AIIMS Raipur inks MoU with Defence Ministry for health services to ex-servicemen
New Delhi: In a significant development aimed at enhancing healthcare services for ex-servicemen, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Raipur and the Ex-servicemen Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS) wing of the Ministry of Defence.
The agreement, inked during a ceremony at AIIMS Raipur, aims to facilitate ex-servicemen in availing health benefits at the facility in a "capless and cashless manner".
According to PTI, It was signed between the AIIMS-Raipur and the ECHS wing of Ministry of Defence, the senior official said.
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AIIMS Raipur becomes only the second AIIMS hospital to be empanelled with ECHS, following AIIMS Bhopal, underscoring the growing collaboration between premier medical institutions and the armed forces to cater to the healthcare needs of veterans.
This MoU will allow ex-servicemen to avail health benefits at the facility in a “capless and cashless manner”, a senior official said.
Lt Gen. Padam Singh Shekhawat, General Officer Commanding, Madhya Pradesh Area, expressed his happiness at empathising with AIIMS-R for ECHS. ''There are more than 9000 servicemen in Chhattisgarh and more than 21,000 dependents. With the empanelment of AIIMS-R, the ECHS has extended its services for all 30,000 beneficiaries in Chhattisgarh. AIIMS is an institute of national importance equipped with state-of-the-art medical facilities. Ex-servicemen will certainly get treatment with empathy in AIIMS from a dedicated medical fraternity, Now, there are 14 empaneled hospitals in Chhattisgarh, he said, news agency ANI reported.
The signing ceremony witnessed the presence of esteemed dignitaries including Lt Gen Padam Singh Shekhawat, General Officer Commanding, Madhya Bharat Area; Lt Gen (retd) Ashok Kumar Jindal, Executive Director AIIMS; Brigadier Jitendra Singh, Deputy Managing Director, ECHS; and Brig Aman Anand, Commander, Chhattisgarh and Odisha Sub Area, reaffirming the collective commitment to serving the healthcare needs of ex-servicemen.
