ACTIVITIES OF MEDICAL DEPTT, BCCL
DURING THE YEAR 2009
Rs.1.30 Crore has been allocated for Medical CSR activities in BCCL for the financial year 2009-10.
1.MEDICAL MOBILE VAN:
BCCL has fourteen Medical Mobile Vans(MMVs) equipped with doctors, paramedical staff serving different 222 villages situated in and around the mining areas on working days. The villagers are examined by the experienced clinicians and medicines are dispensed free of cost to them . This provision has been made by BCCL exclusively under CSR activities for the benefit of villagers by providing them free medical assistance. The total beneficiaries till
December,2009 was 59879.
2. WELLNESS CLINICS:
15 Wellness Clinics are functioning in BCCL in all the hospitals/Regional Hospitals besides Central Hospital, Dhanbad for 1 to 2 hrs for counseling the patients for modifying their life style. The patients are informed about the nutritional values of different diets, diet schedule for different diseases, how to lead a happy life, importance of morning walk, how to get rid of stress, value of yoga and different types of exercise etc. Such clinics extend awareness amongst the employees for life style management . The total no. of beneficiaries till December,2009 was 3518.
3. CSR CLINICS:
BCCL has opened free CSR clinics from 01.04.2009 to provide free consultation at Central Hospital (PHC Building, Kalyan Bhawan) and subsequently at all 14 Regional Hospitals which is open to public. These clinics run for one./two hours daily in morning hours. The total no. of beneficiaries till December,2009 was 4953.
4. TELE-MEDICINE:
BCCL has installed Telemedicine Centre at Central Hospital, Dhanbad which will change the way for introduction of treatment based on telecommunication. The treating doctors at CHD can have interaction and discussion on admitted patients with the doctors of super-specialty hospitals to provide better medical care.
5. MEDICAL RELIEF TEAM FOR AILA STORM AFFECTED PEOPLE AT SUNDERBAN IN WEST BENGAL:
To extend medical relief, Two Medical Teams comprising of doctors and paramedical staff along with medicine were sent to the Aila storm affected area of Sunderban in West Bengal on 2nd June,2009 which extended medical assistance to Aila Victims of Laksh Bazar, Jafarganj, Krishna Nagar, Radha JKantpur, Gorenbose, Ramgarh, Jyotipur & Biranchi Hari villages where as the second team visited Mazid Bari and Gorenbose villages. The total no. of beneficiaries was 3915.
6. ARTIFICIAL LIMB CENTRE:
Under CSR activities BCCL has started one clinic at PHC Building Kalyan Bhawan, Jagjivan Nagar to examine and enlist desired handicapped persons and organize camps after wide publicity in the local newspapers in which free prosthesis will be provided. Till date 11(eleven) handicapped persons enrolled at this centre.
7. EK JAGRAN – JEEVAN SHAILI:
A life Style Management Programme is being organized in a composite way comprising Welfare, HRD, Medical departments besides union representatives in the colony of BCCL in which de-addiction from tobacco, alcohol, smoking and other ill habits are discussed. The programme is arranged in colonies so that all the members of the family may participate. Programmes have been organized in Lodna and PB areas and more will follow.
8. MISSION MITWA:
This programme is being organized in Block-II Area of BCCL mainly for the truck drivers who are unaware to the evils of AIDS. The team of Doctors alongwith union representative proceeded to the pit heads where the truck drivers assemble and are informed about the dangers of AIDS. This programme has been successful in spreading for awareness of AIDS/HIV.
23 June 2009 Nadkhurkee coal dump 152 Befeficiaries.
26 June 2009 Benidih coal dump 152
11 July 2009 Benidih railway siding 120
18 Aug. 2009 Benidih coal dump. 80
9. FREE BT TO THALLASAEMIA PATIENTS :
165 cases of Thallasaemia were admitted and blood transfusion was done free of cost at BCCL Central Hospital, Dhanbad during the year 2009.
10. MEDICAL AID TO EPIDEMIC VICTIMS :
BCCL rendered full medical support whenever epidemics arose in and around Dhanbad with Medical teams and essential medicines and saved precious lives. The burning examples are CV area where the doctors of BCCL treated 34children suffering from Gastroenterities in December, 2008/January2009, and Kusunda Area were chicken pox wide spread in the month of February,2009 and our doctors treated 32 children and saved their lives..
11. PARTICIPATION IN FW CAMPS AT DVC :
A team of Gynaecologists of BCCL undertook 78 cases of tubectomy in DVC Hospital, Maithon and 102 cases in DVC Hospital, Panchet on 11th. February and 13th. February, 2009 respectively on request of the DVC authorities.
12. SYMPOSIUM ON OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH HAZARDS:
Two symposium were organized in Block-II and Sijua areas covering eight areas in which there were active participation of the employees besides trade union leaders. Faculty members from AIOH, Safety Deptt. of BCCL, Central Hospital Dhanbad and from DGMS delivered their lectures on the topic which was extremely useful for the audience.
13. MASS BLOOD GROUPING:
Mass Blood Grouping of the employees and their dependants are being done in different areas with the help of Pathology deptt of CHD. Till December,2009, the following areas have been covered:
AREA POPULATION COVERED
Barora 1084
Block-II 1339
Govindpur 287
Katras 2103
Sijua 1550
Kusunda 302
PB 1152
Kustore 1517
14. CELEBRATION OF COAL INDIA FOUNDATION DAY:
On the occasion of CIL Foundation Day,2009, 61 camps were organized during the month of November,2009 in which the no. of beneficiaries were 5333.
In Central Hospital Dhanbad, 196 patients suffering from eye ailments were examined , out of which 90 were operated in a three day Eye Camp between 2nd to 4th November,2009.
15. BABY SHOW:
A Baby Show was organzed on 14.11.2009 in Lodna Area which was inaugurated by CMS, BCCL. 188 babies participated in the said programme. Prizes were distributed on this occasion.
16. SUPER SPECIALITY HOSPITAL:
The project report has already been
submitted by the then ED(MS) for approval from Coal India Limited. Central
Hospital, Dhanbad has been opted for Superspecialty status in Neurology deptt.
17. WORLD AIDS DAY CELEBRATION:
World AIDS Day was celebrated enthusiastically in Katras Area on December 1st, 2009 in which around 900 school children marched through the streets of Katras raising slogans for AIDS awareness. Deliberations were made by eminent doctors of BCCL, HIV/AIDS trainers and several others on the topic. Employees, trade union leaders, school children and persons from different strata of society participated in the programme. which was appreciated by press and media.
18. TRAINING FOR HIV/AIDS AWARENESS:
BCCL has targeted all the paramedical and nursing staffs for training in HIV/AIDS awareness and they are being sent to Jeevan Jyoti, Jamshedpur and RIIMS, Ranchi under Project GFTAM-7 sponsored by ILO. Till December 2009, 87 nurses attended the programme .
