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ITDC provides 2000 meals per day role in serving the rural population surrounding
Numaligarh Refinery and other remote villages of
Golaghat district by conducting Mobile Medical
Camps (MMC), thereby bringing health care to the
doorsteps of the needy. The two MMC units of the
hospital have resumed their services recently after
lockdown restrictions were relaxed; maintaining
stringent protective measures such as social dis-
tancing, regular sanitization and use of face masks
and PPE as per Govt. guidelines. While one MMC
unit is deployed in a nearby village, the other unit
visits Numaligarh Refinery Marketing Terminal
for COVID-19 screening of truck drivers and atten-
dants, limiting daily registrations to 40 patients to
As COVID-19 continues to impact communities avoid crowding. Villages covered till now include
across the world, Mr. Jitender Singh, Chef at The Ponka, Bishnupur Sewjpur, Rongbong-I, Rongbong-
Ashok, New Delhi (a flagship property of ITDC) us- IV, Bormahari Pathar, Rangchali, Parghat-II . Any
ing the technique of food-art, expressed gratitude person found with high fever or other COVID-19
and thanked the corona warriors who are fighting symptoms is immediately directed to a Government
the deadly virus on the frontline. The Chef said, “I Hospital for further testing.
wish to express my gratitude to the superheroes, Mobile Medical Camps are a noble initiative
who have selflessly and tirelessly gone beyond adopted by VK NRL Hospital in the year 1998
their call of duty to protect us - these individuals with the support of NRL. Over the years, the
personify bravery, courage, and sacrifice.” ITDC MMCs have grown manifold organizing on an
has been providing up to 2000 meals per day to the average of 6 camps a week covering 60 villages
healthcare professionals and other needy people as
part of its CSR activity. within a radius of 10 Km of the Refinery and treat-
ing 50,000 plus patients in a year. Mobile Medical
Units are equipped with Mobile Laboratory facility
Vivekananda Kendra, NRL with provision for on the spot blood report of essen-

Hospital resumes Mobile tial blood tests like hemoglobin, blood sugar, blood
grouping etc. The camps not only provide primary
Medical Camps health care services, but also conduct awareness

In the wake of COVID-19, Vivekananda Kendra programs on various communicable and non-com-
NRL Hospital has been performing a unique municable diseases including health and hygiene.
Apart from the regular inflow of patients, MMCs
provide regular medication to routine patients suf-
fering from chronic illnesses like hypertension,
thyroid disorders, diabetes and epilepsy. Since the
year 2017, the MMCs are also carrying out regular
screening of rural women for breast cancer and cer-
vical cancer.

Vivekananda Kendra NRL Hospital was born
on 19th September 1997 through an MoU between
the Numaligarh Refinery Ltd. and Vivekananda
Kendra, Kanyakumari. With the motto of
Swami Vivekananda’s message of “SERVE
MAN – SERVE GOD” VKNRL Hospital has been
Mobile medical unit of VK NRL Hospital screens truck
drivers and attendants at Numaligarh Refinery Marketing holistically serving humanity in the vicinity of
Terminal. Numaligarh Refinery

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