IREC Rule No.607: Supply of artificial limbs and appliances

607.  Supply Of Artificial Limbs And Appliances:-

A railway employee, a member of his family or dependent relatives whether injured on duty or not, requiring artificial limbs and appliances, would be entitled to reimbursement of both hospitalization charges and full cost of artificial limbs and appliances, as also cost of repairs, renewals and adjustments thereof from time to time payable from railway revenues subject to the following conditions:-

(a)   Production of a certificate from a specialist in the concerned speciality in the railway hospital that the above was essential.  

(b)  Apparatus repairs renewals or adjustments being done at the Rehabilitation department of a Medical College, Artificial Limb Centre of Pune or other organizations and centers recognized for the purpose by the Central/State Government concerned.

(c)   The cost of repairs or adjustment of limb appliances should not exceed the cost of replacement of those limb appliances.

Note: The above para does not apply to the supply or replacement of heart pace makers and heart valves.

[Authority: No.80/H/6-4/33, 05.12.1980]