Union Minister Santosh Gangwar inaugurated a 100-bed Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) hospital at Bihta in Patna district, Bihar on 8 July 2018. The hospital is built on 25 acres of land.
The beneficiaries and their dependents insured under the ESIC scheme, especially those belonging to Patna, Bhojpur, Buxar, Vaishali, Arwal, Jehanabad, etc, will get best quality medical facilities at the hospital.
The capacity of the hospital will be increased to 300-bed and will see opening of a medical college in future.
Emergency services, X-ray, OPD, operation theatre and other facilities will be available at the hospital.
The construction work for 50-bed ESIC hospital has also been started at Phulwari Sharif in Patna. The capacity will be further increased to 100-bed later.