Arising out of demands raised by Federations & various Pensioner Associations, the subject matter of facilitating Railway Medical Services to all Retired Railway Personnel through RELHS-97, had been under consideration of Board for some time. After careful & detailed examination of the matter the following has been decided by the Ministry of Railways.
(a) For Pre-March 2009 retirees - The RELHS-97 will remain open-ended with a lock in period of six months for referral outside the Railway Hospital with the rider that this lock-in period can be relaxed only in an emergency provided the patient is either admitted or visits the Railway Hospital and the facilities for the treatment are not available in Railway Hospital. Such referrals are to be processed only on recommendation of a specially constituted Medical Board.
(b) For March 2009 and onwards retirees - The RELHS-97 will remain open for a period of another one year from the date of issue of the letter for all those retired Railway personnel who have not joined the scheme for one reason or the other. The lock-in period of six months as applicable for pre-March 2009 retirees shall be applicable for these retirees also. Henceforth joining RELHS-97 has been made mandatory for all retiring Railway personnel without any exit clause whatsoever.
All other terms and conditions of RELHS-97 mentioned in Board's letter dated 16.03.2009 under reference will remain unaltered.
This has the approval of the President and issues with the concurrence of Finance Directorate of Ministry of Railways.. Wide publicity should be given to the above provisions.
Does RRENLHS and RELHS is same ?
Hi,my father got retired from kharagpur
workshop on 31-08-2009 .
On retirement he got "RETIRED RAILWAY
EMPLOYEE NEW LIBERALISED HEALTH
SCHEME" card,does this card is same as
RELHS.
If not then what is the procedure to obtain
it.
And if so then what are the benifits
associated with it.
Both are same.
Both are same.
Medical support while traveling outside India
Hello, My Uncle is a retired Railways employee currently residing in Kolkata and is a member of RECHS. He and my aunt are planning to visit my elder sister residing abroad to take care of some family matters. Can he and my aunt have medical support through Indian Railways while abroad? Is there any scheme available for retired employees for medical needs while traveling in a foreign country? Thank you in advance for answering my question.
retired in 2005 but he has not taken medical facility
Dear Sir,
My father is retired in 2005 but he has not taken medical facility. Can he take the medical facilitys today ? if yes then where to approach for the same? Please confirm.
YEs, he can apply. See here:
YEs, he can apply. See here: https://indianrailwayemployee.com/content/retired-employees-liberalised-health-scheme-relhs-1997
He has to approach Divisional authorities where he retired
Health Scheme for retired person and procedure
Dear Sir,
My father retired from railway as OS in 2003. Can he take the benefit of health insurance scheme or RELHS . What is the procedure to join in this scheme. My Mother Father living in Darbhanga.
Thanks
Father expired in 2011 not applied for medical card at that time
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Medical Card
I have served in Indian Railways for 34 Years. I retired in 2011 as Sr Passenger Guard - Kharagpur division. At that time I didn't applied for medical card . I want to apply for the medical card and I have been reaching out to many people but I am not getting proper direction.
Can you please guide me on this.
Name :Venkata Ramana Murty
Contact Details : 9490201151
Adding pensioner mother to Medical card
Sir,
I have been appointed on compassionate ground .my mother is pensioner .can i add her to my medical card.
Please reply at your earliest....
Kindly provide latest 2018…
Kindly provide latest 2018 letter for above mentioned rbl. letter.
Aur plz reply toh Karo ..nahi toh Kya Matlab issue page ka..aap log reply nhi karte 10 din Tak.
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Regarding umid
Dear sir,
My father took VR in 1999, I have seen his documents online at Arpan where it shows the Relhs is not opted and no FMA.
Now my question is in umid form for pension scheme provided three option
out of these three which option should I choose. Second can I change in current pension scheme just by choosing any one option out of these. Please help me, I am very confused at the moment. Currently he is using opd facility at railway hospital.
Thanking you