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Oct 16, 2008

Corp Employees Got Health Insurance Benefit

Of the 3,730 employees of the Coimbatore Corporation, 2,980 have been brought under the health insurance scheme for Government employees. A press release from the Corporation has said insurance cover would be provided for laparoscopy and open surgeries, consultation fee and also room and diagnostics charges. Of the total number of employees, 750 were yet to get the identity cards that should be furnished at hospitals to avail themselves of the insurance cover.


A Corporation official said the balance cards would be received soon. An annual premium of Rs.495 and a service charge of 12.5 per cent of this should be paid for each employee. The total annual premium for the employees was a little more than Rs.18.46 lakh. The service charge worked out to 2.3 lakh. Each employee would pay Rs. 25 a month, to make an annual contribution of Rs.300. The balance Rs.195 and the service charge would be paid by the Corporation.


The Corporation gave away on Tuesday a set of uniform and a pair of footwear to 2,858 conservancy workers. A Corporation official said that every year the civic body distributed one set of uniform during Pongal and another during Deepavali at a total cost of Rs. 28 lakh.

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