Telangana: Soon, a special ESIC block in each government hospital
Hyderabad: Union minister Bandaru Dattatreya today said there is a proposal to start separate Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) blocks in all major state-run hospitals in Telangana.
Speaking to reporters along with Telangana Health Minister C Laxma Reddy after a review meeting here, Dattatreya said he would hold talks with higher officials in Delhi in this regard and a decision will be arrived at.
"I will ensure for the central funds for the benefit of the state-run hospitals in all the districts of the state," the Minister of State for Labour and Employment said.
Dattatreya said he would soon request Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to make budgetary allocations for starting an AIIMS hospital in Telangana.
He further said there is an urgent need for Central and state governments to focus on communicable diseases as they were among the main reasons for deaths of tribal people last year.
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