The “Central Government Health Scheme” (CGHS) CGHS is a special health scheme for the government employees. It provides comprehensive facilities for healthcare for the Central Govt. employees and pensioners along with their family members residing in cities coming under the CGHS.
CGHS attends to the healthcare needs of eligible recipients namely Legislature, Judiciary, Executive and Press. CGHS is the foremost healthcare facility provider for Central Government employees & Pensioners. It is unique of its kind due to the large volume of beneficiary database, transparent and open ended approach of providing health care.
Started in New Delhi, 1954, Central Govt. Health Scheme is operational in many cities including Allahabad, Ahemdabad, Bangalore, Bhubaneshwar, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Chennai, Nagpur, Patna, Pune, Ranchi, Shillong, Trivandrum and Jammu, Delhi, Dehradun, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Jabalpur, Kanpur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Meerut, Mumbai.