Medical allowance

The government has been paying Tk. 700/- as medical allowance to each of its employee per month, since the introduction of Pay Scale 2009. But a specialised physician charges Tk. 500 to Tk.600 as fee for each appointment. Usually, the physician gives a lot of tests which cost say at least Tk. 2,000 or more. After going through the test reports, the doctor writes the prescription. The medicines prescribed by the doctor cost say Tk 200 to Tk. 2,000. But a government employee gets only Tk. 700 per month as medical allowances. Now think of the situation of a government employee when he or any of his family members gets sick.
After introduction of Pay Scale 2009, the government employees got some financial benefits. But now they are passing very hard days due to the soaring prices of the essentials. The government should consider the situation and increase the medical allowance at least to Tk. 2,000 per month.