Covid-19 Pandemic: ESIC Offers Free Treatment To Beneficiaries, Announces Relief Measures

Covid 19 Pandemic: Each ESIC hospital has been asked to function with a minimum of 20 per cent of its bed capacity reserved for ESI beneficiaries.

Extending a helping hand to its beneficiaries, who have been afflicted by the Corona virus infection, the Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) on Thursday announced that all insured persons and family members are liable for availing free medical care in any of its hospitals, which have been declared as dedicated Covid centres. Each ESIC hospital has been directed to function with a minimum of 20 per cent of its bed capacity reserved for ESI staff, pensioners and beneficiaries, according to Labour Ministry sources. ESI beneficiaries can also seek emergency or non-emergency medical treatment from a tie-up hospital directly without referral letter, as per the person's entitlement. In case the beneficiary or a family member on being infected with COVID-19 takes treatment in any private institution, then the reimbursement of expenditure can also be claimed.