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Published: Dec 29, 2021
Updated: Dec 29, 2021

Vedanta Aluminium

Contributing to Odisha’s Covid war

Vedanta Aluminium, India’s largest producer of aluminium and its value-added products, has dedicated a second Covid facility to the people of Odisha, developed at Eklavya Model Residential School in Deogarh. With the new Covid facility at Deogarh and a similar one at Kalahandi, Vedanta has added 300 critical care beds to bolster Odisha’s medical infrastructure, aiding the state’s efforts to provide timely and proper care to critically ill patients.

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated the hospital in a virtual ceremony in the presence of Dharmendra Pradhan, Union Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel, Anil Agarwal, Chairman, Vedanta group, and Rahul Sharma, CEO (Aluminium Business), Vedanta Ltd. Set up under the aegis of the Anil Agarwal Foundation, both hospitals have been funded by Vedanta Aluminium and will be managed by the government of Odisha.

The Covid facility at Deogarh has 100 beds and is fully oxygenated with 12 Intensive Care Units (ICU), 32 High Dependency Units (HDU), a paediatric ICU and a dedicated team of doctors and medical staff. The new hospital is the last of Vedanta’s Covid field hospitals and facilities established across the country. Vedanta has set up more than 1,000 critical care beds across India, of which Odisha has been supported with one of the highest number of beds.

CM’s APPRECIATION

Dedicating the hospital to the public, Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik said, “With the support of the Vedanta group, we had started a 200-bed hospital at Kalahandi, and today we dedicated a 100-bed hospital at Deogarh. I thank Mr Anil Agarwal and the Vedanta management for coming forward as a corporate partner in our fight against Covid.” Dharmendra Pradhan, Union Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel, said, “I thank Mr Anil Agrawal and the Vedanta management for promptly accepting our proposal to set up a Covid hospital at a remote place like Deogarh. This will go a long way towards fighting Covid in Odisha.”

Anil Agarwal, Executive Chairman, Vedanta group, said, “The Deogarh Covid hospital is our humble contribution to the people of Odisha, with whom we have had a long and enriching association.