Simplify process to avail super-speciality facility: Min tells

Exhorting officials to take care of workers' interest and their social security, Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya has directed the Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) to simplify the procedure for availing super-speciality facility in its hospitals.
Dattatreya, who reviewed the functioning of ESI Scheme yesterday, also directed officials that the targets must be met with increasing efficiency, especially at the lower level.
"While addressing the officers, Dattatreya called upon them to take care of the interest of the workers and their social security.
"He asked the medical officers to treat the patients belonging to the working class in such a way that they feel comfortable. He directed the management to simplify the procedure for availing super-speciality facility in ESI hospitals," an official Ministry statement said.

Noting that 93 per cent of India's workforce, which belong to the unorganised sector, is beyond the scope of the ESI scheme, the Minister appreciated weekly review of the projects presently conducted by ESIC.
"He further directed that the targets must be met by increasing efficiency especially at the lower level," the statement said.
Urging officials to serve insured persons with "seva bhav" (sense of service), the Minister exhorted the management to have a pro-labour attitude and create a good image for their organisation by changing the perception among the massess.
Director General, ESIC, A K Agarwal and other senior officers apprised the Minister about the salient features related to the working of the scheme.