More ESI Hospitals to be set up : Minister.

The Government proposes to set up more number of ESIC Hospitals throughout the Country.  This information was given by the Union Labour & Employment Minister Shri Mallikarjun Kharge in  the Lok  Sabha.  The Minister informed the House  that the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) has proposed to set up more ESIC Hospitals in the country including in Odisha.    The land has been allotted by the State Government of Odisha for construction of ESI Hospitals at Angul & Duburi.  At Angul, the process for possession of land is under way. At Duburi, Jajpur, land has been acquired by the ESI Corporation for setting up a hospital.  The hospitals at Angul and Duburi would be operationalized after the infrastructure is in place.

The  proposed new ESI Hospitals are as follows
Name of the new ESI Hospital
1.     Dehradun, Uttrakhand
2.    Haridwar, Uttrakhand
3.    Udham Singh Nagar, Uttrakhand
4.    Kashipur, Uttrakhand
5.    Udaipur, Rajasthan
6.    Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu
7.    Tirupur, Tamil Nadu
8.    Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu
9.    Raipur, Chattisgarh
10.   Bhillai, Chhattisgarh
11.   Korba, Chhattisgarh
12.   Angul, Odisha
13.   Duburi, Jajpur  District, Odisha
14.   Dodaballapur, Bangalore, Karnataka
15.    Bomasundra, Bangalore, Karnataka
16.   Lalru, SAS Nagar, Punjab
17.   Ankleshwar, Gujarat
18.   Siliguri, West Bengal
19.   Haldia, West Bengal.

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