Ministry of Labour & Employment
ESIC reaches out to its Beneficiaries to provide medical care and relief during Covid-19 pandemic
COVID-19 facility Dashboard for ESIC Hospitals
ESIC, under Ministry of Labour & Employment, in its endeavour to fulfil its social responsibility has taken another step to enhance citizen centric services and dissemination of information during the current pandemic.The need of the hour is to increase the number of beds for COVID care. Many of the ESI health facilities meant for its beneficiaries,have been opened up for the benefit of the citizens of our country for COVID care. Some of the ESI Institutions are even geared up to provide dedicated services to COVID patients.Our brave heart medical professionals and the other frontline workers are extending life-saving services, 24×7,in these COVID ESI Institutions not only as responsible citizen but also with a motto of‘Service to Mankind is Services to God”.
Due to demand and supply gap, beds are not available for COVID care. Even if beds are available, the real-time information is not readily available to the needy and those facing emergencies. The ICT Team of ESIC has worked tirelessly to prepare the blueprint, develop and deploy a Dashboard in record time so as to help the needy citizen search or a bed, in a dedicated facility of ESIC. The participating ESI Health Institutions are updating the data on a regular basis. Through this Dashboard, the citizen shall be able to navigate to a displayed ESI Health Institution, view Bed Position there and take conscious decision of availing services.The link for the COVID FACILITY DASHBOARD has been made available at https://www.esic.in/Dashboard/CovidDashBoard.aspx.
ESIC reaches out to its Beneficiaries to provide medical care and relief during Covid-19 pandemic
Medical Benefit
- The Insured Person and/or his family members in case of being infected with COVID-19 can avail free of cost medical care in any of the ESIC/ ESIS Hospital which has been declared as COVID-19 dedicated hospital. Presently 21 ESIC hospitals run directly by ESIC with 3676 COVID Isolation Beds, 229 ICU beds and 163 ventilator beds and 26 ESI Scheme Hospitals run by State Govts. having 2023 beds are functioning as COVID-19 dedicated hospitals.
- In addition to above, instructions have been issued to each of the ESIC hospital to function with a minimum of 20% of its bed capacity as dedicated Covid beds for ESI IPs, beneficiaries, staff & pensioners.
- Plasma therapy which has shown promising results to save the lives of serious COVID-19 patients, is also available in ESIC Medical College & Hospital, Faridabad (Haryana) and ESIC Medical College & Hospital, Sanath Nagar (Telangana).
- ESI Beneficiaries may also seek Emergency/non-Emergency medical treatment from tie-up hospital directly without referral letter, in accordance with his/her entitlement.
- In case the IP or family member being infected with COVID-19 takes treatment in any private institution, the reimbursement of expenditure may be claimed.
Cash Benefit
- In case the Insured Person abstains from his work being infected with COVID-19, he can claim Sickness benefit for his period of abstention as per his entitlement. Sickness benefit is paid @ 70% of average daily wages for 91 days.
- In case any Insured person becomes unemployed, he may avail relief under Atal Beemit Vyakti Kalyan Yojana (ABVKY) under @ 50% of average per day earning for a maximum 90 days. For availing this relief, the Insured Person can submit his claim online at esic.in.
- In case, any Insured Person becomes unemployed due to retrenchment or closure of factory/establishment as per ID Act, 1947, he may claim unemployment allowance for a period of 02 years subject to qualifying conditions under RGSKY.
- In the event of unfortunate demise of any Insured Person, funeral expenses of Rs.15000/- are paid to the eldest surviving member of his family.
