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Tata
Steel has constructed an ultra modern Intensive Care
Unit in its hospital in Noamundi that was inaugurated by
Mr. H M Nerurkar, Chief Operating Officer, Tata Steel.
Also present on the occasion was Mr. A M Misra, Vice
President (Raw Material and CSI), Mr Arun Misra, General
Manager (OMQ), Tata Steel, Office bearers of Noamundi
Mazdoor Union and other senior officials of the company.
In 2007-08 the two hospitals at Noamundi and Joda has
catered to around 2 lakhs patients in its Out Patient
Department (OPD), which were mostly people from
neighbouring areas and villages and around 10,000 indoor
patients. These hospitals also offer medical facilities
on subsidized rates to the villagers living in the
peripheral areas. Within a distance of 25 km, Tata Steel
has constructed two ICUs (one in Joda and one in
Noamundi) for the benefit of the people. Tata Steel
Hospital at Noamundi is perhaps the only hospital where
not only Company employees get treated but also people
living around this mining belt of West Singhbhum
district benefit from this facility.
In this ICU at Tata Steel
Hospital, Noamundi, critical surgical and medical cases
will be treated. The basement floor of the ICU building
is spread across an area of 110.72 sq. meters and the
first floor covers an area of 157.72 sq. meters. The ICU
Building has Store rooms, Hall, Visitor's room and a
Doctor's Lounge. The ICU is also equipped with latest
machines like Defibrillator with monitor for treating
heart related ailments, 3 Channel ECG machines,
Ventilator for Artificial respiration to critically ill
patients, Cardiac monitor and other such equipment
required for treatment. The 66 bedded Tata Steel
Hospital at Noamundi offers comprehensive medical care
to the employees and other stakeholders of the
neighbouring areas. Manned by highly skilled doctors and
para medical personnel, it offers specialized facilities
in Surgery, Ophthalmology, Medicine, Orthopaedics,
Dental, Paediatrics' etc.
The Foundation Stone of the ICU
Building at Tata Steel Hospital in Noamundi was laid at
the hospital premises by Mr A M Misra, Vice President
(Raw Material), Tata Steel on February 22, 2007. Tata
Steel has another hospital with same ICU facility in
Joda in Keonjhar district which is just 25 kms away from
Noamundi which was inaugurated on August 9, 2007 by Mr B
Muthuraman, Managing Director, Tata Steel.
In an effort to check population
growth, the hospital has been conducting vigorous Family
Welfare Campaign since 1986. This hospital is also
pioneering Annual Eye Cure Camps, in this region, for
Cataract operations with modern technique since 1966. |