National health programmes

ESIC participates altogether national health programmes under the aegis of Health Schemes of Govt. of India, and therefore the services there under are extended to the beneficiaries through our hospitals & dispensaries.

In addition to the higher than, ESI Corporation has came upon HIV / AIDS National Centre under the management of Director Family Welfare,

ESI Hospital Basaidarapur with the help of NACO to regulate

/treat the unwellness among our beneficiaries. Under this programme, STD clinics, VCTCs and new blood banks are established. The attention programmes on HIV/AIDS also are organized by ESIS/ESIC.

Project Sankalp

ESIC has launched Project Sankalp in collaboration with HLFPPT for promoting family welfare and control of HIV/AIDS amongst IPs & families.

Supply of Special aid and appliances

The Insured Persons and Family Members are provided with Artificial limbs, Hearing Aids, IOL (Intra Ocular Lens), Spinal Supports, Cervical Collar, Walking Calipers, Clutches, Wheel Chair, Cardiac Pacemaker, Cochlear implants. Other medical equipments considered essential are provided to the beneficiaries.

Previously, the availability of plate, Capping of teeth and Spectacles got to solely the Insured Persons / Insured girl and artificial Wigs (only to Insured Woman). Now, with result from 19/11/2007, the spectacles, Dentures and capping of teeth facilities are offered to the dependants of Insured Persons (IPs and IWs).

Procurement Cell

The Cell stared functioning with effect from Sept., 2010 with the objective of facilitating ESI Hospitals/Dispensary to get desired good quality medical equipment as per norms and proper justification.

Starting of Medical Colleges and PG Medical Institute and Dental Colleges in ESI Hospital

The issue of shortage of medical and para-medical personnel being responsible for deficient services was raised by the Members of the Corporation, in its 139th meeting held on 14.7.2007. The Chairman then suggested that the Corporation should have its own Medical Colleges / PG Medical Institutes / Training schools for training Para-medical staff to ensure sufficient availability of these personnel.

At present, the Medical Education comes of ESIC planned to be got wind of are cover seventeen States. The whole numbers of those Medical Education establishments (State-wise) are forty three and their sorts are given below within the table.

At present, the Medical Education projects of ESIC, proposed to be set up are spread over 17 States. The total numbers of these Medical Education institutions (State wise) are 43 and there types are given below in the table.

PGIMSR: - Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences & Research.

Present Status of ESIC Medical Education projects

Permission to begin Post Graduate Courses at ESI PGIMSRs (Rajaji Nagar Bangalore) was received from Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in five disciplines from school term 2010-11. 2 PG degree seats (MD/MS) every were allowable for these 5 subjects, that students have already been admitted and therefore the session has started.

ESIC Dental school, Rohini Delhi has started from school term 2010-11 with fifty annual BDS students intake.

Post Graduation Degree Courses are started in 6 PGIMSRs at Basaidarapur (Delhi), K.K. Nagar (Chennai), MGM Parel (Mumbai), Andheri (E) (Mumbai), Rajaji Nagar ( Bangalore), and Joka (Calcutta) from academic term 2011-12. a complete of fifty seven PG Students were admitted to PG Degree Courses within the year 2011-12 in 6 ESI PGIMSRs.

Application has been submitted to MCI for beginning UG (MBBS) Courses at 6 ESIC Medical college.