Four ESI hospitals in Andhra to be upgraded into super specialty facilities

Minister for labour, factories and boilers Vasamsetti Subhash instructed the officials to prepare action plan to upgrade the four ESI hospitals situated at Visakhapatnam, Rajamahendravaram, Vijayawada and Tirupati in the state into super specialty hospitals.

Reviewing the functioning of labour department and IMS department here on Wednesday, the minister said that the number of insured persons should be increased to 25 lakh as against the present 14.5 lakh. He also instructed the officials to make the dispensaries, and diagnostic centres work on full scale by equipping them with necessary staff and machinery. He urged the officials to send the proposals to the government.

Reviewing the functioning of labour department and IMS department here on Wednesday, the minister said that the number of insured persons should be increased to 25 lakh as against the present 14.5 lakh. He also instructed the officials to make the dispensaries, and diagnostic centres work on full scale by equipping them with necessary staff and machinery. He urged the officials to send the proposals to the government.

Recently, Tanuku MLA A Radha Krishna and minister Kolusu Parthasarathy sought setting up of ESI hospitals at Tanuku and Nuzvid respectively, he recalled and asked the officials to prepare necessary proposals and submit the same to him. The Hans India