Lok Sabha Question No. 179 (STARRED), answered on 2023-03-13
Subject: Hospitals and Dispensaries under ESIC
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: C.N. Annadurai, Ganesan Selvam

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## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. 179

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.03.2023

## HOSPITALS AND DISPENSARIES UNDER ESIC

*179.   SHRI C.N. ANNADURAI:  SHRI SELVAM G.:

Will  the Minister of LABOUR  AND EMPLOYMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the  total  number  of  hospitals  and  dispensaries  run  by  Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) in the States of Tamil Nadu  and Odisha  along with the number of beneficiaries as on date;
- (b) whether the number of hospitals under ESI Health Scheme is very less compared to ever increasing number of beneficiaries and if so, the details thereof and the corrective steps taken by the Government in this regard;
- (c) whether  infrastructure  and  medical  facilities  are  very  poor  in  ESI run hospitals and if  so,  the details thereof and the reasons  therefor along with  the steps taken by the Government to improve infrastructure and medical facilities in ESI run hospitals;
- (d) whether  ESIC  facilities  are  not  being  given  to  the  employees working in most of the private  companies  of  the  country;  and
- (e) if so, the details of the steps taken by the Government in this regard during the last five years and  if  not,  the  reasons  therefor,  Statewise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI BHUPENDER YADAV)

A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a)  TO  (e)  OF  LOK SABHA  STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  179  FOR  13.03.2023  BY  SHRI  C.N. ANNADURAI  AND  SHRI  SELVAM  G.  REGARDING  HOSPITALS  AND DISPENSARIES UNDER ESIC.

- (a): There are 10 Employees' State Insurance (ESI) hospitals  in the state of Tamil Nadu and 8 ESI hospitals in the state of Odisha.  Out of them,  2  ESI  hospitals  in  each  state  are  run  by  the  ESI  Corporation directly.

As regards dispensaries, there are 225 ESI dispensaries in Tamil Nadu and 41 ESI dispensaries in Odisha.   These dispensaries are run by the respective states.   The ESI Corporation has also established one  Dispensary-cum-Branch  office(DCBO)  in  both  these  states  and these are run by it directly.

At present, there are 1,38,09,385 and 28,77,253 ESI beneficiaries in Tamil Nadu and Odisha respectively.

- (b):      To  provide  medical  benefit  to  the  increasing  number  of  ESI beneficiaries, the ESI Corporation (ESIC), over the period, has given inprinciple approval for setting up of 86 new ESI hospitals. At present, there are 160 ESI hospitals in the country. Additionally, tie-up arrangements  have  been  made  with  public/  private  hospitals  for providing cashless in-patient medical services to ESI beneficiaries, in case, ESI hospital or in-house medical services in a particular hospital is not available.

Further, the ESI Corporation has also collaborated with Ayushmaan  Bharat-Pradhan  Mantri  Jan  Arogya  Yojna  (PMJAY)  to provide secondary and tertiary care medical services to ESI beneficiaries through PMJAY empanelled hospitals in the country.

- (c) to (e): ESI  hospitals  provide  secondary  care  medical  services  in various  specialties,  namely  Medicine,  Surgery,  Gynae  &  Obstetrics, Orthopaedics,  Paediatrics  etc.  Further,  ESI  Corporation  has  taken various  steps  to  improve  the  quality  of  medical  services  in  ESI Hospitals, as under:
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- Enhancement of sanctioned staff strength of ESIC hospitals.
-  Enhancement of 50% of bed strength, if bed occupancy is more than  70%  in  ESIC/ESI  Scheme  (ESIS)  hospitals  for  last  three consecutive years.
-  Formation  of  state  ESI  societies  so  that  States'  have  financial and administrative freedom to take decision for improvement of medical services.
-  Allocation  of  additional  budget  under  Project  Implementation Plan (PIP) for State ESI Schemes.
-  The  Employees'  State  Insurance  Corporation  provides  Rs.200/per IP per annum over and above ceiling to the state government, where the bed occupancy in all the State run ESIS hospitals is more than 70% during the previous financial year.
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