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ESIC to bring 35 cr workers under social security scheme
Union Minister of State for Labour Bandaru Dattatraya said here on Monday that Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) had taken up nationwide survey to bring 35 crore workers, both from organised and unorganised sectors, under social security scheme in the coming two years.
Hyderabad: Union Minister of State for Labour Bandaru Dattatraya said here on Monday that Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) had taken up nationwide survey to bring 35 crore workers, both from organised and unorganised sectors, under social security scheme in the coming two years. The survey would be extended to North-Eastern states and Andaman Islands too, he said.
He said that the nationwide survey was meant to identify new beneficiaries of ESIC. The ESIC had added two lakh beneficiaries in Telangana State and Andhra Pradesh to the existing 111 lakh. The existing dispensaries would be upgraded to 6-bed hospitals and more services would be added, he said.
Dattatreya said the ESIC hospital and Medical College would be set up by September. Special quota would be provided for the children of the ESIC beneficiaries. The required MCI inspection had been carried out and the faculty would be ready and150 more beds would be added to the 200-bed Nacharam and the services like cardiology, nephrology and cancer divisions would added.
A new diagnostic centre would set up at the 6-bed Jeedimetla. The 50-bed Warangal ESIC hospital capacity would be increased to 100-bed, said the Minister. Dattatraya also said the medical ambulances would be launched exclusively for the construction workers, cine workers, auto-rickshaw drivers and rickshaw pullers in the city.
For beedi workers, a 100-bed hospital would be constructed in Sircilla and 50-bed hospital at Nirmal towns in Telangana state. There are proposals under consideration to establish hospitals in Siddipet town. TB vaccines would be provided for the beedi workers, especially for the women as precautionary measures, he said.
A 100-bed ESIC hospital would be established at Vijayanagaram in AP. In Paidi Bivavaram in Srikakulam district a new model 10-bed hospital and diagnostic centre would be set up. A super specialty hospital in Visakhapatnam with 300 beds and a 100-bed super specialty hospital would be
established in capital city, Amaravathi.
