New Delhi, Jan 15: Union Minister of Labour and Employment Bhupender Yadav laid the foundation stone of 100-bedded Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) Hospital, Tripura from New Delhi in a virtual event held on Sunday.

Prof. (Dr.) Manik Saha, Chief Minister of Tripura, graced the occasion as Chief Guest.

Minister of State for Labour and Employment RameswarTeli and Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Pratima Bhoumik joined the virtual event as guests of honour.

The proposed 100 bedded ESIC hospital to be built in Bodhjungnagar area under Khayerpur assembly constituency will be spread over an area of 5 acres. It will be directly run by ESIC. 

The estimated construction cost of this hospital is around Rs. 100 crore and will be completed in 3 years. 

The hospital will have all the modern facilities like modular OT, state of the art medical equipment, labs, etc. It will have OPD and IPD services. This hospital will cater to and provide medical services to more than 60,000 beneficiaries of Agartala and nearby areas.

In his address during the event, the Union Minister said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken keen interest in the development of North East states and the ESIC hospital will help further Prime Minister’s vision for the region.

He said that Union Government is committed for rapid development in the North East states and stressed that it is working to create employment opportunities in the North East states and provide social security to all the workers including workers from the unorganised sector.

Yadav also said that the Ministry of Labour and Employment will work with Government of Tripura for e-Shram registration of unorganised sector workers. He further said that the 100 bedded ESIC Hospital will be built within three years.

The Chief Minister of Tripura said that the upcoming hospital will benefit the workers and their family members in Tripura. 

It will also create employment opportunities for people of Tripura, he said, adding that the state government provided 5-acre land to ESIC free of cost to build this hospital.

Other dignitaries who attended the event included Speaker of Tripura Legislative Assembly- Ratan Chakraborty and Minister for Labour Bhagban Chandra Das, Secretary of Ministry of Labour- Arti Ahuja, Director General of ESIC Dr. Rajendra Kumar, Chief Secretary of Tripura- Jitendra Kumar Sinha, Chairman of Panchayat Samiti Biswajit Shil and Secretary of Labour department- Abhishek Singh.