Virendra Gahwai, Bilaspur. To provide health facilities to the common people, SECL today inaugurated a fully equipped mobile medical unit. During this period, 13 mobile medical units were started. SECL CMD flagged off the mobile medical unit. Mobile medical units will work to provide health facilities to the common people in the operational areas of SECL. This facility will be available in an area of 25 kilometers of the mine areas. The mobile medical unit will provide first aid for common diseases as well as communicable and non-communicable diseases, diagnostics, RCH services, screening activities and referral to higher diagnostic and treatment centres.
The services of the mobile medical units will provide primary care services for common diseases including communicable and non-communicable diseases, Reproductive Child Health (RCH) services, carrying out screening activities and referral to higher diagnostic/treatment centres. These MMUs will provide point of care diagnostics.
These include blood sugar, pregnancy test, albumin and sugar, Hb, height/weight, vision test, rapid diagnostic test, annual screening of population over 35 for high blood pressure, diabetes and cancer including weekly supply of medicines to patients requiring medicines (high Blood pressure, diabetes, epilepsy).
SECL CMD Dr. Prem Sagar Mishra, while sharing information about the facility, said that SECL is also discharging its social participation and responsibility along with coal production. Under this, a mobile medical unit has been started to provide better health facilities to the area residents. Which will provide health facilities to the people in the mine areas as well as the surrounding areas. The company’s board of directors, CVO and other officers and employees were also present on this occasion.