ESI hospitals and dispensaries: Rajya Sabha Q&A

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-114 by SHRI N. BALAGANGA

(a) the State-wise details of Employees State Insurance (ESI) hospitals and dispensaries functioning in the country, along with number of doctors/specialists in ayurvedic and homeophathy;

(b) whether there have been complaints regarding lesser number of doctors to take care of patients;
(c) if so, the details thereof; and
(d) the steps proposed to be taken to improve the doctor-patient ratio in the ESI hospitals and dispensaries in the country?

ANSWERED ON-08.08.2012

by MINISTER OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI MALLIKARJUN KHARGE)

(a): The State-wise details of Employees’ State Insurance (ESI) Hospitals and Dispensaries functioning in the country along with number of doctors/ specialists in Ayurvedic and Homeopathy is given in Annexure-I and Annexure – II respectively.
(b) to (d): Yes, Sir. There are some vacancies of doctors in ESI Hospitals and Dispensaries. For improving the doctor-patient ratio, following steps have been taken:


A. Hospitals and dispensaries run by ESI Corporation directly :-
The ESI Corporation has issued offer of appointment to 834 Medical Officers, 326 Specialists, 13 Homeopathic doctors, 17 Ayurvedic doctors, 28 Dental Surgeons and 132 Teaching Faculty doctors during last 3 years. Further, recruitment process is on for 632 posts of doctors.

B. Hospitals and Dispensaries run by State Governments:-
To encourage State Governments to fill up posts of doctors, following steps have been taken :-
1. The ESI Corporation has increased the ceiling on reimbursement of expenditure on medical care from Rs.1200/- to Rs.1500/- per Insured Person family unit per annum w.e.f. 01.04.12. In addition, Rs. 200/- per Insured Person family unit per annum is also available to the State Government if the bed occupancy of the hospitals in the State is more than 70% during the last completed year.
2. To overcome shortage of specialists/super specialists in State ESI hospitals, the ESI Corporation is appointing part time Specialists/ Super Specialists directly, till State Governments make regular appointments.

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