While convening the meeting of officials at ESI directorate on Saturday, State labour and Employment Minister Harish Chandra Durgapal has instructed officials to take strict action for redressing the grievances of the residents.
He said that since the population of the State is not huge, the department officials should immediately introduce effective steps for completing all pending issues. He also stressed that that the number of insure has been increasing month after month hence the department officials should also enhance the facilities in the state for completing all pending issues.
He also expressed his concern over the callous approach of the officials for not starting the Union Government funded and sanctioned hospital in the State as the post of the medical officers has not been sanctioned by the department. The minister issued strict instructions to the officials to complete all necessary formalities for sanctioning and filling the posts of medical officers and 100 per cent funding would be done by the Union Government for the ESI hospital in the State.
The minister also instructed officials to compelte all formalities for establishing the medical college in Haridwar and to increase the period of lease from 30 years to 90 years for the medical college. It was also decided in the meeting that insures’ bills worth Rs one lakh would be sanctioned at directorate level whereas the amount more than Rs one lakh would be passed by secretariat level.
It was informed that 3,75,000 are registered insures in the State and a total of 15 ESI hospitals are catering the medical and health needs of the patients. The Minister also stressed to set up eight more hospitals across the State to meet with the medical needs of the patients. Officials told that the more than Rs 48 lakh for serious medical cases and Rs 18 lakh for minor medical cases have been already sanctioned by the department in the current financial year.
Principal Secretary Dr Raveer Singh, UC Kabadwal, Dr Naresh, BN Semwal, GC Nautiyal and KS Tamta were also present.