MoH&FW approves AYUSH daycare therapy centres for central government employees
Initial empanelment of day care therapy centres will be undertaken on a pilot basis for Delhi and NCR for a period of one year
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoH&FW) has approved a proposal of daycare therapy centre facility under Ayurveda, Yoga, and Naturopathy systems for central government employees. Private daycare therapy centres of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy will be empanelled under Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) shortly, in a manner similar to empanelment of Day Care Therapy Centers of conventional (Allopathy) medicine already provided by CGHS.
All CGHS beneficiaries, serving as well as pensioners will be able to avail the benefit of these centres. This step has been taken by the Ministry, keeping in view of the growing popularity of AYUSH system of medicines amongst the public at large and all CGHS beneficiaries.
Initial empanelment of day care therapy centres will be undertaken on a pilot basis for Delhi and NCR for a period of one year and subsequently would be considered for other places.
The treatment procedure requiring a short duration of stay in the day care therapy centre, ranging from a few hours to less than a day will be made available to CGHS beneficiaries under this scheme. The aim of the scheme is to improve the health and wellbeing, reduce health care expenditure and provide excellence in service delivery, efficiency, and comfort to the patients. As the treatment procedure does not require an overnight stay in an unfamiliar environment, it is extremely convenient for children and elderly patients.
At present treatment of approved procedures like Panchkarma and Abhyanga etc. is given only after hospitalisation in CGHS empanelment Hospital. This involves additional cost to CGHS as indoor room charges, which are separately paid by CGHS apart from the procedure cost. The daycare centres will not only reduce the cost of hospitalisation but will also add to the patient’s convenience.
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