Lok Sabha Question No. 2108 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-01
Subject: Establishment of CGHS Dental Unit in Chandigarh
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Charanjit Singh Channi

## GOVERNMENTOFINDIA MINISTRY OFHEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENTOFHEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2108 TO BE ANSWERED ON 01 ST AUGUST, 2025

## ESTABLISHMENT OF CGHS DENTALUNIT IN CHANDIGARH

## 2108. SHRI CHARANJIT SINGH CHANNI:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is aware that CGHS wellness centres in Chandigarh and major cities of Punjab (Amritsar, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Patiala) lack dental units, causing difficulties for Government employees and pensioners, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether there is any plan to establish a CGHS dental unit in Chandigarh, if so, the details thereof along with the timeline fixed for its implementation;
- (c) whether new CGHS dental units are likely to be set up in other major cities of Punjab, if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Government is taking steps to equip CGHS centres with modern dental equipment and qualified dentists, if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether the Government has any plans to expand CGHS dental services in Punjab, if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE

## (SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV)

(a) to (e) CGHS Wellness Centres provide primary healthcare services including consultation, treatment, and dispensing of medicines to CGHS beneficiaries. They manage chronic illnesses, offer preventive care, and conduct routine health check-ups. Centres also issue referrals for specialist consultations and hospitalizations in empanelled facilities. The beneficiaries are referred to empanelled hospitals and diagnostic centres for specialist consultation, investigations, or hospitalization when needed. There is no proposal to establish CGHS Dental Unit in State of Punjab and UT of Chandigarh.

Ministry of Health & Family Welfare is striving towards achieving Universal Health Coverage including Dental treatment, for all citizens, as per National Health Policy, through its various programs like Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (ABPMJAY), Ayushman Arogya Mandir (erstwhile Ayushman Bharat Health & Wellness Centre), Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission (ABHIM), Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM), and National Health Mission (NHM) through its Rural and Urban components. In addition, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bathinda, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, Government Medical Colleges and District Hospitals are also functioning in the state of Punjab and UT of Chandigarh to cater all the medical related including Dental care needs. Central Government employees are permitted to avail treatment from any Government Hospital (Central/State Government), as per MoHFW OM No. Z15025/18/2020/DIR/CGHS

dated 09.10.2020 and claim reimbursement as per CGHS package rates or actual, whichever is lower. The copy of OM is at Annexure-I .

In the State of Punjab and UT of Chandigarh, 155 Private Health Care Organizations (HCOs) are empanelled under CGHS and CS(MA) Rules, 1944, for medical treatment of central government employees and pensioners. Out of these empanelled HCOs, Dental treatment may be obtained from 16 such HCOs. The detail is at Annexure-II .

V.

## ANNUEXURE-I

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vi. In case of treatment at ILBS, New Delhi, NIMS Hyderabad the reimbursement shall be as per CGHS rates.

- vii. Medical claims are to be submitted through concerned CGHS Wellness Centre in case of Pensioners, ex-MPs, etc., and to the concerned Ministry /department /Office in case
2. case of Members of Parliament and to the concerned Autonomous body in case of CGHS beneficiaries of Autonomous Bodies for reimbursement

of serving employees and to the Rajya Sabha Secretariat / Lok Sabha Secretariat in

(Sanjay Jain)

Director, CGHS

To

1. All Ministries / Departments, Government of India

3. Estt.I/ Estt.II/ Estt.III/ Estt.IV Sections, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare

2. Director, CGHS, Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi

4. Admn.I / Admn.II Sections of Dte.GHS 5. Addl. Director, CGHS(HQ) / Addl.DDG(HQ)/Addl. Directors Directors of CGHS Cities
7. Registrar, Supreme Court of India /Punjab & Haryana High Court, Chandigarh
6. Rajya Sabha / Lok Sabha Secretariat
8. Under Secretary, U.P.S.C
10. Deputy Secretary (Civil Service News), Department of Personnel & Training, 5" Floor
9. Under Secretary Finance Division
7. Saradar Patel Bhawan, Sansad Marg , New Delhi
11. PPS to AS&MD, NRHM / AS (H) IDGHS
12. Secretary, Staff Side, 13-C, Ferozshah Road, New Delhi 13. Office of the Comptroller & Auditor General of India, 10 Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New
14. All Offices / Sections / Desks in the Ministry
17. All Hospitals empanelled under CGHS through Addl. Director, CGHS of concerned city. 18. Office Order folder
12. 15.UTI Infrastructure Technology And Services Limited, UTI-ITSL Tower, Plot No3 Sector 11, CBD Belapur, Navi Mumbai-400614 16. Nodal Officer, MCTC, CGHS with a request to upload a copy of OM on CGHS Web-site

Copy to

- PPS to AS&DG, CGHS, MoHFW
- PPS to Secretary, HFW

PPS to JS(AS), MoHFW

US, EHS, MoHFW

## PS to Director, CGHS

Copy for information to

PPS to Hon'ble HFM

## PPS to Hon'ble MOS

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## ANNEXURE-II

## List of Health Care Organizations (HCOs) empanelled under CGHS, in State of Punjab and UT of Chandigarh, where dental treatment can be taken

## Chandigarh (04):

1. Dr. Kochar's House of Smiles
2. Gupta Hospital
3. Indus Speciality Health (Indus Hygiea)
4. Khullar Dental Hospital

## Amritsar (03):

5. Corporate Hospital
6. Ranjit Hospital
7. Lifecure Hospital

## Jalandhar (03):

8. Global Hospital (U O Sood Hospital Pvt. Ltd.)
9. Johal Multispecialty Hospital
10. Capitol Hospital

List of Health Care Organizations (HCOs) empanelled under CS(MA) Rules, 1944, in State of Punjab, where dental treatment can be taken

## Mohali (02):

11. Mehar Hospital, Zirakpur Mohali, Punjab
12. JP Hospital, Zirakpur, Mohali

## Ludhiana (02):

13. Mohandai Oswal Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab
14. Satguru Partap Singh Hospital Ludhiana Punjab

## Ropar (01):

15. Gurdev Hospital Kangar Road Nurpur Bedi Distt. Ropar Punjab

## Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar (01):

16. Guru Nanak Mission Hospital, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar, Punjab

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