IREC Rule No.1676: Traveling Allowance On Journey For Treatment

1676. Traveling Allowance On Journey For Treatment:-

(1)   A railway servant suffering from Cancer, Tuberculosis or Polio myelitis who is sent to a hospital referred in Rule 643 RI for treatment on the advice of the Authorized Medical Attendant shall be entitled to traveling allowance as for a journey on tour to and from the place of treatment, but no daily allowance shall be admissible for any halts;

(2)   In respect of a member of the family of a railway servant suffering from Cancer, Tuberculosis or Polio myelitis who is similarly sent for treatment, a railway servant shall be entitled to free passes of the class to which he himself is entitled for the journey by rail to and from the place of treatment and the actual expenditure on road journeys not exceeding mileage allowance admissible to the railway servant himself.

(3)   If the authorized Medical Attendant certifies in writing that in the case of a railway servant or a member of his family suffering from Cancer, Tuberculosis or Polio myelitis, it is unsafe for the patient to travel unattended and that it is necessary for an attendant to accompany the patient to the place of treatment, an attendant may be allowed to accompany the patient to the place of treatment. The attendant, (a) if a railway servant, shall be deemed to have been traveling on duty and may draw traveling allowance for the outward and inward journeys as for a journey on tour, and (b) if not a railway servant, may be allowed a free railway pass of the same class as allowed to the patient, or of a lower class for the journeys by rail to and from the place of treatment of the patient, and for road journey, actual expenditure exceeding the mileage allowance admissible to the railway servant himself. 

Note:

(i)    No cost of conveyance of personal effects may be allowed.

(ii)  Extra railway pass and daily allowance may be allowed for journeys undertaken by the railway servant after completion of treatment for periodical check-ups at the nearest Government recognized or Cancer, Tuberculosis or other hospital providing facilities for the treatment of Cancer and Tuberculosis where the railway servant received treatment, on the advice of the Authorized Medical attendant or the specific advice of the authorities of the hospitals where the treatment was received. 

(4)      If, in order to obtain anti-rabic treatment, a railway servant is compelled to leave a station at which he falls ill and at which anti-rabic treatment is not available, and travels to the nearest station where the said treatment is available, he may, on production of a certificate from the Railway Medical Officer of the Division that the journey was in his opinion absolutely necessary, draw travelling allowance for the journey. The concession is also admissible to a railway servant on leave.