COIMBATORE: The Union ministry of health and family welfare has granted permission to create required posts to operate a central government health scheme (CGHS) wellness centre in the district.
According to a letter from the ministry dated June 10, the competent authority has accorded to create 64 posts for 16 new allopathic CGHS wellness centres across the country.
Each centre will have a medical officer, pharmacist, staff nurse and clerk.
While new centres would come up Ghaziabad, Narela, Chandigarh, Panchkula, Nasik, Aurangabad, Mysuru, Coimbatore and Chandrapur, temporary units functioning in Gwalior, Kannur, Kozhikode, Sonipat, Wadi and Ichhapur would be regularized.
The letter also directed the director of CGHS to instruct additional directors to take steps for opening new allopathic centres and for the appointment of the newly-created posts.
Welcoming the move, Coimbatore MP P R Natarajan said the centre would benefit central government employees in and around Coimbatore and Palakkad district in Kerala.
“The centres function like dispensaries.
Presently, CGHS centres are only in Chennai and we have to travel all the way to Chennai to buy medicines.
CGHS has empanelled a set of private hospitals where beneficiaries can undergo free treatment.
In emergency situations, the beneficiaries can undergo treatment in private hospitals after obtaining a certificate that states that the treatment was obtained due to emergency condition and reimburse the medical charges,” he said.