The issue regarding grant of Hospital Patient Care Allowance and Patient Care Allowance to Group C & D [non-Ministerial] railway employees working in railway hospitals and health units / clinics has been under consideration of this Ministry for some time past subsequent to the issue having been raised by the Staff side in the DC/JCM meeting. The matter has been considered and the President is now pleased to decide that Hospital Patient Care Allowance and Patient Care Allowance may be introduced in respect of the Group C & D [non-Ministerial] railway employees working in railway hospitals and health units / clinics, specified in Para 2[a] below.
2. Grant of Hospital Patient Care Allowance and Patient Care Allowance shall be subject to fulfillment of the following conditions:-
a] The grant of these allowances shall be limited to the following categories of Group C & D [non-ministerial] railway employees working in railway hospitals and health units / clinics:
i] Radiographer
ii] Pharmacists [except exclusive Store Pharmacists and not involved in dispensing of medicines]
iii] Laboratory Staff
iv] Medical Technicians required to come in direct physical contact with patients [ECG, EEG, Cardiac Pump, Dialysis etc.]
v] Ambulance Drivers
vi] Dressers
vii] Operation Theatre Assistants
viii] Attendants / Ayahs
ix] Ambulance cleaners
x] Stretcher bearers
xi] Safaiwalas.
b] Hospital Patient Care Allowance shall be admissible to the above specified Group C & D [non-ministerial] railway employees working either in [i] railway hospitals having 30 beds or more, or [ii] super specialty railway hospitals having 10 beds or more.
c] Patient Care Allowance shall be admissible to the above specified Group C & D [non-ministerial] railway employees working either in [i] railway hospitals having less than 30 beds, or [ii] super specialty railway hospitals having less than 10 beds, or [iii] railway health units / clinics.
d] Hospital Patient Care Allowance would be admissible @ Rs.700/- p.m. to the above specified Group C [non-ministerial] railway employees, and @ Rs. 695/- p.m. to the above specified Group D [non-ministerial] railway employees.
e] Patient Care Allowance would be admissible @ Rs. 690/-p.m. to the above specified Group C & D [non-ministerial] railway employees.
f] Hospital Patient Care Allowance / Patient Care Allowance would be admissible w.e.f. 01-01-2008.
g] Night Duty Allowance and / or Risk Allowance, if admissible to the above categories of staff, shall cease to be admissible to them w.e.f. 01-01-2008.
3. This issues with the concurrence of the Finance Directorate of the Ministry of Railways.