India, July 27 -- Haryana's Health Department is planning to expand its tertiary care network by empanelling private hospitals in all 22 districts under the Employees' State Insurance (ESI) scheme, creating a statewide network of ESI-registered healthcare providers for cashless treatment, officials said on Sunday.

Officials said the expanded network, expected to be rolled out in the coming months, will extend cashless admission, emergency care, surgeries, diagnostics and specialist consultations to ESI beneficiaries across the state at Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) package rates. A similar system is already operational at three hospitals in Gurugram and Faridabad.

According to officials, hospitals will be selected after qualit...