Labour Ministry to set up 100-bed ESIC hospital in Tamil Nadu
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Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya said a 100-bed hospital under the Employee State Insurance Corporation will be set up and 7 dispensaries into will be converted into hospitals in Tamil Nadu.
Besides, the Centre has already handed over the Rs 650 crore ESIC Hospital & Medical College Building in Coimbatore to the state, the Labour Ministry said.
It was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier this month.
"Dattatreya also announced setting up of a 100 bed ESIC Hospital in Sriperumbudur and upgradation of seven ESIC dispensaries at Dindigul, Ranipet, Ambur, Tambaram, Kovilpatti, Rajapalayam, Virudhanagar into 30 bedded ESIC hospitals," the ministry added.
The ministry quoted Dattatreya saying that in Tamil Nadu the retirement fund body EPFO is settling 93 per cent claims within 20 days as well as 2.23 crore annual accounts have been updated on April 2015.
Besides, the Centre has already handed over the Rs 650 crore ESIC Hospital & Medical College Building in Coimbatore to the state, the Labour Ministry said.
It was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier this month.
"Dattatreya also announced setting up of a 100 bed ESIC Hospital in Sriperumbudur and upgradation of seven ESIC dispensaries at Dindigul, Ranipet, Ambur, Tambaram, Kovilpatti, Rajapalayam, Virudhanagar into 30 bedded ESIC hospitals," the ministry added.
The ministry quoted Dattatreya saying that in Tamil Nadu the retirement fund body EPFO is settling 93 per cent claims within 20 days as well as 2.23 crore annual accounts have been updated on April 2015.
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