources, it has been decided to revise the timings of CGHS Wellness Centres from the present timings of 7.30 AM to 1.30 PM to the new timings of 9.00 AM to 4.00 PM.

   2. The CGHS Wellness Centres in New Delhi which are currently functional for 24 hours, will continue to function as usual in shifts.

   3. The diagnostic laboratories and yoga centres functioning in the CGHS Wellness Centres will open at 8.00 AM and close at 3.00 PM.