ESIC will continue to benefit poor workers of Odisha: Labour Minister

Bhubaneswar: Labour & ESI Minister and Chairman of ESIC Ganesh Ram Sing Khuntia has said that the success of Employees’ State Insurance (ESI) scheme depends on coordinated work of the State and Central governments through the Corporation. The scheme has already been implemented in 29 districts and the proposal for implementation in Boudh district has already been sent.

Presiding over the 85th Regional Board meeting of Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC), he said “Now, we are to provide medical benefit to poor workers working in each and every corner of the State. We also require to provide cash benefit such as death pension (DB), accidental pension (PDB), Maternity Benefit, Sickness Benefit etc. to them.”

The medical benefit (primary treatment, secondary treatment, super specialty treatment) is the prime need of every worker. Our focus will be to provide hassle free treatments in ESI Dispensaries and ESI Hospitals run by the Directorate and also in ESI Model Hospital, Rourkela and ESIC Hospital, Angul. Proper treatment, supply of medicines, swachhaata in Dispensaries and Hospitals to be our aim.

The Super Speciality treatments to IPs will not be a problem for us now as declared by the Hon’ble Union Labour Minister, Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya. Now ESIC beneficiaries will get medical care under convergence programme of ESIC with Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY).

Union Labour Minister, Dr. Mandaviya in 194th meeting of the Corporation held on 8th October has approved in-principle for the establishment of 10 new ESIC Medical Colleges in different states. As approved by this Regional Board meeting, a proposal is to be sent to the Union Labour Minister to give in-principle approval for establishment of a Medical College on the already allotted land of 25 acre at Andharua, Bhubaneswar in the next meeting of the Corporation, Minister hoped.

Among others, Vijay Amrit Kulange, Labor Commissioner, Ashok Kumar Panda, Director, ESI Scheme, Rajesh Agarwal, Additional Secretary, Department of Labour and Employees State Insurance, Odisha Power Generation Corporation General Manager (Human Resources) Rajendra Kumar Senapati, Director (Human Resources) of Nalco, Radhasham Mohapatra, General Manager (Personnel) Rourkela Steel Plant Gyanaranjan Das, Dr. Jayanti Behera of Model Hospital Rourkela, Dr. Parimal Majhi, ESIC Hospital Angul, ESI Hospital Bhubaneswar, Srikanth Debata, Deputy Central Labor Commissioner S. Mr. Sampatkumar, General Manager (Human Resource) of Paradip Phosphates Ltd. Mr. Jagannath Khuntia, Mr. Bishnucharan Mohanty, General Manager of SITU, Mr. Madanmohan Dhal, Vice President of INTUC, A. Srinivas Rao, from HMG along with Mr. Brajkinkar Nayak were present.

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