ESIC will add seven more health facilities

Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya. | Photo credit: ANI

Employees State Insurance Company (ESIC) will add seven more healthcare facilities to its infrastructure network in six states. Union Labor Minister Mansukh Mandaviya will inaugurate the projects in Sanathnagar, Telangana on Tuesday (July 14, 2026).

Apart from the new out-patient ward block of ESIC Hospital, Sanathnagar, the upgraded 200-bed ESIC Hospital, Beltola, Assam, the 100-bed ESIC Hospital at Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu, the hospital at Rajamahendravaram, Andhra Pradesh, the dispensaries and branches at Surendranagar, Gujarat and the ESI Mandi at Rajast Rajasthan are the new facilities. “These medical facilities worth around ₹ 668 crore will meet the healthcare needs of about 53 million beneficiaries across the country,” the Union Labor Ministry said on Sunday, July 12.

The new facility at Sanathnagar, the government says, is a landmark medical facility that will provide modern, comprehensive outpatient services to 12,30,183 policyholders and beneficiaries across Telangana. The total construction cost was ₹ 211.13 crore. ESIC Hospital in Beltola, Assam caters to 47 districts of Assam and Meghalaya as well as 41 districts in Tripura, Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh. “The facility is expected to cover 3.42 million policyholders and a total of about 13.27 million beneficiaries,” the government said.

ESIC Hospital located at Sriperumbudur will cater to 5.5 lakh insured persons to get medical facilities from Kancheepuram and Tiruvallur districts. The hospital in Rajamahendravaram, Andhra Pradesh will serve 1,31,190 insured persons while 9,192 insured persons are covered under the ESIC scheme in Surendranagar district. In Kota, the facility will serve more than 1,500 employers and approximately 75,000 insured persons. The Bhawani Mandi facility in Rajasthan will provide health services to around 800 employers comprising 27,715 policyholders. The government insists that the implementation of the Social Security Code will expand ESIC coverage, while unions are demanding more facilities under ESIC for workers.

Published – 12 Jul 2026 20:56 IST