ESIC plans hundred bedded hospital for Srinagar

Employees' State Insurance Corporation, ESIC, will set-up one hundred bedded hospital at Srinagar and 30 bedded hospital at Leh. In principle approval in this regard has been accorded during a meeting of the ESIC held in New Delhi under the Chairmanship of Labour and Employment Minister Santosh Gangwar.

The approval has also been accorded to provide cashless Secondary and Tertiary medical care services under Ayushman Bharat



package rates to entitled ESI Beneficiaries. The treatment will be given in the newly implemented area of 102 designated Districts through Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana empanelled hospitals in States.

During the meeting, Mr Gangwar announced a cash reward of five lakh rupees for ace para-shuttler Pramod Bhagat. Mr Bhagat is an ESIC employee posted in the Odisha region.