 EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Jan 28: Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID), a Maharatna PSU under Ministry of Power, Government of India, has provided key medical equipments for care of patients in Community Health Centre (CHC), Kartarpur for strengthening the medical infrastructure of the centre.
Vibhay Kumar, Chief General Manager(AM) POWERGRID, Northern Region-II handed over the medical equipments to Dr. Kuldeep Singh, SMO CHC Kartarpur, in presence of P Biswas Sr. GM (Punjab), POWERGRID, Y.C.S Rao, General Manager (Jalandhar), POWERGRID, Sanjay Kumar Verma, Sr. DGM(HR), POWERGRID and other senior officials of POWERGRID, CHC Kartarpur and Health Department of Kartarpur.
The medical equipments costing Rs 34.13 lakhs, included one ultrasound scan machine, two mobile ECG Machines, two multipurpose monitors, two Baby open care warmers, two phototherapy machines for baby, one semi auto analyzer incubator for lab, one Centrifusion machine, four crash card trollies, two operation theater lights, four refrigerators , four window ACs, two folwer beds and ten chairs three seater.
This CSR effort of POWERGRID will augment the existing health infrastructure in Kartarpur area and will support the hospital located in Tehsil Kartarpur in District Jalandhar (Punjab) to provide medical services to nearby 136 villages of District Jalandhar and Kapurthala.
Since this hospital is on NH-1 it also provides support services to road emergencies.
Handing over of these medical equipments will provide great relief to the locality which are dependent on private labs at Jalandhar for such requirements.
POWERGRID is continuously doing CSR activities in health sector especially in the government hospitals of rural and urban areas across the country with the belief that creation of medical facilitiesis important for ensuring that government Hospitals are able to cater to the medical requirements of the general masses. |
