ESIC Recruitment 2018: The ESI Corporation in its meeting on Wednesday informed that recruitment for as many as 5200 posts is under process for vacant position in various categories including Social Security Officer, Insurance Medical Officer Grade-II, Junior Engineers, Teaching Faculty, Paramedical & Nursing Cadre, UDC and Steno, according to Ministry of Labour & Employment statement.
 
The recruitment process is to meet the shortage of specialist/super specialist doctors in some of the ESIC Hospitals, the ESIC approved for hiring of full time contractual specialists/super specialists in the department of Anaesthesia, Medicine, Surgery, Pediatrics, Gyne, Ortho, Cardiology, Nephrology and Medical Oncology after inviting open tender, the statement said.
 
Earlier, the ESI Corporation during its 176th meeting held on Wednesday took some key decisions towards improvements in its service delivery mechanism. The meeting, under the Chairmanship of Santosh Kumar Gangwar, MoS for Labour & Employment (I/C), decided to allow Non-IPs (Non Insured Persons) to avail medical services from   underutilized ESIC Hospitals after levying User Charges at a subsidized cost  of Rs 10/- for OPD Consultation, at 25% of CGHS package rates for admitted patients and  to provide medicines on actual rate initially for one year on pilot basis. 
 
According to the statement, this step will immensely help common people to get quality medical care at very low cost. It will also ensure full utilization of resources of hospital for people’s cause.
 
Further, the meeting also decided to enhance the exemption limit for payment of employees’ share of contribution from Rs 137 to Rs 176, keeping in view the rise in the National Floor Level Minimum Wages to Rs 176, the statement added.