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SIVASAGAR: ONGC Assam Asset as part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav has organized a free medical camp at 945 no. Rangapothar LP School in Sofrai recently. Inaugurating the medical camp, M Ganeshan, CGM-Head HR, reiterated that improving the health index of the people is one of the principal objectives of ONGC's Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programmes. Over 600 local people availed medical services in the CSR initiative. On the occasion, 100 near vision spectacles and 40 walking sticks for the elderly people were given. The team comprising ONGC doctors and staff conducted free blood sugar, blood pressure tests and provided medicines to the patients.
In view of the rising numbers of dengue cases in parts of the State, the doctors at the camp delivered a talk on the preventive measures and symptoms of dengue. Informative banners were also displayed at the venue of the camp.
Earlier, on October 29, a similar free medical camp was also organized by ONGC at Mazdoor Club, Athkhel in association with Geleky branch of ATTSA. Besides free medical tests, walking sticks, spectacles and medicines were also distributed in the camp. The camp was attended by nearly 800 patients.
In the recent past, ONGC supplemented medical logistics in Assam by adding nine Advanced Life Support Ambulances to the nine medical colleges in the state at a project cost of Rs 4.38 crore. These ambulances were flagged off by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and Rameswar Teli, MoS, MoPNG and Labour and Employment.
The ONGC supported multi-speciality 300-bedded hospital in Sivasagar being built at a project cost of Rs 483 crore is in the final stages of completion. Since the inauguration of its first phase in March 2019, it has treated about 64,000 OPD patients.
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