Rishikesh: Rural hilly areas often lack basic facilities like access to quality healthcare and emergency care. Public health care delivery system is in a dilapidated condition in rural areas of the state. In such grim scenarios, Community Hospitals are the cornerstone of health and healing in the rural areas, therefore Vishnugad-Pipalkoti Hydro Electric Project of THDC India Limited is providing quality and affordable healthcare facilities to all the nearby villages in the Pipalkoti area of Chamoli district. The community hospital at VPHEP-THDCIL is working to deliver quality healthcare and make improvements in the population’s health. The community hospital is not only addressing the needs of villagers but also catering to the health needs of the pilgrims of Char Dham Yatra.
The community hospital set up by VPHEP is well equipped with qualified doctors along with a paramedical staff consisting of Lab technicians, Pharmacists, Staff Nurses, and Ward boys 24×7 at the hospital. The pharmacy at the hospital provides free-of-cost medicines to all. The hospital rooms are well equipped with all the necessary equipment like ECG machines, Nebulizers, Suction machines, and Oxygen cylinders in order to provide both primary and emergency care. A Pathology lab has been set up at the hospital. THDCIL is also providing a 24×7 ambulance facility for the villagers and people around.
It is to mention that, in the past few years, a total of 19,876 Project Affected People have benefitted from the facilities provided at the community hospital of THDCIL. The community hospital is uniquely equipped to address the larger needs of the community by providing medical facilities.
Along with this VPHEP-THDCIL is trying its best to make primary healthcare accessible through various means like health camps, and awareness camps, and by providing subsidized medical facilities to the surrounding communities of the Project.
Today, THDCIL is one of the premier power generators in the country with installed capacity of 1587 MW with commissioning of Tehri Dam & HPP (1000MW), Koteshwar HEP (400MW) in Uttarakhand,Wind Power Projects of 50MW at Patan & 63MW at Dwarka in Gujarat, 24MW Dhukwan Small Hydro Project, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh and 50 MW Solar Power Project at Kasaragod, Kerala to its credit.
