National Human Rights Commission
NHRC takes suo motu cognizance of the reported difficulties being faced by the patients due to lack of doctors and infrastructure at the super speciality ESIC hospital in Faridabad, Haryana
Issues notices to the Chief Secretary, Government of Haryana and the Chairman, Employees' State Insurance Corporation, calling for a detailed report within two weeks
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18 SEP 2025 5:29PM by PIB Delhi
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report about the difficulties being faced by patients due to lack of doctors and infrastructure at the super speciality ESIC hospital in Faridabad, Haryana. Reportedly, in Palwal and Faridabad alone, there are more than 6.5 lakh ESIC cardholders and a larger number of patients from Delhi, NOIDA and Gurugram also come to this hospital for treatment of serious ailments relating to heart, cancer, neuro and intestinal infection etc. They have to wait for many hours for treatment even in the emergency ward.
The Commission has observed that the contents of the news report, if true, raise serious issues of human rights violations. Therefore, it has issued notices to the Chief Secretary, Government of Haryana and the Chairman, Employees' State Insurance Corporation, calling for a detailed report on the matter within two weeks.
According to the media report, carried on 9th September, 2025, there is no doctor in the Cardiology department for the last one month. Specialist doctors are engaged by the hospital on a part-time basis. The Dean of the ESIC Medical College has reportedly admitted that there are no specialist doctors in the hospital.
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(Release ID: 2168135)