Ranchi, May 31 -- State Employee Health Insurance Scheme is proving to be a boon for government employees. More than 500 beneficiaries have been treated under this scheme in a short period of about 2 months. One beneficiary has been given cashless treatment of more than Rs 24 lakhs and one has been given cashless treatment of about Rs 14 lakhs. Apart from hospitals located in the state, they are also being treated in hospitals located outside the state. Apart from listed hospitals, treatment is also being done in hospitals as per CGHS provisions.
When the State Employee Health Insurance Scheme was started on March 1, no one had even imagined that this scheme would become so popular. So far, more than one lakh 83 thousand employees, officer...