STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL), a Maharatna PSU under Ministry of Power, Government of India, has provided one AC Critical Care Ambulance along with one portable ECG 12 Channel Machine, Biochemistry Semi Auto Analyser and one Automatic Biochemistry Analyser to Directorate of Health Services (DHS), Jammu for strengthening the medical infrastructure of Jammu District.
Rajesh Kumar, Executive Director, PGCIL, Northern Region-II handed over the ambulance alongwith these hi-end latest technology machines to Dr. Saleem-ur-Rehman, Director General Family Welfare, MCH and Immunization J&K and Director Health Services Jammu in the presence of Abhay Kumar, Chief General Manager (AM), Arshad Iqbal Shah, Sr.GM (C&M), K V Sampath Kumar, Sr. GM(F&A), Vinod P. Baxala, General Manager (HR), PGCIL, Dr. Harbaksh Singh , CMO, Jammu and other senior officials of PGCIL, Health Department of Jammu. The cost of these equipment is around tS 30 lakhs. While the AC Critical Care Ambulance alongwith one portable ECG 12 Channel Machine, Biochemistry Semi Auto Analyser are for Government Hospital Sarwal, the Automatic Biochemistry Analyser has been installed at SDH, Akhnoor.
Under CSR activities, health sector is one of the thrust area of PGCIL especially in the government hospitals of rural and urban areas across the country with the belief that adequate medical infrastructure is important for well being of the general masses.
During last three years, PGCIL has taken up many CSR initiatives in Jammu province amounting to Rs 4 crore.