The State labour Department will open 12 new dispensaries under the Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC).
labour Minister Chandra Shekhar Sahu has directed officials to make all requisite arrangements for the establishment of the dispensaries at the earliest.
Following a directive from the Minister, necessary work had already been completed for setting up a total of seven new dispensaries out of the proposed 12 in State.
The dispensaries run by ESIC would be opened in Risali-Maroda and Bhilai-3 in Durg district, Patadi in Koraba district, Bilha in Bilaspur district, Jamgaon in Raigarh, Tumdibod in Rajnandgaon, Dabhra in Janjgir- Champa district respectively, ESIC officials stated.
They said that within a span of two to three months, treatment facility and
dispensing of medicine for free would be started at the
dispensaries.
The ESIC has accorded permission for opening of five more such dispensaries in the State.The State Government approved
opening of the dispensary
at Bhatapara in Balodabazar district, Sipat In Bilaspur district , Akaltara and
Amjhar in Janjgir-Champa and Chhurikala in Korba district. Very soon, the dispensaries would be opened in all these places in rented properties.
Notably, 26 dispensaries are being run in the State by ESIC. Three lakh
employees and their kins are currently availing treatment and medicine facilities
from these dispensaries for free.The ESIC also refers its members to the reputed hospitals outside the State in case of critical illness suffered by them.