Under its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), IISCO Steel Plant opened an extended OPD medical facility for residents of Baradanga village Burnpur on Saturday.
IISCO CEO N Kothari inaugurated this new centre, beside a large gathering of villagers and school students ED (F&A) S Kumar, ED (P&A) Dr N Mohapatra, Director (Medical and Health Services), Burnpur Hospital Dr A Chatterjee, GM (CSR & PR) Rakesh Gupta and other senior officials were also present. The medical camp, held in association with Shamayita Math not only found many takers, but also sent the message of “health is wealth” in the most appealing way.
Free medicines were also distributed apart from free counseling by panel of doctors from Burnpur Hospital on specific diseases. Under its health and family welfare schemes, ISP has conducted various programs for immunisation, family planning and cataract treatment among others. It also provides extended OPD facility in different villages with the help of mobile medical van, free intraocular lens with other associated materials, conducts cataract operation of the villagers, free pathological support at regular intervals and free medicine and immunization to villagers of seven Model steel villages.
More than fifteen thousand villagers are already reaping benefits from such medical camps organized in around twenty seven villages around the Burnpur Steel Township. Speaking on the occasion, Kothari said “we wish to spread the fruits of prosperity to every corner around us”.