Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ECI) has announced plans to build six new hospitals in Tamil Nadu, with construction already underway for two of them at Sriperumbudur and Thoothukudi. 

The hospitals will be strategically located to provide comprehensive medical services to insured employees and their families across the state. 

This initiative is a major step towards strengthening the healthcare infrastructure in Tamil Nadu and ensuring accessible and high-quality medical care for the workforce.

A. Venu Gopal, Regional Director, ESIC, Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India said," The two ESIC Hospitals at Sriperumbudur and Thoothukudi are likely to be ready by the end of this year. More hospitals are in the pipeline, for which the land acquisition process has been initiated. These will have 100-bed facilities, and will come up at Erode, Dindigul, Chengalpattu and Nagercoil."