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ESI hospitals and dispensaries: Rajya Sabha Q&A

Government of India
Ministry of  Labour and Employment
Rajya Sabha

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.

ANNEXURE-I
STATEMENT
REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 114 FOR
08.08.2012  BY SHRI N. BALAGANGA REGARDING ESI HOSPITALS    AND DISPENSARIES
DETAILS
OF HOSPITALS & DISPENSARIES.
Sl.  no.
Name of State
No. of
Hospitals
No. of dispensaries
1
Andhra
Pradesh
12
135
2
Assam
1
27
3
Bihar
3
19
4
Chandigarh
Admn.
1
02
5
Chattisgarh
12
6
Delhi
4
51
7
Goa
1
09
8
Gujarat
12
98
9
Haryana
07
57
10
Himachal
Pradesh
02
10
11
Jammu
& Kashmir
01
08
12
Jharkhand
03
25
13
Karnataka
10
114
14
Kerala
13
137
15
Madhya
Pradesh
07
42
16
Maharashtra
13
72
17
Meghalaya
02
18
Orissa
06
49
19
Pondicherry
01
15
20
Punjab
08
70
21
Rajasthan
06
72
22
Tamilnadu
09
190
23
Uttar
Pradesh
16
130
24
Uttaranchal
12
25
West
Bengal
14
39
26
Nagaland
1
27
Tripura
1
Total
150
1399



ANNEXURE-II
STATEMENT
REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 114 FOR
08.08.2012  BY SHRI N. BALAGANGA REGARDING ESI HOSPITALS    AND DISPENSARIES
     
STATE
WISE LIST OF  NUMBER OF UNITS  & PHYSICIANS  FOR AYURVEDIC & HOMEOPATHY IN ESI
HOSPITAL & DISPENSARIES
Sl. No.
Name of State
No. of units in Disp./Hosp.
(Ayurvedic)
No. of Ayurvedic Physicians
No. of units in Disp./Hosp.
(Homeopathy)
No. of Homeopathic Physicians
1
Andhra Pradesh
02
2
01
1
2
Assam
01
1
3
Bihar
03
3
01
1
4
Chandigarh
01
01
5
Chhattisgarh
1
1
6
Delhi
12
12
08
8
7
Goa
01
1
01
1
8
Gujarat
33
37
9
Haryana
03
3
10
Himachal Pradesh
01
1
11
Jammu & Kashmir
01
1
12
Jharkhand
02
2
13
Karnataka
02
3
14
Kerala
15
16
14
14
15
Madhya Pradesh
01
1
16
Maharashtra
03
3
17
Meghalaya
18
Orissa
02
2
01
1
19
Pondicherry
20
Punjab
07
7
07
7
21
Rajasthan
02
2
02
2
22
Tamilnadu
04
5
01
1
23
Uttar Pradesh
13
12
14
18
24
Uttarakhand
02
2
25
West Bengal
06
5
06
6
Total
116
121
58
62
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