CENTRAL GOVERNMENT TO BEAR IAS AND IPS OFFICER’S MEDICAL TREATMENT EXPENSES ABROAD

Members of Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Police Service (IPS) and Indian Forest Service (IFoS) and their family members can now get complex medical treatment abroad at state expense and also get their airfare reimbursed under the government`s new rules.

The new rules by the Ministry of Personnel said, “A member of the Service shall be eligible to obtain medical treatment outside India or, as the case may be, to claim reimbursement of the cost of medical treatment obtained inside or outside India. An IAS, IPS and IFoS officer may avail medical treatment outside India for himself or for a member of his family for complex or high-risk cardiovascular surgery, bone marrow transplant and for complex medical and oncological disorders, such as leukemia and neo-plastic conditions. They may also get treatment abroad for complex high-risk cases in micro-vascular and neurosurgery and extremely complex ailments. However, a screening committee will decide on recommending cases for treatment abroad”.

The officers will also be entitled to conveyance charges for journeys undertaken within the city and ambulance charges.

A member of the service will also be entitled to claim reimbursement of travelling allowance expenses in connection with the journeys undertaken by a donor of a kidney.