ESIC joins hands with NHA to leverage medical infrastructure under AB PM-JAY

In a big leap taken by ESIC to ensure better accessibility of medical facilities for its beneficiaries, ESI Corporation has joined hands with the National Health Authority (NHA) to leverage the medical infrastructure available under Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY) in the state of Maharashtra.

The tie-up with PM-JAY was initially implemented on a pilot basis in Maharashtra in the district of Ahmednagar and now has been extended to the entire state sans the South Mumbai region, Pune and Kolhapur districts. This implies that in addition to the hospitals already empanelled by ESIC in the state, a broad network of 807 PMJAY empanelled hospitals would now be available to provide medical care to such workers and their dependants who are Insured beneficiaries of the ESI Act in Maharashtra. “It has been our long standing aim to provide doorstep deliver y of medical care ser vices in Maharashtra and this is a positive step in that direction. This convergence is going to bolster the medical infrastructure available for 1.77 Crore ESIC beneficiaries in Maharashtra.” said Pranay Sinha, Additional Commissioner and Regional Director of ESIC for Maharashtra.