VASCO
Goa Shipyard Limited donated 100 dengue testing kits to Chicalim Cottage Hospital (CCH) under its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).
Vasco MLA Carlos Almeida thanked the GSL for providing the kits. GSL Director Cmdr B B Nagpal gave the 100 kits in the presence of Almeida, Mormugao Municipal Council (MMC) Chairperson Deepak Naik, health officer Rashmi Khandeparkar, Councillors Nandadeep Raut and Yatin Kamurlekar, Manoranjan Khuntia, GM HRA of GSL, Dr GV Prabhu, consultant health GSL, and Dr Tari, chief medical officer GSL.
Almeida informed the media that GSL came forward after reading in the newspapers about the meeting convened to take immediate steps to prevent the outbreak of dengue in Vasco.
"They have also adopted three wards and constructed a road from Chicalim to Vasco Railway station. GSL has always come forward and taken great initiatives and I hope GSL will always support us in future," said Almeida.
"I appeal to other business houses in Vasco to come forward and take up such great initiatives for the betterment of society and the Port town," he added.
Almeida had earlier convened a meeting and requested GSL to provide dengue checking kits to CCH which will benefit the poor patients who cannot afford expensive kits and have to wait for reports for days as their blood samples are sent to Pune for testing.
Speaking on the occasion, GSL Director CMDR BB Nagpal said it was a keen initiative and the efforts taken by the Vasco MLA to provide the dengue testing kits to CCH and on his request, GSL provided the kits.
Mormugao health officer Dr Rashmi Khandeparkar said the units that have been provided by GSL will be used judiciously for poor patients, especially those Below Poverty Line. "We will make the best use of it and the record of all the dengue testing units given to the patients will be maintained."
Goa Shipyard Limited donated 100 dengue testing kits to Chicalim Cottage Hospital (CCH) under its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).
Vasco MLA Carlos Almeida thanked the GSL for providing the kits. GSL Director Cmdr B B Nagpal gave the 100 kits in the presence of Almeida, Mormugao Municipal Council (MMC) Chairperson Deepak Naik, health officer Rashmi Khandeparkar, Councillors Nandadeep Raut and Yatin Kamurlekar, Manoranjan Khuntia, GM HRA of GSL, Dr GV Prabhu, consultant health GSL, and Dr Tari, chief medical officer GSL.
Almeida informed the media that GSL came forward after reading in the newspapers about the meeting convened to take immediate steps to prevent the outbreak of dengue in Vasco.
"They have also adopted three wards and constructed a road from Chicalim to Vasco Railway station. GSL has always come forward and taken great initiatives and I hope GSL will always support us in future," said Almeida.
"I appeal to other business houses in Vasco to come forward and take up such great initiatives for the betterment of society and the Port town," he added.
Almeida had earlier convened a meeting and requested GSL to provide dengue checking kits to CCH which will benefit the poor patients who cannot afford expensive kits and have to wait for reports for days as their blood samples are sent to Pune for testing.
Speaking on the occasion, GSL Director CMDR BB Nagpal said it was a keen initiative and the efforts taken by the Vasco MLA to provide the dengue testing kits to CCH and on his request, GSL provided the kits.
Mormugao health officer Dr Rashmi Khandeparkar said the units that have been provided by GSL will be used judiciously for poor patients, especially those Below Poverty Line. "We will make the best use of it and the record of all the dengue testing units given to the patients will be maintained."
