"It is submitted that in Government Letter No.16518/Sal.l/94-2, Finance Department, dated 5.5.94, the Government clarified "that the accredited institutions listed out in the Annexure to G.O.Ms.No.846, Finance (Salaries) Department, dated 14.12.93 are hospitals where specialized surgeries/treatment are needed. However, there is no bar in grant of assistance for other treatments had in other recognised and standard private hospitals in our State also, provided the Heads of Departments should verify the genuiness of the treatment/existence of such hospitals etc. and the Heads of Departments will be solely held responsible on the correctness of such sanction". On the basis of the above clarification, the claim applications were flooded and the funds were eroded from the scheme. To control the situation, the Government decided to cancel the clarification issued in the above said Government letter, in Government letter No.73364/Salaries/99-1, Finance Department, dated 28.10.1999 and to continue to release the financial assistance only for the specialized surgery/treatment undergone at the accredited medical institutions listed and notified by the Government from time to time".
