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NLC plans helpline for medical assistance to retirees

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NEYVELI: The Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC) will set up a helpline to render medical assistance to retirees, P. Babu Rao, NLC Director (Personnel), has said.

Addressing a function got up in connection with Annual Retirees’ Day on the NLC premises here, Mr. Rao said the decision was taken following a spate of enquiries from the retirees on healthcare required.Once set up, the helpline would disseminate information on treatment available in the respective areas of the retirees, where to get admitted in case of exigencies and the procedures to be followed to get the mediclaim.

Mr. Rao said the health insurance scheme was one of the several measures launched by the NLC for the welfare of the retirees. Under the scheme, each of the over 10,000 retirees, in case of admission as in-patient, was eligible to get a financial assistance to the extent of Rs. 2 lakh a year. Besides this, they were also entitled to an annual grant of Rs. 3,500 for buying medicines.

The management would look into the demand of the NLC Retirees’ Welfare Association to enhance the allowance for medicines to Rs. 6,000.

Mr. Rao said it was because of the untiring efforts put in by the erstwhile employees during its formative years that the NLC had attained an impressive growth. Therefore, in recognition of their services, the NLC had taken special care over their welfare.

The retirees living in and around Neyveli could also get treatment at the NLC-run general hospital. From the next year, a weeklong health camp would be organised to coincide with the Retirees’ Day celebrations.

Specialists in the fields of diabetes, geriatrics, cancer and psychologly spoke. The NLC also hosted a dinner to honour the retirees in which association president V. Rajavel participated.

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