Employees State Insurance Corporation of India to provide health benefits during the pandemic.

Written By Sharon Mathew

On 29th April, 2021 the ESIC released a statement that it would be providing medical benefit as well as cash benefit to all its beneficiaries during the COVID-19 pandemic. Some of these benefits have been listed below-

  • The Insured Person and/or his family members in case of being infected with COVID-19 can avail free of cost medical care in any of the ESIC/ ESIS Hospital which has been declared as COVID-19 dedicated hospital. Presently 21 ESIC hospitals run directly by ESIC with 3676 COVID Isolation Beds, 229 ICU beds and 163 ventilator beds and 26 ESI Scheme Hospitals run by State Govts. having 2023 beds are functioning as COVID-19 dedicated hospitals.

  • In case the IP or family member being infected with COVID-19 takes treatment in any private institution, the reimbursement of expenditure may be claimed.

  • In case the Insured Person abstains from his work being infected with COVID-19, he can claim Sickness benefit for his period of abstention as per his entitlement. Sickness benefit is paid @ 70% of average daily wages for 91 days.

Sharon Mathew
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