(a)whether Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) has decided to set up Medical College at Chest Diseases Hospital, Naroda, Ahmedabad;
(b)if so, the details thereof along with the funds allocated and utilised there under;
(c)the time by which the said medical college is likely to be functional;
(d)whether admission to said Medical College will be as per the State Government’s rules or in accordance with policy of Central Government and if so, the details thereof?
MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT(SHRI BANDARU DATTATREYA)
(a): Medical College at Chest Diseases Hospital, Naroda, Ahmadabad was in the approved list of Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) Medical College project.
(b) to (d): The Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) has, inter-alia, decided in its meeting held on 4.12.2014 to exit from the field of medical education entirely as it is not the core function of the ESIC and focus on providing medical care services to Insured Persons (IPs). As such, ESIC Medical College Project at Naroda, Ahmedabad is not to be taken up.