Indian Army, RIMS ink agreement for Meghalaya veterans
Indian Army and Regional Institute of Medical Science (RIMS), Imphal have signed an agreement for multi-speciality and super-speciality treatment to Ex-servicemen Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS) beneficiaries of Manipur. It will help the veterans to obtain hassle-free treatment at RIMS.
Recently, the Indian Army and Regional Institute of Medical Science (RIMS) have inked a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) for multi-speciality and super-speciality treatment to Ex-servicemen Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS) beneficiaries of Manipur.
The regional director of Ex-Servicemen Contributory Health Scheme, Guwahati inked the agreement on behalf of Headquarters Eastern Command, Headquarters 101 Area, Shillong and Central Organisation, ECHS with the director of RIMS, Imphal.
“This MoA will facilitate, cashless and capless medical treatment to ESM beneficiaries and dependents of ECHS in Manipur to include Assam Rifles ECHS members at CGHS rates,” a defence statement, as reported by The Meghalayan.
“This will alleviate the difficulties of veterans and their dependents/ beneficiaries travelling to other states of Northeast, especially to Assam (at Guwahati) to get the multispeciality/super speciality medical cover,” the statement added.
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The agreement is signed to assist the veterans in getting hassle-free treatment at RIMS, which is one of the premier multispecialty and super speciality medical facilities of the Northeast.
The local military authority has also established a help centre at RIMS which will be available to assist the veterans visiting the facility.
“The arrangement which is a first of this kind in Manipur has been part of the endeavour of the regional centre Ex-servicemen Contributory Health Scheme, Guwahati to provide holistic medical cover to the ESM of the Northeast under the supervision of Eastern Command and Headquarters 101 Area, Shillong,” it added.
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