Bokaro MLA Biranchi Narayan, while drawing the attention of the government through a short notice in the Monsoon session of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly, emphasized on strong medical protection act and specifically said that the Industrial city like Bokaro, where two steel plants, including Bokaro Steel Plant and Vedanta Electro steel, Thermal Power Plant, various coal washeries, Indian Oil and Bharat Petroleum have oil depots and hundreds of factories in which thousands of contract workers work lacking basic medical infrastructure facilities like ESIC Hospital.
In absence of ESIC Hospital, workers facing lot of difficulty in getting basic treatment. Narayan demanded to open ESIC Hospital in larger interest of working classes. Taking positive initiative, Government said according to latest number of insured 1,23,831 in Bokaro area, departmental consent has been given to Employees State Insurance Corporation to open a 30-bedded hospital.
For this, 5 acres of land has been identified by the Deputy Commissioner Bokaro in the Kandra location of Chas. It is to be known that Bokaro MLA Biranchi Narayan has been demanding from the government in the past to open ESIC Hospital in Bokaro. About 1.25 lakh contract employees working in Bokaro will get benefits due to the formation of this ESIC Hospital as per the Legislator.