Srinagar, April 24 -- Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Friday inaugurated a 100-bed ESIC hospital in Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir, saying the facility will provide comprehensive healthcare services to workers and their families.

The minister said the hospital has been constructed at a cost of around Rs 165 crore and will ensure free treatment for insured persons under the Employees' State Insurance scheme.

"If contributions are regularly deposited, beneficiaries are entitled to treatment without any financial limit," Mandaviya said, highlighting the scope of the scheme.

He said the hospital would also be developed into a nursing college in the coming days to train youth from Jammu and Kashmir, creating employment opportuniti...