Staff Reporter
DIMAPUR, JUL 7 (NPN): Chief Minister’s Health Insurance Scheme for Employees and Pensioners (CMHIS-EP) is meant to be a boon to the above category of salaried class, yet its implementation has recently come under cloud. CMHIS-EP scheme provides health insurance coverage of up to Rs 20 lakh per family per annum for state government employees, pensioners and their eligible dependents.
A government employee whose wife recently gave birth at a private hospital has questioned both the scheme and also questioned the implementation. According to him, his wife was admitted to a private hospital in Dimapur, on April 12, 2026, for delivery. He said she underwent a caesarean section on April 16 and discharged on May 19. However, the newborn developed complications and had to remain in the NICU until June 19 before being shifted to another hospital for surgery.
Briefing media, the employee who hoped to get the benefit of cashless treatment for his newborn child admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at a private hospital in Dimapur. However, he alleged that the private hospital in Dimapur failed to provide the expected cashless treatment. He said that despite regularly contributing to CMHIS-EP through monthly salary deductions, he was left to arrange a substantial amount of medical bill for his newborn child’s treatment.
While his child continues to receive treatment at another hospital for surgery, he appealed to the state government to clarify the scope of CMHIS-EP coverage, particularly for neonatal intensive care and other critical treatments. When contacted, official sources told this Reporter that the issue may have arisen out of some misunderstanding and miscommunication which needed further clarification.