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LAFARGE INDIA LAUNCHES MEDICAL HEALTH CENTER
LAFARGE INDIA LAUNCHES MEDICAL HEALTH CENTER
Karsog, June 12, 2009: As a part of the Company’s Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative, Lafarge India today announced the launch of a Medical Health Center in Mandi district. Located at Thalli village in Karsog block, the health center will be managed by NIDHEE, which is a not for profit trust promoted by Lafarge India Pvt. Ltd. The objective for setting up the Medical Health Care Center in Thalli village is to provide basic and primary healthcare facilities to the residents of the surrounding 8 panchayats viz. Thalli, Shakra, Tattapani, Bindla, Balindi, Bagshad Sawindhar & Sunni. Mr. Deepak Sanan, Principal Secretary, Health, Government of Himachal Pradesh inaugurated the center and appreciated the company’s efforts of providing healthcare to villagers. The Medical Center launched in association with Himachal Pradesh Voluntary Association – a network of over 50 NGOs across the state, will have a full time doctor, laboratory technician and para medic staff. The center will offer free medical checkups, first aid facilities, medicines for general and common ailments and also conduct routine laboratory tests like HB, blood sugar, urine, VDRL etc. It will also facilitate weekly general health checkup and awareness camps in surrounding villages, monthly school and aganbadi health programs, distribution of health related awareness material, building linkages with existing government health facilities for strengthening referral services and pro-active participation in government health programs like pulse polio campaigns, DOTS programe etc. Speaking on the occasion Anurag Kak- Senior Vice President, HP Project, Lafarge India Pvt. Ltd. said, “Lafarge has always been concerned about the well-being of the residents in and around the plant. At Lafarge, Corporate Social Responsibility is not philanthropy and at the heart of it is deep caring and concern for the welfare of the community around us. Further Health & Safety is a core value for us and we want to do our bit in promoting good health among all. ” NOTE TO THE EDITORS: Lafarge is the only company in the construction materials sector to be listed in the 2008 ‘100 Global Most Sustainable Corporations in the World’. Lafarge has been committed to sustainable development for many years, pursuing a strategy that combines industrial know-how with performance, value creation, respect for employees and local cultures, environmental protection and the conservation of natural resources and energy. To make advances in building materials, Lafarge places the customer at the heart of its concerns. It offers the construction industry and the general public innovative solutions bringing greater safety, comfort and quality to their everyday surroundings. NIDHEE Trust (a not for profit Trust promoted by Lafarge India Private Limited) As part of Corporate Social Responsibility initiative, Lafarge India has promoted NIDHEE Trust to undertake integrated community development programes for the welfare of the communities. NIDHEE stands for National Initiative for Dwellings, Health, Education & Employability & Environment.HP Voluntary Health Association: HP Voluntary Health Association is a state chapter of voluntary Health Association of India, Delhi, and is a network of more than 50 NGOs in health and development actvities all over the state. The organisation is working on health related community development projects since 1987 and is committed to promote social justice in the provision and distribution of health services in Himachal Pradesh.
12th June'09
