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Shri.Shibu Baby John Minister for Labour & Rehabilitation	Room No: 129, 1st Floor, North Block Secretariat, Statue Thiruvananthapuram Phone : 0471-2333460 Mob : 9496455500 , 9447061603 Fax : 0471-2333460 E-Mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Insurance Medical Services Department	Office : Thycaud Thiruvananthapuram
Dr.M.Beenath Director	Ph-0471-2323715 Mobile- 9447048060,9446414468 Fax- 0471-2323207 EMAIL : This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Website	www.ims.kerala.gov.in

About Insurance Medical Services Department

Employees State Insurance Scheme of India is the country's first integrated multi-dimensional social security scheme for workers in the organized sector. Medical care under this scheme is implemented in the State of Kerala through the Insurance Medical Services.
ESI scheme started functioning in Kerala State on 16-09-1956 in seven centres. In due course of time the scheme was implemented in all major centres in the State.
For the effective implementation of the scheme a separate department was formed on 1-04-1985 namely Insurance Medical Services under the administrative control of Labour department, Government of Kerala, prior to which the scheme was implemented through State Health Services department. The Insurance Medical Services department provides total medical care to the insured persons and their dependents through a vast and widespread network of ESI dispensaries and hospitals within the vicinity of their residential areas, in addition to providing inpatient care. It provides protection to the beneficiaries in contingencies such as sickness, maternity or death and disablement due to employment injury or occupational disease.
It is the most affordable social security system with lowest contribution rate for multiple health insurance benefits. It takes care of insured persons and their dependents from day one of entering employment. It is the only health insurance scheme that offers full medical care to workers and their family members without any ceiling on individual expenditure. ESI scheme in the state fully finances those cases requiring advanced or super-speciality treatment which is not available in the ESI hospitals.

Mission and Vision of the department

To provide comprehensive medical care to about 4 lakhs insured persons and their dependents totalling 20 lakhs in Kerala State.

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Major Functions of the department

Medical facilities are provided through 13 ESI Hospitals, one ESI annex in Govt. Chest Diseases Sanatorium, Pulayanarkotta, Thiruvananthapuram, 136 full time dispensaries and 10 part time dispensaries. Treatments under allopathic, ayurvedic and homeopathic systems of medicine are provided to the beneficiaries. All ESI Hospitals and 34 ESI Dispensaries are functioning in the building owned by the Corporation and the remaining dispensaries in the State are functioning in rented accommodation.
On 1st January 2003, ESI Hospital Asramam was handed over to ESI Corporation to be converted into a Model Hospital.At present ESI Hospitals in Kerala do not have super speciality treatment facilities. For providing super speciality medical care there is tie up arrangements with advanced medical institutions, both in public and private sector. ESI Scheme in the State fully finances those requiring super speciality treatments. In such instances they are referred from the ESI Hospitals to Medical Colleges in the State, Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, Sree Chitra Thirunal Institute of Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi or Fatima Hospital, Kozhikode. The medical benefit is administered with the active cooperation of the State Government and the ESI Corporation has constituted a Revolving Fund at the level of Regional Director, ESIC to facilitate advance / reimbursement through regional office against sanction received from the State Government.