Indian Oil Corporation donates Rs 12 lakh medical equipment to GGH Kakinada

Kakinada: Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), under its corporate social responsibility programme has donated Rs.12 lakh worth of medical equipment, including a Spiro meter to the Kakinada Government General Hospital.

Director of Medical Education (DME) Dr Narasimham has formally inaugurated the equipment at a brief function held at the GGH here on Sunday.

While complimenting the Indian oil corporation for the gesture, the DME said the Spirometer would be of great use in treating the Asthma patients.

He said the GGH would be getting a face lift with the new buildings under construction as a part of the Nadu-Nedu programme become operational soon.

GGH superintendent of Dr Hemalatha Devi has chaired the function.

Medical college vice principal Dr A Vishnuvardhan, Indian oil corporation chief general Manager Koteswerarao, assistant manager Kishore were among those attended.

Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported that with an aim to provide better healthcare services to the people, Hyderabad's Osmania General Hospital (OGH) and the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) signed a Memorandum of Agreement, sanctioning the procurement of medical equipment for the hospital. The equipment would come up at the urology department which specializes in kidney transplantation. The corporation signed the pact with the Hospital Development Society under corporate social responsibility (CSR). The initial installation and commissioning of the project would take place over six months, following which it would be annually monitored for a year. The project aims at providing preventive, curative and behavioural levels of treatment, provide referral services to the needy and specialized treatment at tertiary healthcare institutions. Sabyasachi Padhi, DGM-HR, SRHQ signed the memorandum on behalf of NTPC and B. Nagendar, superintendent of Osmania General Hospital signed it on behalf of the hospital.