KOLLAM, DEC. 22:
Employees State Insurance Corporation will complete all its projects of renovating and constructing modern dispensaries, hospitals and offices in Kerala on a priority basis, Minister of State for Labour Kodikunnil Suresh said here on Saturday.
The ESIC Medical College Hospital was inaugurated at nearby Paripally by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy.
Suresh said such medical colleges would begin functioning from this academic year in Chennai, Gulbarga in Karnataka and Kolkata. The modernisation is part of the ESI’s ambitious Rs 480-crore programme to upgrade its hospitals, dispensaries and offices nationwide to adapt to the changing health delivery scenario.
Chandy applauded ESIC’s efforts for its services to the working classes of the State and promised the government’s full support to the Corporation.
Official sources said ESIC Medical College Hospital at Paripally would initially have 300 beds and later be upgraded to 500 beds with modern facilities.
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