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Q. 1. What are the reasons for choosing Bhubaneshwar, Odisha as the location for ESIC Medical College and Hospital, when Rourkela and its nearby areas are having the largest number of ESIC Insured Persons (ESIC Employees)?

Ans : Govt. of Orissa has offered 25 acres of land at Bhubaneshwar for setting up medical college by ESI Corporation.

Q. 2. On what ground Bolangir, Odisha was not considered as a location for the ESIC Medical College and Hospital?

Ans : There was no such proposal for consideration,

Q. 3. Whether Rourkela as a location for ESIC Medical College proposed by Govt. of Odisha? If so please specify the date of such porposal? Who had sent the proposal (Name of the person/officer)?

Ans : Govt. of Orissa has not proposed Rourkela as a location for ESIC medical college.

Q. 4. If Rourkela was proposed, then on

Ans : Not applicable.

As you can clearly see, Balangir as a location for ESIC Medical College was never proposed by Labour Ministry, Govt of Odisha. But on the news paper they have claimed Balangir was proposed but ESIC has rejected the proposal.

Similarly, Rourkela ( The most suitable candidate for the medical College ) was never proposed by Labor Ministry, Govt. of Odisha but upon follow up , Many MPs and Ministers of Odisha has stated verbally that Rourkela was proposed but ESIC , New Delhi rejected the proposal.

Attached are the Response sheet received from ESIC , New Delhi under RTI Application

RTI Application Filed : http://www.odiasamaja.org/wp-content/uploads/rti_prashant-sahoo-25-oct_copy.pdf

Copy of the Answer Received :

Memorandum for Establishing ESIC Medical college & Hospital in Rourkela, Odisha

To

Her Excellency
President of India
Rashtrapati Bhawan , New Delhi

Her Excellency ,

We the undersigned draw your kind attention to the fact that Employees State Insurance Corporation under the Government of India, Ministry of Labour has taken a decision in principle to establish 12 ESI Super Specialty Hospital & Medical colleges in different states of India. Incidentally Odisha which is a backward state particularly in health sector has got one for which entire funding will be made by ESI Corporation . The said fund is the accumulation of surplus and unutilized money of Insured Persons (IPs) working in different industries and establishments in the country. It is therefore necessary that such medical College and Hospital ought to be established in such a place where more number of IPs and poor working class people of unorganized sector are living & to facilitate them for health care .

So far Odisha is concerned , there are about 2.70 lakhs of IPs in the state and more are in the line to be added. Out of the said figure of IPs more than 65% are from tribal dominated area of Sundargarh , Jharsuguda , Keonjhar and Part of Sambalpur district where more than 50% of total population are tribal of which Rourkela is the nerve centre . Rourkela is also well connected by Rail and Road communication from different parts of the said districts and our state.

After the decision in this regard was announced , we are representing all concerned and have already requested & submitted a memorandum to establish the said Hospital and Medical college at Rourkela to different Central and State Government authorities earlier. In the mean time Non Resident Odias living in different part of globe had represented memorandum to different Central and State Government authorities.

Unfortunately a decision is taken to open the said institution at Bhubaneswar, the state Head Quarter where there are about 10 Medical College ad Hospitals are operating with many other medical establishments ( About 7 Medical Colleges and Hospitals in and aound ) where only 25% of the IPs of ESIC are living . We learnt that Your Excellency is invited for the foundation stone laid ceremony on 9th of December at Bhubaneswar for the said purpose.

We sincerely condemn the decision of the concerned authority as Whimsical , partisan and inappropriate contrary to the justification of the said establishment because this is unjustified and unable to full fill the very cause of interest of IPs of ESI Corporation.

Your Excellency is the head of the Welfare Democratic Country of India. Your intervention is highly solicited in the said matter . You are requested not to attend the foundation laid ceremony at Bhubaneswar since the mass public resentment and agitation against the said decision is going on in the western part of Odisha and also for the greater interest of IPs of ESIC.

THE SAMAJA

DHARITRI

KHABARA

PRAGATIBADI

HINDUSTAN

PRABHAT KHABAR

DAINIKA JAGARANA

CITU leader Bishnu Mohanty , Sr. Advocate M.D.Parija & Gobardhan Pujari , Ex - MLA and Congress leader Prabhat Mohapatra , CITU leader Jahangir Alli , Biman Maity , CPM leader Surendra Das , Raju Pradhan , RCCI president Subha Patanik etc are sopke on the occasion for the unjustified establishment of said Hospital at
BBSR instead of RKL.

The leaders urged all the elected MP and MLAs of Western Odisha to oppose the said movement and work for the said establishment at Rourkela .

A massive demonstration with involvement of Industrial Labour i.e IPs of ESIC will also take place shortly to strengthen the said demand if it is overlooked by Govt. of Odisha and India.

It is also decided to hold meetings in different industrial establishments in and around Rourkela in coming week very soon.

Most of the newspaper reporter as well as Kamyab TV , OTV , Naxtra News and Kanak TV reporters have covered the said event.

The peaceful mass demonstration and rally lead at the ground by Civil Society of Rourkela was not only facilitated by OdiSA Development Team ( Odia Samaja, USA ) but also supported by heart and mind of its each proud members.

SAMBAD ( 20th Nov. 2009 )

DHARITRI ( 20th Nov. 2009 )

Dainika Bhaskara

Dharitri ( 13th Nov. 2009 )

The Samaja ( 13th Nov. 2009 )