Health and Hygiene The tribal population is
dispersed across a wide geographical area of Jharkhand and Orissa, where most of Tata
Steel's operating units are located. To promote better health among them, Tata Steel
operates 46 mobile clinics in areas within Jamshedpur, surrounding rural areas and the
mines and collieries in Noamundi, West Bokaro, Sukinda, Bamnipal and Jamadoba, among
others. The clinics provide diagnostic treatment and free medicines at a cost of Rs.
3,75,000 per annum.
Tata Steel also organizes eye camps,
which provide free treatment to cataract patients, 75 per cent of whom are tribals.
 The Company also ensures
safe drinking water for the tribals by not only installing new tube wells but also
repairing and maintaining existing ones at a cost of Rs. 5,50,000 per annum.
Life Line Express, a unique hospital on
rails, has been sponsored ten times by Tata Steel with the intention of making available
medical facilities to people living in remote villages of Jharkhand and Orissa. The
medical specialists of the Life Line Express perform corrective surgery for cleft, lip and
palate and cataract cases and also conduct workshop for men, women and children. For some
of them, such workshops are altogether a new experience. |
“The
first symptoms of Tuberculosis appeared a year ago, when I spat blood during a bout of
coughing and felt too weak to work. My blood reports and X-ray reports confirmed that I
had tuberculosis. My wife also started showing similar symptoms. My savings were fast
depleting and I was out of work. The doctors at the Karandih clinic managed by the Tribal
Cultural Society came to my rescue. Medicines prescribed by the doctors proved really
effective. Now my wife is completely cured and my condition has definitely improved. Every
month, on the 14th, my wife goes to Karandih to get our medicines.
When I have fully recovered, I plan to make
offerings to Singh Bonga and pray for the good health of the TCS team, because if they are
okay, many like me will continue to be hopeful in life”, says the 65 year old Sona
Bhumij from Goradih.
Sona Bhumij, a TB case who has now
recovered with the help of TCS. |
A rural Health Centre
An eye cure camp
Sona Bhumji
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