IREC Rule No.631: Reimbursement Of Medical Expenses Incurred Abroad

631.  Reimbursement Of Medical Expenses Incurred Abroad:-

The matter has been reconsidered by the Government and it has been decided that, in supersession of all previous orders on the subjects, the following guidelines should be adopted in dealing with the cases relating to requests for medical treatment abroad and matters relating thereto;

(i)    As a rule, reimbursement of cost of medical treatment incurred abroad should not be allowed.

(ii)    In exceptional cases, necessitating treatment of a kind yet to be widely established in the country, where railway employees, on medical advice, choose to go on their own, reimbursement could be authorized by the Ministry of Railways, but should be limited to the expenditure that would have been incurred had such treatment been received in India in a Govt. Hospital or a recognized hospital.  However, the question of reimbursement of air passage in such cases shall not arise at all.

(iii)   Foreign Exchange may be released to railway employee for purpose of treatment abroad to the same extent as is permissible to private citizen.

(iv)  The facilities for specialist treatment, as available in Railway Hospitals or other Government / recognized hospitals should be availed by the railway employees.