Max Hospital — cghs card holder patients

Address:	110017
Website:	maxhealthcare.com

Medical officer of cghs dispensary can grant permission to its patients to consult doctors at panel hospital, which includes three max hospitals at saket. As per procedure of permission by cghs medical officer, the said permission is valid for one month and in said one month 3 visits can be made by patient. Further it is provided that if doctor at panel hospital prescribes listed investigation, the same can be done at hospital without any permission.
However the staff at above hospitals is under impression that for each visit, a separate permission /reference is required, even though it is valid for 3 visits in a month. The staff is thus asking cghs patients to either pay precribed charges or go to cghs dispensary for seeking fresh reference before each visit at hospital for consultation /showing reports etc and is not doing tests without permission or without payment, even though same is prescribed by consulting doctor and falls in listed investigation. The hospital in charge should explain correct intent of om of ministry of health to avoid problem to patients of cghs, who are permitted to see a doctor at panel hospital.