Lok Sabha Question No. 3407 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-09
Subject: Facilities of ESI Hospitals
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Bhagirath Chaudhary

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3407 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.08.2021

## FACILITIES OF ESI HOSPITALS

†3407. SHRI BHAGIRATH CHOUDHARY:

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

- (a)the State-wise total number of hospitals and dispensaries run by ESIC
- along with the number of beneficiaries including Rajasthan; and
- (b)whether  the  facilities  of  some  ESIC  hospitals  have  been  made available to the general public by charging nominal user charge and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI RAMESWAR TELI)

- (a): The State-wise total number of hospitals and including Rajasthan is placed at Annexure-I.

dispensaries

The State-wise total number of beneficiaries including Rajasthan is placed at Annexure-II.

- (b): Employees'  State  Insurance  (ESI)  Corporation  has  approved  to allow  non-insured  persons/general  public  to  avail  medical  services through its underutilized hospitals at Alwar, (Rajasthan), Bihta, (Bihar), Gulbarga  (Karnataka),  Bareilly,  Varanasi,  Lucknow  and  Kanpur  (Uttar Pradesh).

The ESIC Corporation has been taking nominal user charges from such beneficiaries, availing medical services from these hospitals.

Further,  ESIC  hospital  at  Gulbarga  (Karnatka)  is  providing  IPD services @ 5% of Central Government Health Services (CGHS) package rates,  while  ESIC  hospital  at  Bihta  (Bihar)  and  Alwar  (Rajasthan)  are providing medical services to non-IPs without charging any user fee.

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.3407  DUE  FOR  ANSWER  ON  09.08.2021  REGARDING  FACILITIES  OF  ESI HOSPITALS.

## THE STATE-WISE DETAIL ON NUMBER OF ESI HOSPITALS AND DISPENSARIES

| SL. NO.   | Name of State/UT   |   Hospitals |   Dispensaries |
|-----------|--------------------|-------------|----------------|
| 1.        | Arunachal Pradesh  |           0 |              0 |
| 2.        | Andhra Pradesh     |           4 |             94 |
| 3.        | Assam              |           2 |             26 |
| 4.        | Bihar              |           4 |             17 |
| 5.        | Chandigarh         |           1 |              2 |
| 6.        | Chhattisgarh       |           2 |             42 |
| 7.        | Delhi              |           4 |             32 |
| 8.        | Goa                |           1 |             13 |
| 9.        | Gujarat            |          11 |            104 |
| 10.       | Himachal Pradesh   |           2 |             17 |
| 11.       | Haryana            |           7 |             80 |
| 12.       | Jammu and Kashmir  |           1 |              8 |
| 13.       | Jharkhand          |           3 |             21 |
| 14.       | Karnataka          |          11 |            113 |
| 15.       | Kerala             |          12 |            145 |
| 16.       | Madhya Pradesh     |           7 |             42 |
| 17.       | Meghalaya          |           0 |              2 |
| 18.       | Maharashtra        |          15 |             52 |
| 19.       | Mizoram            |           0 |              1 |
| 20.       | Manipur            |           0 |              0 |
| 21.       | Nagaland           |           0 |              2 |
| 22.       | Odisha             |           9 |             41 |
| 23.       | Puducherry         |           1 |             14 |
| 24.       | Punjab             |           7 |             67 |
| 25.       | Rajasthan          |           8 |             80 |
| 26.       | Sikkim             |           0 |              1 |
| 27.       | Tamil Nadu         |          10 |            225 |
| 28.       | Tripura            |           0 |              1 |
| 29.       | Uttar Pradesh      |          16 |            103 |
| 30.       | Uttarakhand        |           1 |             28 |
| 31.       | Telangana          |           7 |             70 |
| 32.       | West Bengal        |          14 |             59 |
| Total     | Total              |         160 |           1502 |

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.3407  DUE  FOR  ANSWER  ON  09.08.2021  REGARDING  FACILITIES  OF  ESI HOSPITALS.

| STATE WISENUMBEROF ESI BENEFICIARIES   | STATE WISENUMBEROF ESI BENEFICIARIES   | STATE WISENUMBEROF ESI BENEFICIARIES   |
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| S. No.                                 | States/UTs                             | No. of Beneficiaries                   |
| 1.                                     | ANDHRA PRADESH                         | 50,65,689                              |
| 2.                                     | BIHAR                                  | 13,17,376                              |
| 3.                                     | CHHATTISGARH                           | 19,50,476                              |
| 4.                                     | DELHI                                  | 61,93,839                              |
| 5.                                     | GOA                                    | 8,11,968                               |
| 6.                                     | GUJARAT                                | 66,82,485                              |
| 7.                                     | HARYANA                                | 93,35,668                              |
| 8.                                     | HIMACHAL PRADESH                       | 13,50,783                              |
| 9.                                     | JAMMU &KASHMIR                         | 5,17,747                               |
| 10.                                    | JHARKHAND                              | 17,31,489                              |
| 11.                                    | KARNATAKA                              | 1,35,25,175                            |
| 12.                                    | KERALA&MAHE                            | 41,71,039                              |
| 13.                                    | MADHYAPRADESH                          | 40,52,427                              |
| 14.                                    | MAHARASHTRA                            | 1,82,30,646                            |
| 15.                                    | ODISHA                                 | 28,76,593                              |
| 16.                                    | PUDUCHERRYANDANDAMAN& NICOBAR          | 4,56,637                               |
| 17.                                    | PUNJAB                                 | 45,89,614                              |
| 18.                                    | CHANDIGARH                             | 6,51,258                               |
| 19.                                    | RAJASTHAN                              | 55,28,923                              |
| 20.                                    | TAMIL NADU                             | 1,54,02,396                            |
| 21.                                    | TELANGANA                              | 71,21,197                              |
| 22.                                    | UTTAR PRADESH                          | 94,99,481                              |
| 23.                                    | UTTARAKHAND                            | 24,98,953                              |
| 24.                                    | WEST BENGAL                            | 75,74,807                              |
| 25.                                    | SIKKIM                                 | 1,08,562                               |
| 26.                                    | NORTH EAST REGION                      | 12,34,035                              |
|                                        | Total                                  | 13,24,79,263                           |

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