Tata Steel Hospital added another feather in its chequered cap by setting up an ICU at the hospital which was inaugurated by Mr B Muthuraman, Managing Director, Tata Steel today, in presence of senior executives of the steel company, senior citizens of Joda and others. As a part of its commitment to the people of Keonjhar and Orissa, Tata Steel Hospital at Joda has been catering to the needs of the people in Keonjhar district of Orissa for more than half a century. Besides Joda, common people from Champua, Barbil and other places visit the hospital for specialized treatment apart from its employees.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr Muthuraman said, "Tata Steel will continue to serve the community of Joda and Keonjhar as it has been doing in the earlier years and will further improve infrastructure facilities for periphery communities."

This newly constructed ICU has facilities like Pulse Oximeter, Oxygen concentrator, Infusin and Syringe pumps, Suction machine, ECG machine and many such sophisticated machines required for treating critically ill patients. This ICU in Tata Steel Hospital at Joda will be one of its kind in this mining belt.

Tata Steel Hospital, Joda is a 44 bed hospital and offers facilities like pathology, USG, ECG, X-Ray, Ultrasonography, Pediatrics, to name a few. It also has specialists on medicine, OBS & Gynecology, Anesthesia, Pediatrics, ENT, Skin etc. The hospital has a Blood Bank, which is one of the best Blood Banks in Orissa and is recognized by the Blood Bank Council of Orissa. Besides the main hospital, two dispensaries are also operating in Joda East and Bonaikela.

It is the only private hospital in Keonjhar district recognized under "Janani Suraksha Yojna" by the Health Services, Govt. of Orissa and also the only private hospital recognized by RNTCP funded by Denmark Tuberculosis Programme in Keonjhar district.

The commitment and popularity of Tata Steel Hospital in Joda is visible from the rise in treatment of OPD cases in this hospital over the years. While in 2002-03, around 83, 000 patients received treatment in the main hospital and in its dispensaries, in 2006-07; around 100,000 patients were treated in the main hospital as well as in the dispensaries. The steel company has invested a lot of time, money and resources during the past year to ensure the development of this hospital for securing better health standards for periphery community.

Tata Steel Hospital also conducts Health Camps and Health Awareness Programmes on Hypertension, Diabetic, Diet, Malaria, AIDS etc and Awareness Camps on malaria for school children and campaign against alcoholism.

About Tata Steel

Established in 1907 by its Founder J N Tata, Tata Steel is the flagship of Tata Group, the largest and most respected business house in India having interests in Steel, Automobiles, Telecom, IT, Energy, Hotels. The Tata Group comprises around 90 companies with total turnover of US$22 billion, equivalent of around 3 per cent of India's GDP.

Tata Steel has one of the most modern steel making facilities and is also one of the lowest cost producers of steel in the world. It has been rated as the world's best steel company for the past three consecutive years by World Steel Dynamics. World over, Tata Steel currently has a capacity of around 26 million tonnes per annum including its recent takeover of Corus and has the second largest global distribution network in 45 countries. Tata Steel aspires to become 50 million tonne Steel Company by 2015. Tata Steel which has also set benchmarks in the fields of corporate social responsibility and corporate governance firmly believes in improving the quality of life of its employees and the communities it serves. Its relief operations have always helped in providing comfort to the affected. One of the major initiatives as a part of relief work has been the construction of 609 house and 25 school-cum-cycle shelters for the super cyclone affected victims of Orissa in 1999, 2001, 2004 and 2006.