MADURAI: The Madras high court has directed the state agricultural marketing and agricultural business department to reimburse the medical expenses incurred by a retired government employee for his heart surgery.
The Madurai bench of the court ordered the director of the department to make the payout after considering the plea of one N Chidambaram. He approached the high court after his insurance claim under the Tamil Nadu Government Employees Health Fund Scheme was rejected by the authorities on the ground that the hospital where he underwent surgery was not in the list of approved hospitals mentioned in the government order.Chidambaram underwent angioplasty and other coronary procedures in a private hospital in 2009. His medical reimbursement amounted to Rs 1.94 lakh.
Chidambaram's writ petition was heard by Justice M M Sundresh who passed orders favouring him. In his order, the judge said that the petitioner's counsel A Haja Mohideen rightly pointed out that the right to medical claim could not be denied merely because the name of the hospital was not included in the government order.
The judge recalled an earlier court observation in another case while delivering his order. When a person is struggling for life his family members won't be searching for a recognised hospital for future medical reimbursement, he said.
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