Labour minister to review criteria for setting up ESIC hospitals

Keeping the need of nursing staff in ESIC Hospitals, the minister announced to open a nursing college in Manesar.

New Delhi: Labour Minister Bhupender Yadav on Sunday said the labour ministry will reconsider building new hospitals by Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) on the basis of distance and numbers of insured persons.

Yadav stated this after he laid down the foundation stone of a 500 bed-hospital of ESIC in Manesar, Haryana, on Sunday, a labour ministry statement said.

Union Minister of State for Labour and Employment Rameshwar Teli, Chief Minister of Haryana Manohar Lal and Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala and other dignitaries were also present.