ESIC to provide free health checkup to subscribers

"A large section of insured persons are working under harsh and hazardous industrial environment and hence are more likely to develop illness... it has been decided to provide annual preventive health checkups for members with age 40 and above," ESIC has said in an office order.

Besides routine general physical or clinical examination, the health checkup will include tests for blood sugar, kidney, liver, check X-Ray and ECG. ESIC will maintain electronic record of these checkups of insured persons and will be uploaded in the electronic health record of patients.

The health insurance scheme run by the ESIC provide cover to not only the two crore insured persons but also to their dependents in the family. Thus the scheme covers around 10 crore people in 

the country.