West Bengal Health Scheme is to provide Medical Benefits to the State Government Employees and their dependent family members, State Government Pensioners.
The facility shall be restricted only for the treatment of one or more diseases/ illness mentioned in the Enrolment Certificate out of the above mentioned critical diseases/ illness.
Inclusion of State Govt. pensioner/ family pensioner and retired member of AIS of the State Cadre who are parent of government employee, as dependent beneficiary under their in-service son/daughter in WBHS.
Cashless medical treatment up to Rupees one lakh will be provided to the beneficiaries for undergoing treatment in private empanelled hospitals within the state including NCR.
Governor is pleased to provide medical benefits to the Serving Teachers incl. Librarians and Graduate Laboratory Instructors of Govt-aided Colleges and State-aided Universities.
Introduction of mandatory Annual Health Checkup for the WBCS (Exe) officers of the age of 40 years or above in line with the provisions made in this regard for AIS & Central Civil Service Officers.
Clause 14 of the Agreement already in existence between HCOs and the Finance Department for providing medical attendance and treatment to the beneficiaries under the WBHS 2008 be treated as substituted with this.
Governor is pleased to relax the income limit for parents, son, minor brother, unmarried/ widowed/ divorced daughters, unmarried/ widowed/ divorced sisters of the Government employee/ pensioner for medical treatment of Critical diseases.
Government Employees and Pensioners enrolled under West Bengal Health Scheme, 2008 may avail themselves of Cashless benefit up to Rs. 1.00 Lakh during their indoor treatment in the empanelled hospitals under WBHS-2008.
(a) AIIMS, New Delhi, (b) PGIMER, Chandigarh, (c) Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, (d) NIMHANS, Bangalore, (e) Christian Medical College, Vellore, (f) Apollo Hospitals, Chennai, (g) Sankara Netralaya, Chennai (h) L.V. Prasad Eye Hospital, Hyderabad, (i) Asian Institute of Gastroenterology, Hyderabad, (j) Metro Hospital & Cancer Institute, New Delhi.