Tata Steel has dedicated six Air Conditioned Cabins to the Community Health Centre (CHC) in Koira to provide better health care for the people of Orissa. CHC Koira is the only health centre in the Koira block, catering to a population of around 35000 spread over 10 Panchayats having 180 Villages.

Prior to the newly constructed A/C Cabins the health centre did not have a single cabin for the pregnant women seeking treatment in the centre. This yeomen service by Tata Steel would enable the patients of this region, predominantly Adivasis to have easy access to health care facilities. They will not have travel to Joda or Rourkela hospital to obtain medical assistance now. In addition to Air Conditioned Cabins, Tata Steel has also provided all the required logistics like patient bed with mattress, bed side locker, adjustable over bed table, attendant bed with mattress, AC, geyser, water cooler, refrigerator and telephone. The total project cost is Rs 17 lakhs.

The newly constructed cabins were inaugurated by Shri John Deep, Sub-Collector, Bonai, and Dr. V.P. Sinha, G.M. (Operations), FA&M Division, Tata Steel Ltd in the presence of Dy. Director Mines, Koira Shri. S.N. Sahu, Forest Range Officer, Md. Zamil, and doctors of Koira CHC and other Government and many Senior Company officials including union representatives.

Providing health facilities to the communities around it has always been the priority for Tata Steel. The Company has been upgrading health care facilities in the rural parts of state of Orissa in general and its operational locations, since it set foot in the state. Other such generous deeds of the company include construction of an Intensive Care Unit ICU in Bolangir and organizing a Mega Health Camp in the remote areas of Malda in the Koira block, where more than 1500 patients were treated.

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.