Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) has mobilised a large number of healthcare services across all five of its main hospitals located in the five integrated steel plants to fight the Coronavirus pandemic.
The five hospitals include JLN Hospital & Research Centre at Bhilai, Durgapur Steel Plant Main Hospital at Durgapur, Ispat General Hospital at Rourkela, Bokaro General Hospital at Bokaro, and Burnpur Hospital at IISCO, Burnpur.
SAIL has also created isolation wards with 330 beds, necessary facilities for the quarantine with 592 beds, ICU beds along with other necessary health equipment to specially deal with the cases of COVID-19 infections. These facilities have been made available to the local administration for utilisation as well. The company is also producing masks through self-help groups and providing large quantities of masks, PPEs and sanitising facilities across all the health units and work areas. SAIL’s Rourkela steel plant is handing over five ventilator units to Odisha government to cater to their requirements as well.