Lok Sabha Question No. 535 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-24
Subject: Functioning of ESIC Hospitals and Dispensaries
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Pallab Lochan Das

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

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 535 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.07.2023

## FUNCTIONING OF ESIC HOSPITALS AND DISPENSARIES

## 535.  SHRI PALLAB LOCHAN DAS:

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

(a)the  details  of  the  Employees  State  Insurance  Corporation  (ESIC) hospitals and dispensaries functioning in the country, along with the number  of  doctors  deployed  to  provide  proper  health  facilities therein, State-wise and Union Territory-wise; and

- (b)the steps taken/being taken for improving the doctor-patient ratio in the ESIC hospitals and dispensaries?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b): There are 161 Employees State Insurance (ESI) hospitals, 1574 ESI dispensaries and 96 dispensaries-cum-branch offices(DCBO) to provide medical care services to ESI beneficiaries.   Out of 161 ESI hospitals,  54  hospitals  are  run  by  ESI  Corporation  (ESIC)  and  107 hospitals  are  run  by  the  state  governments  under  the  ESI  Scheme (ESIS).  State/UT wise details are placed at Annexure-I.

Further, out of the 1574 dispensaries, 36 dispensaries are run by the ESI Corporation   and 1538 dispensaries are run by state governments  under  the  ESI  Scheme.      State-wise  details  are  at II.  96 DCBOs are directly run by the ESI Corporation, State-

Annexure -wise details are at Annexure -III.

In ESIS run hospitals and dispensaries doctors are deployed by  state  governments.  Doctors  in  ESI  Corporation  run  hospitals, dispensaries and DCBOs are deployed by ESIC, State/ UT wise details are at annexure-IV.

Steps  taken  to  improve  doctor-patient  ratio  in  the  ESIC hospitals  and  dispensaries  include  filling  up  vacancies  of  doctors/ specialists,  deployment  of  fresh  passout  medical/  dental  graduates, recruitment of  contractual doctors by Medical Superintendents to meet any  shortfall  of  doctors/  specialists/  super  specialist  on  contract  till posts are filled by regular incumbent.

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 535 FOR 24.07.2023 ASKED BY SHRI PALLAB LOCHAN DAS REGARDING FUNCTIONING OF ESIC HOSPITALS AND DISPENSARIES

## State-wise details of the total number of ESI hospitals

| Sl. No   | State / UT          |   ESIC Hospitals |   ESIS Hospitals |   Total |
|----------|---------------------|------------------|------------------|---------|
| 1.       | Andhra Pradesh      |                0 |                4 |       4 |
| 2.       | Arunachal Pradesh   |                0 |                0 |       0 |
| 3.       | Assam               |                2 |                0 |       2 |
| 4.       | Bihar               |                2 |                2 |       4 |
| 5.       | Chandigarh (UT)     |                1 |                0 |       1 |
| 6.       | Chhattisgarh        |                2 |                0 |       2 |
| 7.       | Delhi (UT)          |                4 |                0 |       4 |
| 8.       | Goa                 |                0 |                1 |       1 |
| 9.       | Gujarat             |                4 |                8 |      12 |
| 10.      | Haryana             |                3 |                4 |       7 |
| 11.      | Himachal Pradesh    |                1 |                1 |       2 |
| 12.      | Jammu &Kashmir (UT) |                1 |                0 |       1 |
| 13.      | Jharkhand           |                2 |                1 |       3 |
| 14.      | Karnataka           |                3 |                8 |      11 |
| 15.      | Kerala              |                3 |                9 |      12 |
| 16.      | Madhya Pradesh      |                2 |                5 |       7 |
| 17.      | Maharashtra         |                3 |               12 |      15 |
| 18.      | Manipur             |                0 |                0 |       0 |
| 19.      | Meghalaya           |                0 |                0 |       0 |
| 20.      | Mizoram             |                0 |                0 |       0 |
| 21.      | Nagaland            |                0 |                0 |       0 |
| 22.      | Odisha              |                2 |                6 |       8 |
| 23.      | Puducherry (UT)     |                0 |                1 |       1 |
| 24.      | Punjab              |                1 |                6 |       7 |
| 25.      | Rajasthan           |                6 |                3 |       9 |
| 26.      | Sikkim              |                0 |                0 |       0 |
| 27.      | Tamil Nadu          |                2 |                8 |      10 |
| 28.      | Telangana           |                2 |                5 |       7 |
| 29.      | Tripura             |                0 |                0 |       0 |
| 30.      | Uttar Pradesh       |                6 |               10 |      16 |
| 31.      | Uttarakhand         |                1 |                0 |       1 |
| 32.      | West Bengal         |                1 |               13 |      14 |
|          | Total               |               54 |              107 |     161 |

