ESIC is also covered under Consumers Protection Act

The first question arise after reading this news item is tht ESIC use the word Insurance then why it is not covered under IRDA.
DNA has covered a news item according to which
''Consumer courts have been given additional role by the government and the judiciary under the Consumer Protection Act (CPA), 1986. In a recent order of the Supreme Court of India, Employees State Insurance hospitals have also been included in the ambit of justice given by Consumer Courts. This was the order in the case of Kishore Lal vs chairman, Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC). Lal, a workman covered under ESIC, took his wife to an ESIC hospital for complications arising out of diabetes. She was admitted in hospital, but her condition deteriorated prompting Lal to transfer her to a private hospital. There it was known that both the diagnosis and treatment given to her was incorrect. Lal took his grievance to the district forum at Sonepat alleging deficiency of service. The forum held that the services rendered by the ESIC were gratuitous in nature and hence not covered under CPA and dismissed the case.