CIHSR signs MoUs to expand healthcare for Employees' State Insurance beneficiaries and holds community health camps in Kiphire
DIMAPUR — The Christian Institute of Health Sciences and Research (CIHSR), Chümoukedima, has signed two separate memoranda of understanding (MoUs) to provide healthcare benefits to eligible Employees' State Insurance (ESI) beneficiaries while also conducting community health camps in the Kiphire district.
According to an update, CIHSR signed agreements with the State Labour department and the Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) to provide healthcare benefits to eligible ESI beneficiaries and their dependents.
The MoU with the State Labour department provides for cashless medical services through a referral system, along with a 20 per cent concession on specified healthcare services.
The agreement with ESIC provides for cashless outpatient, inpatient, emergency, diagnostic, and specialised healthcare services through referrals, with a 20 per cent concession on eligible services at mutually agreed rates.
According to CIHSR, these partnerships strengthen its commitment to making quality healthcare more accessible and affordable for insured employees and their families under both state and central government ESI schemes.
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In a separate initiative, CIHSR conducted community health camps, health education programmes, and health training activities in the remote villages of Mimi and Thanamir in Kiphire district from October 21 to the 30th.
The initiative aimed to improve access to primary healthcare and promote preventive health practices.
At Mimi village, the programme included medical consultations, school health education, a one-day training session for medical attendants and a community health officer, and women's health awareness sessions conducted by the community health team.
At Thanamir village, the health camp was complemented by a dedicated women's health awareness session, during which self-breast examination techniques were demonstrated and discussions were held on cervical cancer prevention and general women's health. School health education and awareness sessions for church leaders were also conducted as part of the outreach programme.
The camps provided basic clinical assessments, medical consultations, and laboratory investigations, with essential medicines dispensed free of cost to patients based on medical prescriptions.