In India, we have a social security legislation, the Employees State Insurance Act 1952, which envisages six types of benefits for the employees covered. One of these benefits is medical benefit. The Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) has been created under this law to administer these benefits. The ESIC has its hospitals and dispensaries almost all over the country. The covered employees can avail the health benefit facilities from them under this scheme. Employers and employees contribute every month towards this ESI fund, out of which different benefits are provided to the covered employees.

You may like to refer to the following book for details:

Debi S. Saini (2011) Social Security Law in India, Kluwer law International, The Hague. (This is a book version of a volume titled: Law of Social Security: India, that forms part of the International Encyclopaedia of Laws, published by Kluwer Law International, The Hague, The Netherlands. The overall editor of this encyclopaedia is Professor R. Blanpain of University of Leuven, Belgium.)