Jharia division of Tata steel has taken up an ambitious plan to fight for reduction of stigma from leprosy and elephantiasis and detection of new cases in eight blocks of Dhanbad district for a period of next 60 days.
An IEC van was flagged off on Friday with an objective to by Sanjay Rajoria,General Manager, Jharia Division, Tata Steel at Tata Central Hospital, Jamadoba for this programme.
The IEC van will engage in different events throughout the IEC awareness campaign, including pamphlet distribution, group discussions, school health education programmes, exhibitions at haats
and bazaars and film screenings by health educators and IEC van attainers.
This IEC van is well equipped with a film show, song with disease slogan and exhibition. The van will cover 3 to 4 villages each day, according to Rajesh Thakur, spokesperson of Jharia division.
Dr Alok, Chief Medical Officer, Tata Central Hospital, Jamadoba, Mayank Sekhar, Chief Sijua Group,Jharia Division, Tata Steel, Dr Komal Singh, Senior Consultant (Gynecology), Dr Ashwini Singh Rathod, Senior Registrar (Radiology), Dr Ranjeet Kumar, Associate Specialist (Pathology), Dr P N
Singh, Sr. Registrar, Rajesh Kumar, Unit Lead, Tata Steel Foundation, Jharia Division, Dr B Patra,Medical officer of Tata Central Hospital Jamadoba were present on the occasion.
A new digital X-Ray unit and new analyzers were also inaugurated at Tata Central Hospital, Jamadoba on this occasion . The X-ray unit has a dual detector high frequency latest machine MARS 40 with IITV for fluoroscopy from Allengers medical system. This machine will reduce the X-ray time per patient to 30 seconds from registration to filming.
This high power machine can handle large volumes of patients in the shortest possible time giving high quality digital images on a computer screen which can be accessed almost instantly.