Govt lays foundation stone of 100-bed ESIC Hospital at Tinsukia

The hospital, to be built with a project cost of Rs 136 crore will cater to the medical needs of more than three lakh ESI beneficiaries of its catchment areas

The Union Minister of State for Labour & Employment and Petroleum & Natural Gas, Rameswar Teli inaugurated a 20-bed ESIC Hospital and also laid the foundation stone of a 100-bed ESIC Hospital at Tinsukia, Assam.

Teli during the function assured that the development of other ESI projects in the state of Assam for the Insured Workers and their dependents would be expedited. He said that the government is focused towards creating an infrastructure for easy access to medical services for the workers of our country.

ESIS Hospital Tinsukia, Assam was established in 1982 as a 20-bed hospital under the state government-run ESI Scheme in a plot area of 12 bighas. Recently, ESIC took over the operations of this state-run ESI Hospital and planned to further upgrade it to a 100-bed ESIC Hospital. This hospital, to be built with a project cost of Rs 136 crore will cater to the medical needs of more than three lakh ESI beneficiaries of its catchment areas including Dibrugarh, Majuli, Dhemaji, Lakhimpur, Jorhat, Sibasagar and Golaghat. The hospital will be equipped with state-of-the-art modern medical facilities. 

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