In order to provide medical assistance to registered workers of Employees State Insurance Scheme, the Government has decided to start hospitals on rent at Sitarganj and Haldwani and to open dispensaries at laksar, Mangalore, Jhabbera, Jollygrant, Bhadrabad, lal Thappad, Doiwala in another three months and to show pace to open proposed ESI medical college at Haridwar this was said by State labour Minister HC Durgapal while convening the meeting at Vidhan Sabha in Dehradun on Wednesday.
He said that he will write letter to chief minister to follow proposed proposal to Union Government so that 3.75 registered workers and their 14lakh dependents would get medical benefits.
He said that state government has approved Rs 24 crore 28 lakh 41 thousand for ESI activities. He claimed that proposal has been already passed in the cabinet for land transfer for building diagnostic centres in Haridwar, Udham Singh Nagar and Dehradun.
He instructed to conduct inspection by Insurance Nigam, Union Government so that proposed medical college at Haridwar could be started soon. Stressing on the need of medical college in the Uttarakhand, he instructed to conduct meeting with principal secretary and directorate general of Employees State Insurance Corporation, New Delhi. He said that cabinet has approved for ESIC medical college and further instructed officials to complete the project to ground level.
He also instructed officials to start new dispensaries at Haldwani and Sitarganj at
earliest for extending maximum benefit to employees.
Durgapal also instructed officials to fill the vacant posts of medical officers and para-medical officers at dispensaries and hospitals. He also instructed officials to clear all pending cases at earliest.
He also instructed officials to provide best and round the clock medical and health assistance to insured employees of the state. Principal secretary(labour) Ranveer Singh, MC Joshi, additional secretary, Santosh Badooni and many more were present.