Shiksha Samachar: First Phase of ESICS Pilot Project of Telemedicine Services Inaugurated

First Phase of ESICS Pilot Project of Telemedicine Services Inaugurated
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Shri Bandaru Dattatreya , the Minister of State for Labour and Employment
inaugurated the first phase of Tele-medicine services of ESIC here today for
providing specialist medical services at a distance to insured workers. With
this Employees State Insurance Corporation’s(ESIC) Model Hospital Basaidarapur
has been connected with three ESIS dispensaries at Katihar (Bihar), Unnao (UP)
and Rudarpur (Uttrachal). As the three dispansaries came live on line , the
Minister interacted with staff and patients at these centres.
ESIC has launched an ambitious Pilot Project of Tele-Medicine Services at 11 ESI
locations in coordination with C-DAC, Mohali under the aegis of “Digital
Inclusive and Smart Community (DISC)” which is a part of Digital India
Programmed of Government of India. In all, three specialized ESIC Hospitals will
be connected with eight ESI Dispensaries at remote locations of the country
where there are no specialized ESI healthcare services available. Today one
hospital and three dispensaries have been connected. In second and third phase
rest of the two Hospitals and five Dispensaries will be connected by month end
thereby providing specialized health care services at the doorsteps of the IPs
and their family members.
These include hospital at Rajaji Nagar in Bengaluru to be connected to
dispensaries at Korba and Khursipar Bhilai,in Chhattisgarh. The other hospital
Joka in Kolkatta to beconnected to dispnsiries at Shillong, Agartala and Andaman
& Nicobar.