Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) has approved the set up for 97 new ESI hospitals across the country in the last ten years, said Union Minister of State for Labour and Employment Shobha Karandlaje.

• Karandlaje also informed that ESIC also set up new ESI hospitals and dispensaries across the country.
• ESIC provides comprehensive medical care in the form of medical attendance, treatment, drugs and dressings, specialist consultation, and hospitalisation to Insured Persons and their families through a network of 165 ESI hospitals and 1,590 dispensaries across the country.
• Karandlaje also informed of major steps taken by the ESIC to upgrade and improve the facilities provided to its beneficiaries, such as the collaboration with Ayushmaan Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojna (PMJAY).