OREANDA-NEWS. March 20, 2012. As part of its philosophy of improving the quality of life for the communities living in and around its area of operations, Tata Power, India’s largest integrated power utility, recently organised general health check-up camps for the villagers of Mulshi and Maval in Maharashtra.

Apart from providing free medical check-ups to all and distributing medicines free of cost, a facility to identify and operate on cataract patients was also organised at the health camps. In this regard, the company has collaborated with MIMER Hospital at Talegaon for treating cataract patients and about 37 cataract cases have been identified and operated this year at the health camps. Also, specialised camps like gynaecological and pediatric camps were also conducted absolutely free of cost. About 200 women and 300 children benefitted from these special camps.

Aids awareness programmes were also conducted through presentations, interactions and informative sessions with college students at these villages. Eighteen girls from these villages, who are being training for assistant nursing will complete their course in a year’s time and will be thereafter employed with hospitals in Pune. Differently-able patients were also identified from these villages and were provided with artificial limbs service to help them be mobile and independent.

Commenting on this initiative, Mahesh Paranjpe, head, hydro stations, said, “We have been regularly conducting various health care initiatives for our communities from time to time. We are able to conduct these health camps and awareness programmes successfully because of the immense support that we get from the villagers, village sarpanchs and volunteers from our company. United together, we look forward to building a disease-free society.”

Ten thousand patients from remote areas benefited from these medical camps this year. Apart from these camps, mobile dispensary vans were also provided by Tata Power to reach out to a larger number of villagers who could not attend the camps.