Negligence towards cleanliness and repairs will not be tolerated at all in Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESI) hospitals being run in the State for labourers and workers.
Hospital must open at the right time and negligence in treatment should not occur. It should be ensured that hospital must be clean and where there is a need of repair; it should be carried out immediately.
These directives were issued by the Minister for Food, Civil Supplies, Consumer Protection and labour Om Prakash Dhurve during the review meeting of the services being provided by the employee’s State insurance services at Indore on Thursday.
Dhurve said that it is important to give attention towards the cleanliness and repair works. He added that he will personally inspect all the 7 hospitals and 42 dispensaries being run under the employees state insurance services. Action will be taken in case of find negligence towards cleanliness arrangements.
Director Dr Bl Bangeria Said that he will also inspect the hospital and dispensaries himself in order to make proper arrangement for cleanliness. He added that treatment facilities to the employees are being provided by the private hospitals in the towns where there is no ESI hospital.
Notably, State Employees Insurance Corporation’s hospitals are run at Bhopal, Indore, Jabalpur and Gwalior in the state and the state government has allocated `7 crore for Employees State Insurance Hospitals in the financial budget of 2015-16 for purchase of new technical equipments so that these hospitals be equipped with latest implements and labourers will get more effective treatment.