The very aim of instituting CGHS is defeated:

Dear Comrades,

On 25^th February, we have posted an article titled “80% CGHS drugs bought locally” in this website which you might have viewed.

Having gone through the said posting Dr.  M.A.Padmanabha Rao, Ph. D (AIIMS), (CGHS card P 015551, BEN ID: 878426), former Professor of Medical physics  (raomap@yahoo.com) has the following reactions. As a matter of special thanks to Dr. M A Padmanabha Rao, we would like to publish his comment as follows for information of all viewers.

CGHS – A HELL FOR THE NEEDY AND SICK PATIENTS

“Not only the question of drugs, as such the very aim of instituting CGHS is defeated at Delhi, particularly in Vikaspuri Branch and CGHS North Zone. Nursing and laboratory facilities are not available. Receipts are not given. The appointments in Geriatric Clinic (Medical) are given after two months. One clerk in Vikaspuri Branch attends office at will. No file moves normally. Patients are being harassed. Medical claims are being delayed for years or rejected on false grounds. One claim was paid after 2 yrs. Another claim for admission as emergency at Artemis Hospital, Gurgaon on 31 August 2009 for surgical intervention of Gall stone acute pancreatitis was rejected twice by CGHS North Zone office (Ref. 2892/10/CGHS/NZ/3/11/10, without seeking experts opinion. Doctors were rude in talking, when I submitted the file second time on 3/11/10 in CGHS (NZ). Additional Director told me Gall stone pancreatitis do not require emergency operation, while literature says it is life threatening and needs emergency treatment. He made the remark without seeing the condition of the patient! He also blamed the surgeon for operating the patient. He asked me to go to court for the claim, without going through the file. They say they refer such cases to surgical specialists, but their remarks are kept confidential. When literature says, it is life threatening condition and needs emergency treatment why should they refer the file to surgical specialists and reject it on false grounds. Ministry of Health should immediately improve the situation of these CGHS centers.”

By M.A.Padmanabha Rao, PhD (AIIMS),

(CGHS card P 015551, BEN ID: 878426)

Former Professor of Medical physics, raomap@yahoo.com