Angul: The health department of Jindal Steel & Power Ltd (JSPL) here has taken initiative with cooperation of the Angul district health administration to open a polio booth in the company occupational health centre in the project premises to cater to service of children between 0-5 years of its employees and labourers residing in the premises.
The booth was inaugurated on Sunday on the occasion of Pulse Polio day.
JSPL project president DK Saraogi, his wife Sujata Saraogi and president of Jindal Mahila Samiti Usha Jha graced the occasion as guests and blessed the children by giving polio drops.
Medical officer of the centre Dr Srikant Swain, Dr Bijoy Bishoi and pharmacist Kali Prasanna Mishra, with their team and AWC worker of Nisha village Annapurna Biswal and Binapani Pradhan made the programme a great success.
The company plans to open a regular complete immunization centre shortly.