As per the study conducted by TeamLease, a leading staffing company, the Employee State Insurance Corporation had one bed per 1882 people to be served.

Key findings of the study include ESI being seen as an ineffective health insurance scheme for the organised sector's temporary employees with only two percent of those who paid it using it, says the study.

Only 30 percent of the two percent who used ESI facilities were satisfied with the facilities. Poor and dilapidated conditions were primary reasons for poor usage.

Nearly 70 percent of the temporary employees view the ESI deduction as a form of tax for which they get no or very poor return. Only 15 percent of the employees surveyed knew how the scheme functioned.

The scheme was plagued by high transmission losses, poor quality and low absorption capacity.