HC orders ESIC Hospital, Andheri to be made operational by January next year

The PIL stated that the Andheri Model ESIC Hospital used to give various services such as OPD (Out-Patient Department), IPD (In-Patient Department), ICU (Intensive Care Unit) and Super Speciality services. Sharma raised concerns that ESIC has not taken any steps to re-start the said hospital despite over five years having passed since the fire incident. The said hospital is the largest ESIC hospital in the city with capacity of nearly 350 beds and superspeciality facilities.

In response, advocate Shailesh Pathak for ESIC Director General submitted minutes of the 235th special meeting of its Standing Committee held on January 23, 2025 and stated that the National Building Construction Company (NBCC) has undertaken the work of construction of the hospital and has agreed to hand over the renovated building of the hospital on or before August 15, 2025.

Pathak added that ESIC shall make ” all endeavours in right earnest” to commence the functioning of the said hospital on or before January 31, 2026.
The court directed the ESIC to complete construction and to make the hospital operational within the timeline as assured by it and disposed of the PIL.