IESM: ECHS Division at Mysore

We at Mysore congratulate the efforts of IESM- ECHS Division in officially getting acceptance of our support by MD ECHS for improving the functioning of ECHS Services.

Secondly, in pursuit of your earlier request and directive, we are glad to announce a list of veterans who are enthusiastic and willing to take up the cause as volunteers at the local MYSORE Polyclinic level cell. The formation of this new team and its vision and purpose was yet to be accepted by the local ECHS advisory board during its next meeting to be held shortly, and hence the delay in informing IESM-ECHS division. Infact, informally these volunteers proactively had already made some constructive suggestions w.r.to local issues and was accepted, during the ECHS advisory Quarterly meeting held at No.2 AFSB, Mysore,in the month of Sep'09.

Thirdly, the volunteers represent all the three services, and they are:
Cdr P Lakshman- Chairman
Sgt Anand Iyer R
Hav Biddappa PK
Naik Gopala BM
Mrs Leela Changappa wife of Subn PC Changappa

Fourthly, as the meeting is being held tommorow, there is a overwhelming request to address the point from NCO's from our local chapter which could benefit ESM's all over the country.

Most of the NCO's after early retirement, settle down with a decent job and feel depressed when as a patient referred to a empanelled hospital as a inpatient, is admitted to a general ward (which is invariably occupied by lower strata of society and unhygenic conditions).

Many empanelled hospitals eagerly offer a ward suitable to the patient with the condition that the difference amount is to be borne by the patient w.r.to the ward charges, and payment is to be made before discharge.This arrangement is largely acceptable to all NCO's.

There is ambiquity with respect to the difference amount since we ESM's are not aware of the rates allocated by ECHS as per ranks, toward ward charges.
Request to MD ECHS, to display the same at all polyclinics, for the benefit of ESM's, would go a long way in, the patient selecting the type of ward, based on his economic condition.
Sgt Sunil MR Rao,
Convener & Member of Local ECHS Advisory board,
IESM, Mysore.