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 535 FOR 24.07.2023 ASKED BY SHRI PALLAB LOCHAN DAS REGARDING FUNCTIONING OF ESIC HOSPITALS AND DISPENSARIES

State-wise details of the total number of ESI dispensaries functioning in the country

| Sl. No   | State / UT                   | ESIC Dispensaries (1)   |   ESIS Dispensaries (2) |   Total Dispensaries {1 + (2)} |
|----------|------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1.       | Andaman &Nicobar Island (UT) |                         |                       0 |                              0 |
| 2.       | Andhra Pradesh               |                         |                      95 |                             95 |
| 3.       | Arunachal Pradesh            |                         |                       0 |                              0 |
| 4.       | Assam                        |                         |                      26 |                             26 |
| 5.       | Bihar                        |                         |                      17 |                             17 |
| 6.       | Chandigarh (UT)              |                         |                       2 |                              2 |
| 7.       | Chhattisgarh                 |                         |                      42 |                             42 |
| 8.       | Delhi (UT)                   | 32                      |                       0 |                             32 |
| 9.       | Goa                          |                         |                      16 |                             16 |
| 10.      | Gujarat                      |                         |                     102 |                            102 |
| 11.      | Haryana                      |                         |                      91 |                             91 |
| 12.      | Himachal Pradesh             |                         |                      17 |                             17 |
| 13.      | Jammu &Kashmir (UT)          |                         |                       8 |                              8 |
| 14.      | Jharkhand                    |                         |                      21 |                             21 |
| 15.      | Karnataka                    |                         |                     121 |                            121 |
| 16.      | Kerala                       |                         |                     147 |                            147 |
| 17.      | Madhya Pradesh               |                         |                      42 |                             42 |
| 18.      | Maharashtra                  |                         |                     104 |                            104 |
| 19.      | Manipur                      |                         |                       0 |                              0 |
| 20.      | Meghalaya                    |                         |                       2 |                              2 |
| 21.      | Mizoram                      |                         |                       1 |                              1 |
| 22.      | Nagaland                     |                         |                       3 |                              3 |
| 23.      | Odisha                       |                         |                      41 |                             41 |
| 24.      | Puducherry (UT)              |                         |                      15 |                             15 |
| 25.      | Punjab                       |                         |                      69 |                             69 |
| 26.      | Rajasthan                    |                         |                      74 |                             74 |
| 27.      | Sikkim                       |                         |                       3 |                              3 |
| 28.      | Tamil Nadu                   |                         |                     225 |                            225 |
| 29.      | Telangana                    |                         |                      70 |                             70 |
| 30.      | Tripura                      |                         |                       5 |                              5 |
| 31.      | Uttar Pradesh                | 4                       |                      95 |                             99 |
| 32.      | Uttarakhand                  |                         |                      31 |                             31 |
| 33.      | West Bengal                  |                         |                      53 |                             53 |
| Total    | Total                        | 36                      |                    1538 |                           1574 |

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 535 FOR 24.07.2023 ASKED BY SHRI PALLAB LOCHAN DAS REGARDING FUNCTIONING OF ESIC HOSPITALS AND DISPENSARIES

