Object:-
A
worker who has put in at least 6 months continuous service irrespective of any
pay limit shall be entitled to the benefits. Wife/husband, solely dependent and
unmarried children upto the age of 21 and parents fully dependent on the
entitled workers shall be entitled for the benefits except the subsistence
allowance. The patients who receive the
treatments whether as indoor patients or out-door patients in a recognized
cancer Hospital are entitled to the above benefits.
The
worker seeking treatment for self or for his dependent in a recognized cancer
Hospital should obtain permission of the Welfare Commissioner by submitting an
application in the prescribed form A(enclosed).
Where the worker
(a) happens to be the only earning member of the family and
(b) has
no other source of income during the period of treatment, subsistence allowance
@ Rs.600/- p.m. where the worker has no dependent or has one dependent and Rs.750/- p.m. where the
number of dependents is more than one shall be paid to the worker undergoing
treatment for cancer.
Payment
of second class rail fare or actual bus fare to the patient from the place of
his residence to the hospital and back as also to the attendant will be
reimbursed to the concerned worker.
Payment
of Rs.50/- (Rupees Fifty only) per day per patient as also to the attendant for
onward and return journeys, if performed on two different days will be
reimbursed to the workers.
The
Railway/Bus fare and D.A. as prescribed above will also be re-disbursed
whenever the patient and also his attendant visit the hospital for periodical
check up as par the advice of the concerned medical authorities.
For
re-imbursement of expenditure for treatment of cancer, an application in the
prescribed form B (enclosed) would be submitted by the worker to the Welfare Commissioner through
his employer with relevant vouchers duly certified by the competent medical
authorities of the cancer hospital.