Assistant Commissioner of Police Ahmed Shifan, head of the Police Service Development, has stated that the review of the police medical welfare scheme is aimed at reducing waste and that it will not result in any reduction or change to the current allowances.
Shifan made this statement in a post on X (formerly Twitter) in response to the government’s decision to transition the military and police medical welfare scheme to a private insurance system.
He said that the medical scheme for police officers will be reviewed to minimize waste as much as possible. Shifan also emphasized that the police leadership has no intention of reducing any of the current allowances provided to officers through this process.
According to the State Budget Position Report released by the Ministry of Finance, although there is a medical welfare scheme for the families of military and police personnel, it incurs significant expenses. The report states that they have decided to control this expenditure.
The decision was made due to the high costs associated with the medical welfare scheme for military and police families, as highlighted in the ministry’s report.
With this change, after the private insurance coverage is exhausted, healthcare will be provided through the Aasandha system.
According to the ministry’s report, this year alone, 322 million rufiyaa has been spent on medical welfare for military and police families. There is no limit to this scheme.