## Details of the ESI Dispensary-cum-Branch Offices (DCBOs)

| Sl. No.   | Name of Region/ State         | Name of the DCBO          |
|-----------|-------------------------------|---------------------------|
| 1         | Andaman &Nikobar Island       | Port Blair                |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh                | Guntur                    |
| 3         | Andhra Pradesh                | Tirupathi, Chittoor       |
| 4         | Andhra Pradesh                | Anakapalle, Visakhapatnam |
| 5         | Andhra Pradesh                | Srikakulam                |
| 6         | Arunachal Pradesh             | Itanagar, Papum Pare      |
| 7         | Assam                         | Mangaldoi, Darrang        |
| 8         | Bihar                         | Gaya                      |
| 9         | Bihar                         | Biharsharif, Nalanda      |
| 10        | Bihar                         | Begusarai                 |
| 11        | Bihar                         | Ara, Bhojpur              |
| 12        | Bihar                         | Bhagalpur                 |
| 13        | Bihar                         | Hajipur, Vaishali         |
| 14        | Bihar                         | Patna                     |
| 15        | Chhattisgarh                  | Rajnandgaon               |
| 16        | Gujarat                       | Bhavnagar                 |
| 17        | Gujarat                       | Ankleshwar, Bharuch       |
| 18        | Gujarat                       | Vapi, Valsad              |
| 19        | Haryana                       | Sector 15-A, Faridabad    |
| 20        | Haryana                       | Bahadurgarh               |
| 21        | Himachal Pradesh              | Naagchala, Mandi          |
| 22        | Jammu &Kashmir                | Kathua                    |
| 23        | Jammu &Kashmir                | Samba                     |
| 24        | Jammu &Kashmir                | Katra, Reasi              |
| 25        | Jammu &Kashmir                | Udhampur                  |
| 26        | Jammu &Kashmir                | Srinagar                  |
| 27        | Jharkhand                     | Ghatshila, East Singhbhum |
| 28        | Jharkhand                     | Hazaribah                 |
| 29        | Jharkhand                     | Daltonganj, Palamu        |
| 30        | Jharkhand                     | Garhwa                    |
| 31        | Jharkhand                     | Godda                     |
| 32        | Jharkhand                     | Khunti                    |
| 33        | Jharkhand                     | Sahibganj                 |
| 34        | Karnataka                     | Haveri                    |
| 35        | Karnataka                     | Karwar, Uttara Kannada    |
| 36        | Karnataka                     | Chikkaballapur            |
| 37        | Karnataka                     | Chamarajanagar            |
| 38        | Karnataka                     | Chikkamagaluru            |
| 39        | Karnataka                     | Kodagu                    |
| 40        | Kerala                        | Munnar, Idukki            |
| 41        | Kerala                        | Thazhekode, Malappuram    |
| 42        | Madhya Pradesh                | Khargone, Sanawad         |
| 43        | Madhya Pradesh                | Khandwa                   |
| 44        | Madhya Pradesh                | Khor, Neemuch             |
| 45        | Madhya Pradesh                | Bina, Sagar               |
| 46        | Madhya Pradesh                | Hoshangabad               |
| 47 48     | Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh | Rewa Singrauli            |
| 49        | Madhya Pradesh                |                           |
|           |                               | Chhindwara                |

