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Industrial workers are suffering due to conversion of ESIC hospital into COVID-19 hospital: Jammu MSMEs

Updated: Jun 09, 2020 09:17:50am
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Industrial workers are suffering due to conversion of ESIC hospital into COVID-19 hospital: Jammu MSMEs

Jammu, Jun 9 (KNN) Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Jammu have asserted that thousands of industrial workers are suffering due to conversion of Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) Hospital Bari Brahmana into COVID-19 hospital.

MSMEs said this during a meeting held, on Monday, to discuss the issues related to industrial workers who are facing difficulties in their treatment due to conversion of ESIC hospital into COVID-19 hospital.

''At present around 75,000 registered insured persons are getting the facilities of OPD/IPD fr0m the Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) hospital, Bari Brahmana. It is unfair to convert ESIC hospital into a COVID-19 hospital,'' said Federation of Industries Jammu (FoIJ) in a meeting on Monday.

The industry body further said that due to corona cases, ESIC beneficiaries are facing difficulties in their day to day medical assistance.

''In case of any emergency, the unit holders have no option, other than to send the worker to government medical college, Jammu for treatment at their own expenses,'' FOIJ added.

FOIJ further feared that due to positive cases of COVID-19 in ESIC hospital might spread in the hospital complex.

''The administration has already shifted positive cases of COVID-19 in ESIC hospital which is a serious issue keeping in mind the influx of approximately 35000 workers in the industrial complex, on a daily basis might affect others in the complex,'' it added.

FOIJ requested Lt. Governor, G C Murmu to immediately shift COVID-19 patients fr0m ESIC hospital to other health care centres and open the ESI Hospital for daily OPD/IPD for the registered beneficiaries which will provide great relief to Industrial workers.

Earlier, MSMEs had also expressed their dissatisfaction over the conversion of ESIC hospital into a COVID-19 hospital and demanded to immediately shift the infected patients to other health care centres.

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