ECHS: Enabling Polyclinics

Meeting at ECHS HQ on 20 Aug 10
Dear Members,
1. An interaction meeting between users and ECHS mgt was held at ECHS HQ and attended by medical reps of the 3 HQ and others.
2. Following important decisions were taken:

Local Purchase for "A" and "B" type polyclinic is incresed from Rs50,000/ to Rs 2.00 Lacs per month.

For "C" and "D" type it is increased to Rs1 lac.

If a medicine is NA in a polyclinic then the ESM can buy the same from market and he will be reimbursed. There is no financial limit cap for this. This is over and indicated above.

Outsourcing the hospitals payments to an External Agency. The agency will pay all bills etc to the empanelled hospitials and would sort out it's own payement with the ECHS. Basically ensuring that the hospitials gets their money in time.

If the number of patients in a Polyclinic increase by 30 per day then an additional MO is automatically authorised for hiring.

Nominate chemists as distributors who will supply directly to the polyclinics and ECHS would pay these chemists. This will increase the medicines availability. No dependecy on our existing Armed Forces Medical Stores.
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These interaction meetings would be held every 2 months...
Regards,
Cdr Sharan Ahuja (Retd)
Member Core Group IESM (Offg Secy Gen IESM)