| Sl. No.   | Name of Region/         | Name of the DCBO                          |
|-----------|-------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
| 50        | Maharashra              | Sangli                                    |
| 51        | Maharashtra             | Colaba, Mumbai                            |
| 52        | Maharashtra             | Palghar                                   |
| 53        | Maharashtra             | Panvel, Raigad                            |
| 54        | Maharashtra             | Murbad, Thane                             |
| 55        | Maharashtra             | Khamgaon, Buldhana                        |
| 56        | Maharashtra             | Wardha                                    |
| 57        | Maharashtra             | Yavatmal                                  |
| 58        | Maharashtra             | Korpana, Chandrapur                       |
| 59        | Maharashtra             | Gondia                                    |
| 60        | Maharashtra             | Waluj, Aurangabad                         |
| 61        | Maharashtra             | Jalna                                     |
| 62        | Maharashtra             | Sinnar, Nasik                             |
| 63        | Maharashtra             | Ahmednagar                                |
| 64        | Maharashtra             | Ratnagiri                                 |
| 65        | Maharashtra             | Beed                                      |
| 66        | Maharashtra             | Latur                                     |
| 67        | Maharashtra             | Osmanabad                                 |
| 68        | Maharashtra             | Sindhudurg                                |
| 69        | Manipur                 | Imphal West                               |
| 70        | Orissa                  | Vedvyas, Sundergarh                       |
| 71        | Punjab                  | Rajpura, Patiala                          |
| 72        | Punjab                  | Barnala                                   |
| 73        | Punjab                  | Ferozepur                                 |
| 74        | Rajasthan               | Ajmer                                     |
| 75        | Rajasthan               | Jhunjhunu                                 |
| 76        | Rajasthan               | Churu                                     |
| 77        | Rajasthan               | Jodhpur                                   |
| 78        | Rajasthan               | Pali                                      |
| 79        | Rajasthan               | Udaipur                                   |
| 80        | Rajasthan               | Chittorgarh                               |
| 81        | Tamil Nadu              | Ambattur Industrial Estate. Chennai       |
| 82        | Telangana               | Sadasivapet, Sangareddy                   |
| 83        | Telangana               | Mahaboobnagar                             |
| 84        | Telangana               | Bibinagar, Yadadri Bhuvanagiri            |
| 85        | Telangana               | L.B. Nagar, Rangareddy                    |
| 86        | Telangana               | Ramagundam, Pedapalli                     |
| 87        | Telangana               | Sirpur Kagaz Nagar, Komarambheem-Asifabad |
| 88        | Telangana               | Warangal Urban                            |
| 89        | Telangana               | Nizamabad                                 |
| 90        | Telangana               | Sanathnagar, Hyderabad                    |
| 91        | Uttar Pradesh           | Hapur                                     |
| 92        | Uttar Pradesh           | Kanpur Dehat                              |
| 93 94     | West Bengal West Bengal | Bankura Falta, South 24 Parganas          |
| 95        | West Bengal             | Malda                                     |
| 96        | West Bengal             | Haldia, East Midnapore                    |

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 535 FOR 24.07.2023 ASKED BY SHRI PALLAB LOCHAN DAS REGARDING FUNCTIONING OF ESIC HOSPITALS AND DISPENSARIES

## Details of doctors deployed in the ESIC run hospitals, dispensaries and DCBOs

| S. No.   | State            |   Doctors Strength (State/UT wise) |
|----------|------------------|------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh   |                                  4 |
| 2        | Assam            |                                 45 |
| 3        | Bihar            |                                123 |
| 4        | Chandigarh (UT)  |                                 40 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh     |                                 23 |
| 6        | Delhi            |                                271 |
| 7        | Delhi            |                                413 |
| 8        | Delhi / NCR      |                                 20 |
| 9        | Gujarat          |                                103 |
| 10       | Haryana          |                                290 |
| 11       | Himachal Pradesh |                                 33 |
| 12       | Jammu& Kashmir   |                                 31 |
| 13       | Jharkhand        |                                 59 |
| 14       | Karnataka        |                                433 |
| 15       | Kerala           |                                101 |
| 16       | Maharashtra      |                                111 |
| 17       | Madhya Pradesh   |                                 64 |
| 18       | Odisha           |                                 47 |
| 19       | Punjab           |                                 48 |
| 20       | Rajasthan        |                                167 |
| 21       | Tamil Nadu       |                                227 |
| 22       | Telangana        |                                227 |
| 23       | Uttar Pradesh    |                                151 |
| 24       | Uttarakhand      |                                 10 |
| 25       | West Bengal      |                                145 |
|          | Total            |                               3186 |

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