Hyderabad, July 17 -- Telangana Deputy Chief Minister Bhatti Vikramarka and Health Minister Damodar Raja Narasimha on Friday launched the New Employees' Health Scheme (NEHS) to provide transparent, cashless and quality healthcare services to government employees, pensioners and their family members.
The scheme, inaugurated at the Dr B R Ambedkar Telangana Secretariat, will cover 17.88 lakh beneficiaries, including 4.38 lakh employees, 3.62 lakh pensioners and around 9.88 lakh family members. The Trust Deed of the Employees' Health Care Trust (EHCT), the NEHS web portal and downloadable digital health cards were also launched.
Addressing the gathering, Raja Narasimha said the revamped scheme was designed after consultations with employee a...