Govt extends healthcare to retired police personnel

• Good news for over eight lakh retired paramilitary and central police personnel. Government has now decided to extend healthcare facilities to them and their families through hospitals under the command of these forces across the country.
• The families of the retired personnel from forces like CRPF, BSF, CISF, ITBP, SSB, NSG and Assam Rifles can now avail the facilities of diagnosis, ultra sound, X-ray and supply of prescribed medicines among others.
• Till recently, only serving personnel could avail the facilities of these hospitals.
• However, personnel and officers of these forces availing such facilities under the Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) will not be eligible for the scheme, which has recently been notified by the Union Home Ministry.