As part of the nationwide rollout of the Covid vaccine from Saturday, the Utkal Hospital at Ossapada in Tikiri is chosen as a vaccination site for the Tikiri area by the Rayagada district administration. The hospital is a healthcare initiative of UAIL, a unit of Hindalco Industries Limited of the Aditya Birla Group.
The Utkal Hospital fulfils all the criteria like adequate space, trained HR, AEFI kit, bed in observation room, referral mechanism and internet availability for communication with the block and district headquarters.
Dr Arindham Roychoudary, chief medical officer, Utkal Hospital, was first to take the vaccine. UAIL unit head Beig expressed his gratitude for the frontline workers, the hospital management and staffs who relentlessly battled the Covid crisis.
The UAIL is deeply engaged in executing its CSR activities in peripheral villages in the areas of education, healthcare, sustainable livelihood and rural infrastructure. It is engaged in 57 villages serving over 30,000 populations.
