Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 23 : Bari Brahmana Industries Association (BBIA) has demanded upgradation of ESI Hospital Bari Brahmana from 50 to 100 beded.
The demand was raised during a meeting of BBIA, held under the Presidentship of Lalit Mahajan to discuss the issue regarding limited health care facility available to registered Industrial workers due to shortage of Doctors and Para Medical Staff posted in the ESI Hospital, which is presently equipped to provide the health care facility for 50 admitted patients only.
It is pertinent to mention here that at present 70,000 Insured Persons are registered under the ESI Scheme with the Regional Director ESI Corporation Jammu whereas the Hospital facility is available on the basis of 50,000 Insured persons with the provision of 50 Bedded Hospital as per the norms. The ESI Hospital administration is facing problem to provide the requisite Outdoor/Indoor Healthcare facility to the Registered Insured Persons and have no option but to refer the patients to designated healthcare institutes within/ outside the State for specialized treatment resulting the inconvenience to the Insured persons and also additional expenditure to the ESI Corporation.
“The registered number of Insured Persons with ESIC is likely to increase in many fold and it is the need of the hour to take immediate steps to up-grade the existing facility of ESIC accordingly for which the matter has already been taken up by our Association with the Union Health Minister,” said the BBIA and appealed Lt Governor Girish Chandra Murmu to kindly take up the matter with the Union Health Minister to resolve the issue on priority basis for the up-gradation of ESI Hospital from 50 bedded to 100 bedded as early as possible .
The meeting was attended by Tarun Singla, Sr Vice President; Ajay Langer, Vice President; Viraaj Malhotra, General Secretary; Rajesh Jain, Secretary; Vivek Singhal, Treasurer and other members of the BBIA.
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