A meeting and video link conference reviewed the Sindh Police Health Insurance Policy at the Central Police Office Karachi on Wednesday under the chairmanship of IGP Ghulam Nabi Memon and necessary instructions were given after a briefing.
The meeting was briefed by the DIG Finance about the details of personnel and their families who have benefited from the health card since the inception of the health insurance policy. Since November 1, 8,833 police personnel and their families have benefited from the health insurance policy.
In this regard, expenses of up to Rs1.263 billion have been paid for the treatment of police personnel and their families in renowned private hospitals equipped with modern and standard medical facilities. During the past five months, police personnel and their families have benefited from the treatment of bone marrow transplant, liver transplant, bone fractures, traffic accidents and other diseases.
The DIG told the meeting that the Sindh police had signed an eight-month agreement with the health insurance company at the start of the health card and in its initial phase, while next year this agreement would cover a full year.
He said the total expenditure on the treatment of police employees and their families so far does not include the expenses incurred for treatment in OPDs of private hospitals and Sindh police hospitals.
With the health card issued under the health insurance policy, every police employee can get himself and his family treated with up to Rs1 million from any standard and major hospital in the country. However, in view of any unusual nature or severity of the disease, additional expenses for treatment are also included in the policy. The aim of this measure is to keep the police personnel free from any mental or financial worries.
He said more than Rs3.6 million was spent on the treatment of Police Inspector Hazar Mir Muhammad, who was injured in an axe attack by robbers in Larkana district, Rs5.5 million on bone marrow transplant for Atif Abbas, son of SPU Constable Ghulam Abbas, Rs5 million on liver transplant for SP Agha Asghar Ali Pathan, Rs2.5 million on fracture of body parts of the daughter of Hyderabad District Head Constable Munir Ahmed, while up to Rs 6 million was spent on fixing the fracture of a leg of Karachi Traffic Police Constable Suleman Sabra after a road accident.
IGP Memon said that it is very welcome and satisfying that such a large number of police personnel and their families have benefited from the health insurance policy in a short period of the last five months. However, every effort should be made to ensure that the benefits of the policy are passed on to all employees of the Sindh police so that the number of beneficiaries can be increased significantly by the end of the agreement with the health insurance company in the current financial year.
He said the recommendation for the immediate release of the budget allocated by the Sindh government for financial payments to the heirs under the martyrs’ package before the end of the current financial year is also under consideration. He said the health insurance policy is a gift from the government to the Sindh police employees and any praise and appreciation for this initiative is insufficient. .
