Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, June 22: A first ever health check-up for beneficiaries of ESI Scheme was organized at AEGIS Complex, Rangreth, Srinagar today by a team of doctors and paramedical staff from ESI Dispensaries Rangreth and Khanmoh and ESIC Hospital, Jammu.
Dr Om Prakash, State Medical Commissioner, ESIC, Jammu & Kashmir and Dr Rehana Kausar, Administrative Medical Officer, ESI Scheme, J&K supervised the medical check up operations. Over 160 employees of institution were examined in the health camps. Needy among them were also given medicines on the spot.
Some cases of surgery, hyper tension, eye defects and burn contracture were identified for further treatment and follow up action during the check-up exercise who would be provided detailed cashless medical / surgical treatment through ESIC Model Hospital, Jammu or through any of the specialty tie- up hospitals in Jammu or elsewhere, as the case would require.
Later, discussing the issues relating to ESI Scheme, Labour Secretary Shahid Anayatullah advised the team of ESIC officers led by Arvind Kumar, Regional Director, to hold more such camps in hazardous units such as cement and chemical industries and flour mills. It was decided that such health check up camps would be regularly held in Srinagar, concentrating on hazardous industries.
Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC), J&K region has been administering ESI Scheme for 1.18 lakh covered employees in the State and providing social security to them besides medical services and other benefits to 4.72 lakh beneficiaries.
Under the Scheme, full Medical treatment is provided to the beneficiaries, besides compensation for salary losses due to sickness, accidents, etc as well as pensionary benefits to the dependants of the employee who meet with fatal employment accident during the course of employment.
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