With the cooperation of the central government, construction and expansion work of Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) hospitals and dispensaries is being carried out rapidly at 34 locations across Haryana so that workers can avail modern healthcare facilities near their homes.
Disclosing this, Haryana Labour Minister Anil Vij said that the state government was committed to providing better, accessible and timely healthcare services to workers and their families.
Chairing a high-level review meeting of ESIC department officers, Vij conducted a detailed review of the progress of all ongoing projects.
He directed the officers to ensure that all construction works and projects being implemented through ESIC are completed within the stipulated timeframe on a priority basis so that workers can benefit from these facilities at the earliest.
During the meeting, officers informed that more than 98 percent of the civil work for the 100-bed ESIC Hospital in Bahadurgarh, district Jhajjar, has been completed. Similarly, around 90 percent of the civil work for the 150-bed ESIC Hospital being built in Bawal, district Rewari, has also been completed, and the remaining work will be finished soon.
Vij said that he would personally review the progress of these projects every month and that negligence at any level would not be tolerated.
Officers further informed that a 150-bed ESIC Hospital in Rohtak and a state-of-the-art 500-bed ESIC Hospital in Manesar are proposed, and work on these projects will begin shortly. In addition, nearly 95 percent of the construction work of ESIC dispensaries at Barhi and Rai in Sonipat has been completed, while the ESIC dispensary in Panchkula has already become operational.
The meeting also reviewed the progress of works for a 100-bed ESIC Hospital in Ambala, a 100-bed hospital in Hisar, a 150-bed ESIC Hospital in Sonipat and a 30-bed ESIC Hospital in Karnal.
Along with this, the progress of ESIC dispensaries in various regions, including IMT Rohtak, Saha, Sohna, Kharkhoda, Nuh, Gohana, Panipat, Kurukshetra, Jhadli, Pataudi, Kundli, Bahalgarh, Taraori, Gharaunda, Jhajjar, Kaithal, Farrukhnagar, Kosli, Charkhi Dadri, Chhachhrauli, Dadri Toe and Mullana was also reviewed.
Principal Secretary, Labour Department, Rajeev Ranjan, HSIIDC Managing Director Sushil Sarwan, Director, Urban Local Bodies Department Mukul Kumar, ESI Director, Anjali Sachdeva, ESIC Regional Director, Hari Om Prakash and other senior officers were present during the meeting.
