Jharkhand Government to build Health Corridor: Chief Minister Hemant Soren
Amidst the Covid chaos and politics reigning high to keep up the spirit of completion, the Jharkhand Government is maintaining an ambitious balance of optimum healthcare framework for the citizens, securing the emergency amenities reserve at par, through multiple pacts and Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between District Administration and Healthcare Conglomerates.
In a bid to enhance the healthcare infrastructure of the state, ESL Steel Limited has aligned itself to enhance the health infrastructure of the state to build a health corridor. The initiative has enabled the state in dealing with the second wave of the pandemic. Chief Minister of Jharkhand recently inaugurated a 100 bedded Covid Care Field Facility facility of Vedanta, virtually. The hospital has 10 ICU beds, 10 stand-down ICUs, 40 child care units, and 40 oxygen beds for COVID patients.
This facility will act as an extension of Sadar Hospital, Bokaro, with the best of practitioners deployed to keep a tab on patient's health condition.
Chief Minister Soren commented, “This field hospital will act as a COVID relief center not only for Bokaro but also for adjoining districts – Giridih, Dhanbad, and Ramgarh. My government is ready to build a health corridor in Jharkhand. I want to make Jharkhand free from COVID and other diseases like malnutrition and TB. Along with this, we’re also focusing on education, rural empowerment, and industrial development with the help of corporates like Vedanta.”
Together with the District and State Administration, the steel major has been constantly rolling out newer initiatives to help tide over the second wave of the pandemic that has wreaked havoc across India.
Meeting the Govenment's requirement for surplus medical oxygen supply, ESL Steel Limited has delivered about 500 oxygen cylinders during the pandemic period. Simultaneously, about 500 metric tonnes of liquid medical oxygen has been supplied to Jharkhand, Bihar and Punjab. Other than that, ESL is committed to providing 5500 oxygen regulators to the District and State Government.
Hon’ble Health Minister of Jharkhand, Banna Gupta stated “I’m grateful to ESL Steel Limited for providing 1500 oxygen flow meters to the Jharkhand Health Department in this time of need. I thank ESL management for their continuous support and assure all cooperation from our side to the company. I believe working together can defeat the pandemic.”
Complementing ESL’s efforts, Vedanta Chairman, Anil Agarwal said, “Safety of our employees and society at large is our priority. I appreciate all the initiatives taken by ESL for community welfare. Recently, Vedanta ESL built a special, fully-equipped COVID Relief hospital, which shall be very effective in dealing with the second wave of the pandemic. The medical professionals at the field hospital will provide free consultation services to the patients. I assure ESL full support in the times to come and I’m grateful to the Jharkhand Government that has always kept faith in our efforts and us.”
N.L. Vhatte, CEO, ESL Steel Limited said, “Apart from providing oxygen to Jharkhand and adjoining states, ESL is making every effort to fight this pandemic. For us, our priority is to vaccinate all employees, community members and their families. So far, we have vaccinated 4,000 of our employees and their families. By supporting the SHG women, ESL is empowering them so that they can fight this epidemic. Apart from that, a continuous sanitization process is going on in the plant. We are also helping the government during these tough times and hope to overcome this epidemic very soon."
In collaboration with the District Administration and the Health Department, a vaccination camp was held at the Vedanta Cares COVID Field Hospital last week.
