In order to provide medical relief to insured employees under Employees State Insurance Scheme, the department concerned has pulled up its socks to construct proposed health centres and diagnostic centres across the State.
The health centres would be constructed at SIDCUl (Haridwar) and village Jagatpura, Rudrapur on the five acre of land whereas diagnostic centre would be constructed on 1.15 acre of land in Dehradun. While chairing the meeting of regional council board at Vidhan Sabha in Dehradun on Friday, State labour and Employment Minister Harish Durgapal said that new dispensaries would be made at Sitarganj, Khatima, laksar, Mangalore, landoura, Srinagar, lalthappad, Dehradun etc.
He also instructed officials to visit Haridwar for constructing medical college at Haridwar. He instructed Employees State Insurance Scheme director Vijay Kumar Daundiyal to take effective steps for constructing dispensaries. Durgapal also instructed staff to take potent steps to start the construction work of ESI hospital at Haldwani, Nainital. It was also decided to set up regional office in the Kumaon division of Uttarakhand.
The officials also decided to empanel private hospitals to provide best and round the clock medical and health facilities to the employees. Durgapal said that the better coordination among different government departments is sought for providing best medical facilities to insured employees of the state. An elaborate discussion was also held on the appointment of medical officers and para-medical staff, ESI court, health centres, pathological laboratories etc.