Bhoomi Pujan of new ESIC Hospital, Bareilly, UP, was done by Santosh Kumar Gangwar, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Labour & Employment, Government of India on Sunday. He said that this hospital will aim at easing the difficulties of IPs and beneficiaries as earlier they had to either travel to AIIMS, Delhi or Lucknow for medical treatment. He announced that its facilities will be made available to common people with a nominal fee. He also revealed that the hospital will be turned into a model hospital in future. Estimated to be done on a plot area of 4.67 acres with an estimated cost of Rs 90 crore, the hospital will prove to be beneficial to about two lakh ESI beneficiaries of Bareilly and nearby areas.
