Health
Odisha to have four new Employees’ State Insurance (ESI) hospitals
Odisha is soon going to have four new Employees’ State Insurance (ESI) hospitals totaling the number of ESI hospitals to be 11. The 4 proposed hospitals will come up at Paradip, Balasore, Berhampur and Koraput. Though the Central government approval is pending, the state government has approved the project. The government also has plans to set up 42 ESI dispensaries across Odisha in a phased manner. In the first phase, 16 dispensaries will be opened and 26 will be built in the second phase.In the regions with less than 2000 beneficiaries the ESI medical facility will be arranged in association with private clinics and nursing homes, in order to reduce cost and time. Under this, tie-up with 10 private hospitals and 8 super specialty hospitals in Cuttack and Bhubaneswar is being done. Earlier, individuals with monthly salary up to Rs 15,000 could become the beneficiary but now, employees with monthly income up to Rs 21,000 can also avail the ESI facility.
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