Sriperumbudur is gearing up to launch a 100-bed hospital under the Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) at an estimated cost of ₹155 crore, according to Union Minister for Labour and Employment Bhupender Yadav.
General medicine, general surgery, obstetrics and gynaecology, paediatrics, anaesthesia, ophthalmology, dermatology and venereology, ENT, pulmonology, dentistry, and emergency, critical, and intensive care units will be available at the hospital.
In Tamil Nadu, the ESI system is completely implemented in 20 districts and partially implemented in 16 districts. “Today, ESIC is providing medical benefits to 3.41 crore workers under the Act and their dependents, that is 13.24 crore beneficiaries. From 393 districts in 2015, the services of ESIC have been expanded to 596 of 744 districts across India,” he added.
