More medical colleges planned under ESI Corporation

Updated on: Tuesday, August 03, 2010

The Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) has decided to setup Medical Colleges, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences & Research (PGIMSR), Dental Colleges, etc. under their Medical Education Projects scheme.

The plans involve the setting up of 12 PGIMSRs, 17 medical colleges and 9 dental colleges all across India.

The ESI-PGIMSR at Rajaji Nagar in Bangalore has been permitted by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare/Medical Council of India (MCI) to admit students in 5 specialties (2 students each for MD/MS courses) for the academic session 2010-11, which has already begun.

Further application has also been submitted to Ministry of Health & Family Welfare/MCI for increase in seats in Post Graduate Courses and for seats in additional specialties from the Academic Session 2011-12.

"The ESIC Dental College in Rohini (Delhi-85) has been issued the Letter of Permission (LOP) by Ministry of Health & Family Welfare/Dental Council of India to admit 50 BDS students on annual basis from the Academic Session 2010-11. The Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIPU), Delhi has been requested for the admission of the students," said an official press release on Monday.

The press release added that "the ESI Corporation has also submitted applications for issue of Letter of Permission (LOP) by Ministry of Health & Family Welfare/Medical Council of India for the academic session 2011-12 for the grant of permission to start courses in different specialties in 6 ESI-PGIMSRs."

Out of the six PGIMSRs, one will be set up in New Delhi, 2 in Mumbai and 2 each in Kolkata. The rest of the Medical Colleges and Dental Colleges are proposed to be established from the academic year 2012-13 onwards.

An amount of Rs 10,000 crores has been earmarked by ESI Corporation over a period of five years for these Medical Education Projects.

The Medical Education Projects are in various stages of implementation. As they are long term projects, they are likely to take around 3 to 5 years for completion. The budget allocation for these projects for 2010-11 is Rs 765.27 crores.

This information was provided by Mallikarjun Kharge, Minister of Labor and Employment in reply to a question in the Lok Sabha on Monday.

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