Question : HEALTH CARE OF DEFENCE EMPLOYEES

(a) whether the Government have a scheme of health care for working as well as retired defence employees;

(b) if so, the salient feature of the scheme; and

(c) the allocation made for the purpose during the current year? A N S W E R

MINISTER OF DEFENCE (SHRI GEORGE FERNANDES)
(a) to (c): A statement is attached.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1950 FOR 30.11.2000
There are two categories of Defence employees, viz., Armed Forces Personnel and Defence Civilian employees. Each category has a different scheme for health care facilities, as given below :-

I. The Armed Forces personnel are provided with health care
facilities as per the provisions contained in the Regulations
for Medical Services of Armed Forces - 1983. Under this, the
serving Armed Forces personnel are provided with the following
medical facilities :
Professional advice and treatment is provided by the
authorised medical attendant to all armed forces personnel
during sickness/injury:
- as out patients at armed forces hospitals, dispensaries
and medical inspection rooms or at their quarters
- treatment in hospitals, subject to the recovery of such
hospital stoppages, as stipulated
- in case, the required treatment facility is not available
in the services medical establishments, the same is provided
from the civil government/private hospitals, located within the
country, and, occasionally, even from hospitals located outside
the country, depending on the need and severity of the case.
II. The retired Armed Forces personnel are provided with
limited medical facilities from within the available resources
of Armed Forces Medical Services, as given below :-


(i) Free outpatient treatment in the nearest Armed Forces
Hospital, including the supply of medicine necessary for their
treatment.

(ii) In-patient treatment in the Armed Forces Hospitals,
subject to the following conditions:
- that the disease is not incurable.
- the hospital accommodation could be made available within
the authorised number of beds and without detriment to the
needs of serving personnel and the treatment will be limited to
the facilities available locally.
- the scope of the above concession will not include
treatment of Pulmonary tuberculosis, leprosy, malignant disease
or any other disease for which the treatment is not ,
ordinarily, available from local military hospital.
III. The civilian employees of the defence services are
provided with health care facilities like any other central
Government civil employees under Central Services (Medical
Attendance) Rules/ Central Government Health Scheme.
Funds allocation for the health care of Armed Forces
Personnel for the current financial year, towards the revenue
budget, is Rs. 170 crores, and towards capital budget it is Rs.
70 crores.