ESIC Annual Health Check-up for Workers Above 40 Launched
Why in the news
A nationwide yearly screening drive for older workers was started in New Delhi, using ESIC hospitals as delivery points.
Key facts
- Launched by: Dr Mansukh Mandaviya at ESIC Medical College and Hospital, New Delhi.
- Beneficiaries: workers above 40 years.
- Service: free annual health screening via ESIC hospitals nationwide.
- Follow-up: treatment and medicines also provided through ESIC.
- Policy backdrop: the new labour codes.
Significance
- Stresses preventive healthcare.
- Aims at early disease detection and timely treatment.
Exam angle
- Age criterion: above 40 years.
- Delivery network: ESIC hospitals.
- Launch venue: New Delhi.