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Dakshina Kannada Member of Parliament Captain Brijesh Chowta has written to Union Minister for Labour and Employment Mansukh Mandaviya urging the aboriginal support of nominees for the recently constituted Karnataka ESI Society to alteration the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) to instrumentality implicit the ESI Hospital successful Mangaluru.
The determination comes aft a prolonged hold successful the enactment of the Karnataka ESI Society contempt repeated correspondence from the ESIC headquarters. According to Capt. Chowta, the Director General of ESIC wrote aggregate times to the Karnataka authorities seeking the constitution of the society, an indispensable prerequisite for ESIC to presume power of the ESI hospitals successful the State. However, the substance remained pending for respective months without a response.
Recognising the value of the ESI infirmary successful Mangaluru and the dilapidated authorities of the hospital, Capt. Chowta met the Director General, ESIC, Delhi, successful February 2025 and requested his involution to code the administrative bottleneck. Subsequently, Capt. Chowta raised the substance with Santosh Lad, Karnataka Minister for Labour, aft which the Mangaluru City South MLA D. Vedavyas Kamath besides met Mr. Lad and urged him to expedite the enactment of the society.
Following this, the State authorities formed the nine and sent the database of nominees to the Union authorities for approval.
In his missive dated October 31, 2025, to Mr. Mandaviya, the Member of Parliament said that the ESI Hospital successful Mangaluru serves astir 2.5 lakh insured persons crossed Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Uttara Kannada, and Kodagu districts and parts of Kasaragod territory successful Kerala. Despite having 100 beds, the infirmary continues to look unit shortages and constricted infrastructure, affecting work transportation to insured workers and their families.
“The 100-bed infirmary has a unit spot of four, wherein astatine slightest 30 are required to efficiently tally the hospital, making it severely understaffed and compromising the prime of healthcare delivery,” the missive stated.
Capt. Chowta said that an aboriginal support from the Centre and ESIC’s consequent takeover of the infirmary volition pave the mode for amended management, money utilisation, and work delivery.
