ESIC’s hospitals - Pilot Project of Telemedicine Services
Q. Where are ESIC’s hospitals located?
1) Kolkata
2) New Delhi
3) Bengaluru- Published on 07 Sep 16a. 1, 3
b. 2, 3
c. 1, 2
d. All of the above
ANSWER: All of the above
- 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.
- In first phase, Employees State Insurance Corporation’s(ESIC) Model Hospital Basaidarapur, new Delhi has been connected with three ESIS dispensaries at Katihar (Bihar), Unnao (UP) and Rudarpur (Uttrachal).
- 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.
