By Our Correspondent
ANGUL/ BHUBANESWAR: Fulfilling its commitment for improving healthcare facility for people of Angul, JSP Foundation, the social arm of Jindal Steel & Power (JSP), laid the Foundation Stone for a 100 bedded Multispeciality hospital at Jindal Nagar, Angul.
Chairman of JSP Shri Naveen Jindal and Chairperson of JSP Foundation Smt. Shallu Jindal performed the Bhoomi Pujan and laid the Foundation Stone for Jindal Aarogyam Hospital at Jindal Nagar, Angul in Odisha on Thursday.
Chhendipada MLA Shri Susanta Kumar Behera and Angul Municipality Chairman Shri Akshaya Kumar Samant were present on the dais.
Speaking on the occasion, Shri Naveen Jindal said, “Service to Humanity is service to God. Building ultra-modern hospitals and Quality Schools for the Community is embedded in JSP’s mission of improving the Human Development Index. A well-equipped modern hospital is a necessity for delivering quality health care to People at large in Angul Region. With the establishment of Jindal Aarogyam Hospital with several specialties, this dream of ours will soon be a big reality”. Mr Jindal further stressed upon preventive health care, change in food habits, switching over to millets, regular sleep and exercise and lifestyle changes. “One can ensure holistic health care for self and minimise incidence of hospitalisation if a healthy lifestyle is adopted with healthy habits,” said Mr Jindal
Chairperson, JSP Foundation Smt. Shallu Jindal said, “Jindal Aarogyam Hospital will be fully equipped to provide advanced medical services in various specialities like Medicine , Surgery, Paediatrics, Gynaecology, Nephrology , Gastroenterology, Orthopaedics , Dental and other specialties so that people of Angul need not go to other cities for Medical Treatment . Medical treatment in this hospital will be provided at a very affordable cost. I am sure this hospital will benefit people of not only Angul but also from neighbouring districts.” “JSP Foundation is looking forward to cover the families in Plant periphery villages under group health insurance programme in subsequent years,” added Smt. Jindal
Jindal Aarogyam Hospital, in addition to the modern allopathic health care system, will also provide integrated treatment in Naturopathy and Ayurveda, Homeopathy, Yoga etc.
Jindal Aarogyam Hospital is expected to be operational in next 18 months and will provide state of the art medical services in 17 specialised areas.
These are Medicine, Paediatrics, Gynaecology, Orthopaedics, Cardiology, ENT, Dermatology, Gastroenterology, Nephrology, Endocrinology, Urology, Radiology, Pathology, Dentistry, Ophthalmology and Physiotherapy. All kinds of basic and advanced pathological and radiological diagnosis services such as biochemistry, ultrasound, ECG, X-ray, CT Scan and others will also be available in the hospital. The hospital will also have a ‘Burn and Trauma care centre ‘for treatment of accident and burn related cases. People will be provided all these services at an affordable cost.
MLA, Chhendipada Mr Sushant Behera and Chairman Angul Municipality Akshaya Samant extolled Sri Naveen Jindal for his passion for sustainable development in the Quality of life of the People of Angul and Odisha and welcomed the initiative of constructing the much needed multi-speciality Hospital in Angul .
JSP’s CEO Shri DK Saraogi, extended Vote of thanks to all the Dignitaries and the local community for their consistent support in building the world class Steel plant at Angul .
Executive Director Shri Hridayeshwar Jha, Sri Damodar Mittal, Representative of MP Sambalpur Sri Agasti Behera, Angul Bar Association President Dilip Das were present in the Bhoomi Pujan Ceremony . Hundreds of Villagers from local villages also participated in the ceremony.
