MCC Council Issued Health Cards to The Corporation’s 267 Personnel & 57 Pourakarmikas: Good Move

The BJP-led Mangalore City Corporation (MCC) council issued health cards to the corporation’s 267 personnel and 57 pourakarmikas at a function in its office. The card provides an insurance cover of ₹5 lakh to each. The health cards will give great relief to employees. With this health card, employee need not worry about meeting the high treatment cost

The MCC has paid ₹28 lakh as the premium for the group mediclaim policy of State Bank of India for the staff and pourakarmikas. The policy covers only the inpatient cost.

Mayor Sudheer Shetty Kannur said that so far the corporation was bearing the treatment cost of its personnel directly from its funds. When the corporation hired 264 pourakarmikas recently, the civic body issued health cards to them under insurance policy. “The staff and remaining 54 permanent pourakarmikas were issued the cards now under the policy.

MCC Commissioner C.L. Anand said with the health card the MCC personnel can now avail cashless treatment facility in the network private hospitals. In case the hospital is not in the network, receipts and other documents related to treatment should be submitted to the SBI General Insurance, which will reimburse the amount in about 15 days.