PESSI offers medical facilities to industrial workers

Punjab Employees Social Security Institution (PESSI) is offering best possible medical facilities to the secured industrial workers and their families; however, special awareness sessions should be arranged particularly for the SME sector to voluntarily bring them within the fold of PESSI instead of using coercive steps of serving notices.
Addressing a joint meeting of the FCCI standing committees on PESSI and Employees Old age Benefits Institution (EOBI), President Faisalabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FCCI) Shabbir Hussain Chawla said that employers could arrange best medical facilities for the entire family of their workers by just paying Rs 1200 per month for the entire family of their workers.
He criticized the practice of issuing notices to the owners of small units to get themselves registered with the PESSI and said that this practice should be abandoned and instead PESSI should market their services and facilities to attract and convince industrialists to pay the contribution of their workers voluntarily.
Dr Younus Iyaz Medical Superintendent Social Security Hospital Madina Town said that best medical facilities are being offered to the secured industrial workers and their families. He told that a latest CT scan machine has also been purchased for this hospital. Regarding Burn Centre, he said that it is not required as there are very few burn cases and existing Burn Centre of Allied Hospital is sufficient to accommodate them. The meeting was also attended by the Social Security Directors Barjees Qadir Akhtar, Rana Riaz Ahmed Khan and Muhammad Hassan in addition to the regional heads of EOBI, Fareed Ahmed and Muhammad Anwar Ghouri. They also assured full support on behalf of their respective organizations to the secured industrial workers.
Meanwhile, Shabbir Hussain Chawla also chaired a meeting of the Standing Committee on Punjab Small Industrial Estate and demanded that the FCCI should be given due representation in the BOD of Small Industries Corporation.
Responding to the problems of local Industrial Estate, he asked the concerned association to submit its problems in writing so that issue could be taken up with the WASA Officials.