While inaugurating the new building Oommen Chandy, Chief Minister of Kerala applauded the efforts of ESIC for its services rendering to the working class of the state and gave an assurance to extend full support to ESIC from the Kerala Govt.
He thanked ESIC to establish such a building for DIMS. He also mentioned about ESIC’s upcoming medical college in Paripally. Kodikunnil Suresh, Minister of State for labour & Employment, Govt of India gave presidential address of the ceremony and stated that the ESIC will be completing all its projects of renovating and constructing modern dispensaries, hospitals and offices in Kerala on priority basis. He informed that recently modern dispensaries in Kollam, Ernakulam, Perinad and Poruvazhy have been inaugurated. New buildings of offices, dispensaries will be soon inaugurated at Kollam, Vilakudy and Kadampanad. He also informed the gathering that ESIC’s Medical College at Paripally with the project cost of `480.79 crores is on the way of completion soon.
Shibu Baby John, Minister of labour, Govt of Kerala and VS Sivakumar, Minister for Health, Family Welfare and Devaswom, Govt of Kerala were also present at this inaugural ceremony. Mallikarjun Kharge, labour & Employment Minister, Govt of India conveyed his message for the function as he was not able to attend the function due to important official work. In his message, Kharge conveyed that this new building symbolises the federal structure of the country in general and the ESI Scheme in particular, as it accommodates both the Directorate of IMS as well as the branch office. The inauguration of DIMS, Kerala and ESIC branch office building at Thycaud, Thiruvananthapuram, (Kerala) was done by Oommen Chandy, Chief Minister of Kerala on April 9. Kodikunnil Suresh, Minister of State for labour & Employment, of India presided over the function. Directorate of IMS, Kerala & ESIC Branch Office, Thycaud said, “To adapt with the changing health delivery scenario and also to be the best in terms of infrastructure, ESIC has started an ambitious programme for the modernisation of its hospitals, dispensaries and offices. The ESI Corporation has constructed this new multi-storied building(Panchdeep Bhawan) of Directorate of IMS, Kerala and ESIC Branch Office at Thycaud, Trivandrum for ensuring better health. The total project cost for construction of this building is `10.58 crore.”