Member of Parliament Kanimozhi N.V.N. Somu has urged the Union authorities to extend the mattress power of the Workers’ State Insurance coverage Company (ESIC) Medical School in Ok.Ok. Nagar within the metropolis to 1,200 beds.
Dr. Kanimozhi, on July 27 within the Rajya Sabha, stated the Central authorities ought to develop a state-of-the-art cath lab and a separate oncology block for ESI-insured sufferers on the hospital. “Initially commissioned as a 250-bed hospital in 1979, it was beneath the management of the Tamil Nadu authorities. In 1991, it was taken over by the ESIC to open a zonal occupational ailments centre in south India,” she stated.
Based on Dr. Kanimozhi, the establishment caters to referral instances from 15 ESI dispensaries and different hospitals within the metropolis, overlaying an insured inhabitants of over 5 lakh. “Offering social safety to insured staff, bringing extra staff from the unorganised sector beneath the ambit of the ESI Scheme, and offering service supply augmentation are the wants of the hour,” she stated, urging the federal government to publish adequate specialist docs.
At present, the hospital capabilities as a mannequin hospital with multi-specialty therapy facility and an occupational ailments centre. However there are a number of points pertaining to the medical, paramedical, and non-medical employees that needsto be addressed instantly, Dr. Kanimozhi added.
