Union Labour & Employment Minister lays the foundation of a 500-bed hospital in Manesar today
- Around six lakh workers from Gurugram & neighboring districts of Mahendragarh, Nuh, and Rewari to get treatment facility through the hospital
- ESIC dispensaries & hospitals all over the country to organize Yoga Camps:
- Equal PayScale Policy will be adapted for the doctors of ESIC
On this occasion, Shri Bhupender Yadav said that the Ministry of Labour and Employment will reconsider the mandate of distance and number of insured persons to establish a new dispensary or hospital under ESIC,
Further, he announced the adaption of an equal pay scale policy for doctors of Central and State-supported ESIC hospitals and dispensaries. Keeping the need of Nursing staff in ESIC Hospitals, the minister announced to open a nursing college in Manesar. The announcement was welcomed by Haryana CM with the commitment of providing 5-acre land for this nursing college.
Shri Bhupender Yadav told that another Medical College under ESIC will be established in Alwar. The Minister told that ESIC hospitals will be equipped for the treatment of job or profession-borne diseases. The minister said that medical examinations for insured persons over 40 years will be undertaken in ESIC hospitals in a phased manner. Shri Yadav informed that ESIC dispensaries and hospitals all over the country will organize Yoga Camps in June in connection with World Yoga Day. Shri Yadav said that 25 crore E-Shram Cards have been made within 4 months to ensure the Bima for kangaroos. He told that a survey of migratory and domestic workers has been started to assess their conditions.
The hospital will be built on an 8-acre area at the cost of Rs 500 crore. Around six lakh workers from Gurugram and neighboring districts of Mahendragarh, Nuh and Rewari will get treatment facilities through this hospital. The Workers and other citizens will also get treatment under the Ayushman Bharat scheme in this hospital. This ESIC hospital will have an emergency, OPD, ICU, Gynaecology and Pediatrics, Orthopaedic and Cancer treatment facilities. A blood bank will also be established in the hospital.
Shri Yadav announced an open competition for students of Architecture to prepare the design of this Manesar ESIC hospital and declared a cash prize of Rs 2 lakhs for first prize, Rs 1.5 lakhs for Second Prize, and Rs 1 lakh for third prize. Sanction letters to the kins of Corona deceased persons, E-Shram Cards, payment under the EDLI Scheme were also distributed in the program.