NEW DELHI:
Tejasvi Surya, Bengaluru South Member of Parliament, on Wednesday said that unjustified transfer of doctors of ESIC hospital in Bengaluru would be rectified by the Union Government.
Surya met Bhupender Yadav, Minister of Labour and Employment, on Wednesday and requested him to look into the mass annual transfers announced by the ESIC Hospital in Bengaluru.
Recently, The ESI Corporation, which comes under Ministry of Labour, Govt of India, has issued mass transfer orders all over India.
As a result, about 130 doctors from ESIC Hospital, Rajajinagar, and about 27 doctors from ESI Hospital, Peenya, are transferred to various hospital across the country.
Surya pointed out to the minister that such a large number of transfers would adversely affect the functioning of the hospitals, and hamper the delivery of the services at the ESIC. The mass transfers would also displace a large number of doctors and their families and cause disruption of the patient services.
Responding to Surya’s request, the Minister assured him that the transfer orders would be examined and any transfer made in violation of the Corporation’s transfer policy would be rectified. The minister also said that vacancies at every centre would be filled up soon, ensuring that there’s no deficiency in healthcare service for the patients at the ESIC hospitals.
“It’s the priority of the Government of India, led by Prime Minister Sri Narendra Modi Ji, to protect and safeguard the interests of workers across different sectors. Doctors at the ESIC Hospital cater to the poorest of the labour classes, who are not well conversant in English and are mainly accustomed to regional languages.
“The Central Government stands with the doctors providing yeomen service at the ESIC hospitals across the country. It has assured to look into the transfers recently announced by the ESIC. The Minister has personally assured that any transfer order which is unjustified and in violation of any transfer policy would be rectified by the Labour ministry. Vacancies at the ESIC hospitals would also be filled up soon,” Surya said after the meeting.
