Reimburse medical expenses of workers: BMS
May 12, 2021
Demands financial compensation to the insured persons and family members who die of Covid-19
Contesting the Union Labour Ministry’s claims that Employees State Insurance Corporation has reached out to workers during the Covid-19 crisis, the RSS-backed trade union Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh feels there is no special protection to those who are covered under ESI. BMS general secretary Binay Kumar Sinha said in a letter to Union Labour Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar that the workers are deprived of the entitled medical benefits due to conversion of ESI Hospitals as dedicated Covid-19 hospitals.
He said in the letter that the pandemic has affected the working class which is facing loss of income and the attack of Covid-19. As a temporary arrangement to reduce the hardships, Sinha asked the Minister to reimburse medical expenses of workers hospital treatment whether empanelled or not, at actual rates. He asked the Centre to provi
Officers not answering phone calls, patients being forced to visit multiple facilities before being admitted to a hospital, says Santosh Kumar Gangwar.
Work on ESI hospital begins in Kakinada
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Kakinada MP Vanga Geetha Viswanath and Kakinada city MLA D. Chandrasekhar Reddy at ESI hospital site on Monday.
Kakinada MP Vanga Geetha Viswanath, accompanied by Kakinada City MLA D. Chandrasekhar Reddy, on Monday flagged off construction work on the 100-bedded ESI (Employees State Insurance) hospital at Sambamurthy Nagar in Kakinada city in East Godavari district.
The commencement of the construction activity of the ₹100 crore hospital was delayed for nearly six months due to the spread of the COVID-19 and other technical reasons.
Ms. Vanga Geetha has stated that the ESI Hospital would cover nearly two lakh beneficiaries associated with various industries in and around Kakinada city and they would no longer need to rush to Rajamahendravaram to avail the ESI Hospital facility.
Coronavirus | Punjab CM asks Centre for free vaccine from ESIC
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Mr. Singh said such an initiative would be a progressive step towards covering the industrial working class of the country
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Mr. Singh said such an initiative would be a progressive step towards covering the industrial working class of the country
Amid the raging second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday sought directives from the Centre for free vaccine from the Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) for all its registered beneficiaries in the age group of 18-45 years.
Centre Approves 7 New ESI Hospitals In AP, To Complete Vizianagaram Facility By 2023 Feb 04, 2021, 11:34 IST
Union Labour Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar told the Rajya Sabha that the Central Government has given in-principle approval for seven new Employees’ State Insurance (ESI) hospitals to be set up in Guntur, Vizianagaram, Kakinada, Penugonda, Visakhapatnam, SriCity Nellore, and Achyuthapuram.
In reply to a question raised by YSRCP MP V Vijayasai Reddy in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday he said that an 100-bedded ESI hospital at an estimated cost of Rs 73.68 crore. The Minister said that the hospital will be equipped with primary and secondary care medical facilities with specialised care including out-patient, in-patient, emergency services, operation theatre, labour room and diagnostic services. The Union Minister said the project would be completed by March 2023.