(a) whether any annual assessment of working of the Employees
State Insurance Corporation hospitals has been made by the
Government;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) the details of the standards being maintained in these
hospitals particularly in Andhra Pradesh;
(d) whether the Regional Director of ESIC has been asked to
closely watch the ESIC hospitals; and
(e) if so, the details thereof?
MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT ( SHRI MUNI LALL )
(a) to (c): Except in Delhi and NOIDA, responsibility for
administration of medical care under the ESI Scheme vests in the
concerned State Governments/U.T. Administrations. However the
ESIC has prescribed norms/guidelines with regard to staffing and
equipping of ESI hospitals. All ESI hospitals including those
in Andhra Pradesh are engaged in providing services for general
speciality and also the services for Cardiology, Neurology,
Plastic surgery and Tuberculosis. The diagnostic facilities like
Ultrasonography, auto-analyzer, tread-mill test, Computerised
eye-test and Cardiac Monitoring System are available. Necessary
tie-up arrangements with reputed medical institutions also exist
for providing Super-speciality treatment to the insured persons.
In order to facilitate that insured persons do get proper medical
care, the Corporation has set up a General Purposes Sub-Committee
(GPSC) which visits ESI hospitals/dispensaries in one or two
States every year. The deficiences/shortcomings in the working
of these hospitals are brought to the notice of the concerned
State Government for taking appropriate remedial action.
(d) and (e): Regional Directors, ESIC work in liaision with
State Governments so as to ensure proper administration and
maintenance of ESI institutions in the respective States. In
addition, Regional Deputy Medical Commissioners have been
appointed to monitor working of ESI institutions and
administration of medical benefits in the concerned States.