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BALIAPAL, DEC 18, 2022
Subarnarekha Port Private Limited (SPPL) has joined the Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan in collaboration with District Health Administration, Balasore.
The program named ‘Ni-kshay Mitra’ was flagged off by Balasore Collector Dattatreya Bhausaheb Shinde and Chief District Medical Officer Dr. Dulalsen Jagdev. It will run its course till October 2023.
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) had launched the ‘Community Support to TB Patients- Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat to increase community involvement in achieving the goal of eradicating TB by 2025.
Taking the thought forward, SPPL, along with Tata Steel Foundation, has registered on the National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme portal for identifying cases of TB in various blocks. Under this initiative, Tata Steel Foundation will provide nutritional support, through a nutritional kit, to identified TB patients every month. Taking the first step, nutritional kits were distributed to 371 beneficiaries by the dignitaries covering three blocks of Balasore, i.e., Basta, Baliapal and Remuna, with 98, 56, and 217 beneficiaries respectively.
On this occasion, Collector Dattatreya Bhausaheb Shinde highlighted the importance of this programme and instructed all to reach out to the needy.
SPPL Senior Divisional Manager – Administration Pramod Kumar, Deputy Chief District Medical Officer Dr. Mrutunjay Mishra and others were present on the occasion.
