UNION LABOUR MINISTER LAYS FOUNDATION
STONE OF ESI DISPENSARY IN WAZIRPUR INDUSTRIAL AREA
The Union Labour
Minister, Dr. Sahib Singh today laid the foundation stone of ESI
Dispensary in Wazirpur Industrial area, Delhi. This will be the
37th ESI Dispensary under the ESI Scheme in Delhi area.
The 800 sq.yds. plot for the dispensary has been acquired from
the DDA to provide basic medical facilities to the industrial
workers of the area nearer to their work place. A four doctor
dispensary is being constructed on the site at an estimated cost
of Rs. 30 lakhs.
Shri Lal Bihari
Tiwari, Member Parliament (Lok Sabha) presided over today’s function.
MLAs and Councillors of the area besides a large number of representatives
from employers and employees attended the ceremonial function.
Speaking on the
occasion, the union labour minister said that health care was
the most important component of social security under the ESI
Scheme. It was, therefore, imperative to provide a good and reliable
infrastructural facility in densely worker populated areas. He
said that the corporation was committed to providing high quality
health care services to the 310 lakh ESI beneficiaries across
the country. To achieve this goal, Dr. Sahib Singh said the corporation
had already set up Model ESI Hospitals in 12 states so far. Some
more ESI hospitals are in the process of being taken over by the
corporation in the near future.
As of now, the
ESI scheme covers about 5.50 lakh industrial workers in the national
capital region of Delhi. Full medical care is provided to about
24 lakh beneficiaries that includes the dependants of insured
persons. Medical services under the scheme are provided through
a network of 36 dispensaries and 4 hospitals located at Basaidarapur,
Rohini, Okhla and Jhilmil Shahdara. The Corporation spends over
Rs. 100 crores in Delhi area for provision of medical facilities
to about 1/5th of the total population of the national
capital region.
