HIARKUD: As a part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme, a day long Mega Health Camp was organized by Hindalco Industries Ltd – FRP today at Jamda UP school, Hirakud.
The camp was aimed at treating and providing medical attention to inhabitants of Plant peripheral area besides an open invitation to all residents of Hirakud NAC. Over 20 Medical Specialists Doctors from Medicine, Skin, Eye, Orthopedics, ENT, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pediatrics, and Surgery from Veer Surendra Sai Medical College Hospital Burla and Sambalpur and resident Doctors of Hindalco attended the camp.
Over 1200 Patients were given free treatment and medicines. Many Octogenarians, Women with children, handicapped villagers with help of their relatives and others came to seek the medical assistance and free check-up. The sheer number of patients who turned up during the day was remarkable, in any Health Camp.
With the dawn of the day Hirakud geared up to host the Mega Health Camp and with Flower Bouquets the panel of Doctors and Parmedical staff were welcomed by Hirakud residents and especially the women folk that gave the camp a festive look.
Mr. Procyon Mukherjee, Head Hindalco Hirakud Complex and Mr. Sundeep Roy Head Hindalco FRP together with Mrs. Kalyani Bhoi Chairman Hirakud NAC, Mr. Santosh Chand and Mrs. Lata Manjari Chattaria local Councillors and Mr. Prafulla Nanda Senior Resident of Hirakud inaugurated the Health camp by lighting of the sacred Lamp. Speaking during the inauguration Mrs Bhoi said,” I thank Hindalco for its sustained efforts taken in its CSR and more especially the good works done in organizing such type of Health Camps in this region in which the general public gets benefited.”
Present during the day Mr. Rakesh Mishra, Head HR Hindalco FRP said, “We have resolved to conduct such Camps for the benefit of our community and everywhere we have got huge success in meeting the expectations of the people. The sense of ownership that people from the community show during such camps by facilitating, participating and benefiting out of this is tremendous. We intend to take this relationship forward with more vigor in future.”
Present among others were Mr. Shivanand Mohanty DGM- External Affairs Hindalco Industries, Other senior Hindalco Officials together with over 40 volunteers from local hamlets, youth across Hirakud NAC and Members of Senior Citizen Group and Hirakud Lawyers’ forum.
Mr. Rakesh Mishra, thanked people especially the youth and Doctors for their enthusiastic support and participation and promised to initiate more such initiatives benefiting Hirakud.
