Union Minister of State for labour and Employment Santosh Kumar Gangwar on Tuesday gave in-principle approval for the construction of two Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) hospitals including 100 bedded hospital at Bahadurgarh and 150 bedded at Bawal in Haryana.
Haryana Minister of State for labour and Employment Minister, Nayab Singh, called on the Union Minister in New Delhi in this regard.
During the meeting, Gangwar advised to identify land of five acres each for the construction of these two hospitals. He also suggested identifying 2.5 acre land adjoining the already approved 2.5 acres. For this purpose, directions have been issued to ESI Healthcare, Haryana to issue in-principle approval letter.
Nayab Singh said that in-principle approval had also been accorded to upgrade 80 bedded ESI hospital in Jagadhari and 75 bedded ESI hospital in Panipat to 100 bedded hospitals.
During the meeting, directions were also issued for completion of all formalities regarding establishing ESI dispensary at Industrial Area, Panchkula and new building of ESI Directorate in Sector -14, said the Haryana Minister.
He said that directions had also been issued to Site Selection Committee, to carry out a survey to identify land for the construction of new buildings of ESI Dispensary at village Rai and Badhi in district Sonipat. Apart from this, approval had also been granted to the proposals of new dispensaries at Barsat road Panipat, Jharli and Mahendragarh, he added.