The Rajasthan Medical and Health Department has taken decisive action against irregularities in the Rajasthan Government Health Scheme (RGHS). Four pharma stores are facing FIRs, and two have been suspended from the scheme in the recent week. In total, action has been initiated against six pharma stores, with 14 employees suspended and 19 RGHS cardholders facing departmental action for illegally benefiting from the scheme.
Principal Secretary of the Medical and Health Department, Gayatri Rathore, emphasized the government’s zero-tolerance policy towards irregularities in public welfare schemes like RGHS. Stringent measures are being implemented against all involved parties to ensure transparency and combat irregularities effectively. The use of technological interventions is being adopted to strengthen the scheme further.
Harjilal Atal, Chief Executive Officer of the Rajasthan State Health Assurance Agency, mentioned that FIRs have been lodged against Harikrishna Medical Store and Sawariya Pharma Store in Bhilwara for serious irregularities. These stores allegedly received payments fraudulently under the RGHS scheme by falsely claiming the sale of medicines and injections they never purchased, amounting to around Rs 27 lakh.
Furthermore, Confed Pharma Store at Ren and Jayal in Nagaur district is also facing FIRs for manipulating RGHS prescriptions and making fraudulent claims. In severe cases of irregularities, Confed Pharma Shop No. 06 in Bikaner and Shop No. 05 in Hanumangarh have been suspended from the RGHS scheme. Letters have been sent to departments for departmental action and recovery against 19 beneficiaries who misused RGHS cards.
Additional Chief Executive Officer Nidhi Patel highlighted that letters have been issued to departments for departmental action and recovery against 19 beneficiaries who misused RGHS cards. Previously, 54 employees were suspended in similar cases, with four employees currently suspended by the Police Department and ten by the Ayurveda Department.
