Indus Valley Times

Bhubaneswar, Feb. 24: To strengthen the rural healthcare system ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India under its Corporate Social Responsibility intervention has presented an Advanced Life Support (ALS) Ambulance to Viswa Kalyan Seva Trust, an NGO working for community welfare in Odisha and Jharkhand.

This ALS Ambulance will be managed by Viswa Kalyan Seva Trust and offer free of cost healthcare services in 50 villages of Odisha and Jharkhand. A team of doctors and paramedical staff will be visiting the villages at regular intervals to ensure better patient care. This state-of-the-art critical life-saving ambulance is equipped with defibrillator, ventilators, suction machine, nebulizer, Automatic BP apparatus, Head Immobiliser, Cervical collar, Oxygen cylinder, Portable X Ray, ECG, Pathology setup and others.

Mr. Sharanappa Kambalii, Chief of Mining – Operations, AM/NS India and Dr. Vikas Yadvendu, Head CSR AM/NS India handed over the ALS Ambulance to Rup Kumar Swami, Founder, Viswa Kalyan Seva Trust in a ceremony held at Barbil on February 23, 2023.

In Odisha, in partnership with the State Government and other expert organizations, AM/NS India is running various healthcare interventions including mobile health vans, health centres, health camps, strengthening of government managed health centres and health awareness sessions in Barbil, Dabuna, Sagasahi, Chitrakonda and Paradeep regions.