Lok Sabha Question No. 149 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-11-30
Subject: Multi-Specialty Hospital under ESIC
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: K.R.P. PRABAKARAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 149 TO BE ANSWERED ON 30.11.2015

## MULTI-SPECIALTY HOSPITAL UNDER ESIC

## 149. SHRI K.R.P. PRABAKARAN:

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

- (a)whether the Government has any proposal to set up new Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) Multi Specialty Hospital in the country for the benefit of the labourers;
- (b)if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise and location-wise;
- (c)the funds allocated and utilized at present, project-wise; and
- (d)if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## (SHRI BANDARU DATTATREYA)

- (a): Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) has recently approved  norms  for  setting  up  of  Multi  Specialty  Hospitals  within  a radius of  25  km  subject  to  the  condition  that  the  number  of  Insured Persons  (IPs)  available  within  the  radius  are  50,000  or  more.    The details of norms for setting up of ESI hospital are at Annex-I.
- (b): The  ESI  Corporation  has  approved  setting  up  of  27  new hospitals  as  per  the  above  mentioned  criteria.  Details  of  these hospitals location State/UT-wise are at Annex-II.
- (c) & (d): Out  of  the  27  hospitals  approved  by  ESI  Corporation,  the hospital  at  Ankaleshwar  has  been  completed  at  a  cost  of  Rs.96.42 crore.  13 hospitals have fulfilled the criteria as per the revised norms and accordingly steps are under way for construction of the hospital buildings.    The  remaining  14  hospitals  have  been  deferred  till  the number of Insured Persons reaches to the level of prescribed norms.

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Statement referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Un-starred Question No.149 to be answered on 30.11.2015 by Shri K.R.P. Prabakaran regarding Multi-Specialty Hospital under ESIC.

INSURED PERSONS (IPS) NORMS FOR SETTING UP OF ESI HOSPITAL

|   Sl. No |   Number of Beds |   Minimum number of IPs |
|----------|------------------|-------------------------|
|        1 |              100 |                   50000 |
|        2 |              150 |                  100000 |
|        3 |              200 |                  150000 |
|        4 |              250 |                  200000 |
|        5 |              300 |                  250000 |
|        6 |              350 |                  300000 |
|        7 |              400 |                  350000 |
|        8 |              500 |                  400000 |
|        9 |              600 |                  500000 |

Statement referred to in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Un-starred Question No.149 to be answered on 30.11.2015 by Shri K.R.P. Prabakaran regarding Multi-Specialty Hospital under ESIC.

## NEW HOSPITALS APPROVED BY ESI CORPORATION

|   SL. NO. | NAME OF HOSPITAL             | STATE          |
|-----------|------------------------------|----------------|
|         1 | Raipur                       | Chhattisgarh   |
|         2 | Bhilai                       | Chhattisgarh   |
|         3 | North Goa                    | Goa            |
|         4 | Doddabalapur                 | Karnataka      |
|         5 | Bommsanadra                  | Karnataka      |
|         6 | Tirupur                      | Tamil Nadu     |
|         7 | Sriperumbudur                | Tamil Nadu     |
|         8 | Dehradun                     | Uttrakhand     |
|         9 | Sidkul area Haridwar         | Uttrakhand     |
|        10 | Sidkul area Udhamsingh Nagar | Uttrakhand     |
|        11 | Pithampur                    | Madhya Pradesh |
|        12 | Guntur                       | Andhra Pradesh |
|        13 | Vizianagaram                 | Andhra Pradesh |
|        14 | Korba                        | Chhattisgarh   |
|        15 | Perambavoor                  | Kerala         |
|        16 | Buti-bori                    | Maharashtra    |
|        17 | Duburi                       | Odisha         |
|        18 | Angul                        | Odisha         |
|        19 | Lalru, SAS Nagar             | Punjab         |
|        20 | Udaipur                      | Rajasthan      |
|        21 | Tuticorin                    | Tamil Nadu     |
|        22 | Kanyakumari                  | Tamil Nadu     |
|        23 | Kashipur                     | Uttrakhand     |
|        24 | Firozabad                    | Uttar Pradesh  |
|        25 | Haldia                       | West Bengal    |
|        26 | Siliguri                     | West Bengal    |
|        27 | Ankaleshwar                  | Gujarat        |