Vedanta group company ESL Steel’s 100-bed COVID facility has been launched virtually by Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren in the presence Vedanta Chairman Anil Agarwal. Jharkhand Chief Minister, Hemant Soren, Health Minister, Mr Banna Gupta, Member of Parliament PN Singh, SAIL Director Ic Amarendu Prakash and Dr. Ashok Pathak attended the inaugural event. Sauvick Mazumdar, CEO of Vedanta’s Iron & Steel Business and NL Vhatte, CEO of ESL Steel, were also present.
The hospital is aimed at ramping up the medical infrastructure so that people from the marginalised sections in the region have access to medical care facilities free of cost. With the launch of this new medical facility, Vedanta has completed 5 Vedanta Cares field hospitals in Delhi NCR, Naya Raipur (Chhattisgarh), Barmer (Rajasthan), Chitradurga (Karnataka) and Bokaro (Jharkhand). The company has committed to setup 10 field hospitals with 1,000 COVID care beds across India. The 100-bed Vedanta Cares Field Hospital in Bokaro is equipped with best-in-class medical infrastructure. The field hospital will operate as an extension of Sadar Hospital, Bokaro.
