Min Rs 500 Consultation fee for MBBS, Rs 750 for Specialists: Doctors demand revision CGHS rates
New Delhi: Rejecting the ongoing Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) rates, doctors have called for their immediate revision, stating that there should be dignity of pay for doctors in the government empaneled schemes. Rejecting the Rs 150 consultation and delayed payments under these schemes, doctors demanded that there should be differential consultation changes for generalists and specialists and minimum consultation changes under CGHS should be set at Rs 500
A General Body Meeting of the Hospitals and Clinical Establishments Board, National Medical Forum was held at 72 Ansari Road , Daryaganj . It was also attended by all the representative organization like DMA ,Nursing Home Forum , Association of Healthcare providers India (AHPI) ,Voluntary Hospitals Forum and Others.
It was unanimously released that the charges for consultation provided by the CGHS and other empanelled organizations is extremely low, not compatible to the amount of responsibility being carried out by the physician in writing the prescription. Rupees 300 as a indoor consultation and rupees 150 as a outdoor consultation are an insult to the professionals who are accepting this merger amount, the doctors said.
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