Jammu, Mar 5 (KNN) The Jammu micro small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) have expressed disappointment and anger over refusal of secondary treatment to insured persons by ESI Hospital in Bari Brahmana from Private Empanelled Hospital.

In this regard, a meeting of the Bari Brahmana Industries Association (Regd) was held today under the Presidentship of  Lalit Mahajan, the association's president.

The members discussed the issue in respect of refusal of Secondary Treatment to Insured Persons by ESI Hospital Bari Brahmana, District Samba, Jammu from Private Empanelled Hospital.

"The Members present in the meeting showed their serious concern that the ESI Hospital, Bari Brahmana refused to provide the Secondary Specialized Treatment to Insured persons (which is not available in the Hospital due to non availability of requisite infrastructure and Doctors) from the Private Empanelled Hospital as per  ESIC Headquarter office order no U-16/12/01/2018/agenda /reporting item -med-II dt 27/01/2020 resulting great resentment amongst the Industrial Workers registered with the ESI Corporation who are paying their hard earned money towards the contribution to the Corporation," said Mahajan after the meeting.

The matter has been taken up with the Medical Superintendent ESI Corporation Bari Brahmana who intimated us that the stoppage of Treatment from the Private Empanelled Hospitals has been discontinued due to instructions from the Head Quarter for the reason best known to them and shown his helplessness to resolve the issue, he added.

The members said that ESI Hospital Bari Brahmana failed to provide Specialized Treatment to the Industrial Workers in the Hospital due to non availability of the Doctors and other infrastructure and refer the patients to Government Medical College Jammu where  it will take months to get the Operation dates due to long waiting queues.

The patients have no option but to get the treatment from Private Hospitals and pay the amount from their hard earned money for treatments from Private hospitals whereas it is the responsibility of the ESI Corporation to provide the requisite healthcare treatment as they are collecting Crores of Rupees from Employees as well as Employers contribution, BBIA sais.

The association has requested Santosh Kumar Gangwar, Minister of State for Labour and Employment (Independent Charge), Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India, Director General, Employee’s State Insurance Corporation, Commissioner/Secretary, Labour Department, J&K Govt., Regional Director, ESIC to look in to the matter and issue necessary directions  to the concerned Officials for the restoration of the facility to Insured Persons to get the Healthcare treatment.

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