SAIL-Rourkela Steel Plant organised by SAIL's a multi-disciplinary health camp

Rourkela: A Multi-disciplinary Health Camp was organised by Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) at Ankurpali, Gram Panchayat Office, in Nuagaon Block on 24th March 2021. The camp was organized by the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Department in association with the Medical and Health Services (M&HS) Department of RSP. Ms. Munmun Mittra, DGM (CSR) and other officers of CSR Department visited the camp and interacted with the villagers.

Doctors of RSP namely Dr. Poonam Ekka (Paediatric), Dr. Somali Kongari (Medicine), Dr. Prativa Sadangi (O&G), Dr. Anindita Debata (Ophthalmology) and Dr. J R Sahoo (Surgery) and Dr. Jitendra Kumar (ENT) examined the patients. Mr. Lingaraj Pradhan, CPSK Dispensary, Mr. Mihir Mohanty, CPSK, Dispensary, Ms. Menaka Burman Senior Hospital Technician (Opthalmology), and  Mr. D K Das, CSR Coordinator assisted the doctors and helped in medicine distribution and other supporting activities. .

More than 300 patients were examined in the camp and provided free medicines and consultation. Besides,  60 patients were identified for further treatment at Ispat General Hospital under various CSR schemes namely Project Sunayana for free eye surgery under, Project Sushruti for medical intervention of people with hearing ailments, Project Charak for provision of free surgical interventions, Project Surabhi for treatment of gynaecological disorders, Project Sneha  for leprosy patients, Project Akshay for treatment of TB patients and  Project Swabalamban for  children with cleft-lip and palate disorder, claw foot, hearing ailment and vision impairment.

It is worth mentioning here that the Medical camps being organised by RSP in periphery villages not only reach out to the people living in remote villages but also extend costly surgical interventions for free at IGH to the identified people suffering from grave ailments.