Thiruvananthapuram: Extending a helping hand to the Government Women and Child Hospital in Thycaud, Thiruvananthapuram, UST has donated necessary equipment to the hospital, under its corporate social responsibility (CSR) programme. The company handed over an IFB 10 kg washing machine, water dispenser, two 4-seater airport chairs and two kangaroo chairs at a function organised at the hospital.
The Government Women and Child Hospital in Thycaud, which came into being in the year 1914, is among the premier hospitals in Kerala functioning under the Department of Health Services. The service-oriented hospital has a record of a high number of 350 deliveries per month, an inpatient bed strength of 428.
The CSR project for the Government Women and Child Hospital was planned and coordinated by Sofi Janet, CSR Ambassador, UST. The handover function was attended by UST officials Shilpa Menon, Thiruvananthapuram Centre Head; Vineeth Mohanan, CSR Finance Lead; and Roshni Das, Lead-PR and Marketing – Kerala. Hospital authorities Dr. Santha K, Superintendent; Dr. Swapnakumari (deputy supdt),Dr. Bennet xylem(HOD) ,Dr. Saji David (consultant), Dr. Reena. J. Sathyan (Jr consultant), Dr. Sreekala (RMO), Snehalatha (Nursing supdt), Anandavally (deputy nursing supdt), Girishankar (PRO), Shamla Malik (HICN), Deepa (Nursing officer, SNCU) were among those present.
“With the Thycaud Government Women and Child Hospital facing constraints with regard to funds for the purchase of equipment for better patient care, the authorities had approached UST for aid. The CSR team at UST, as always, swung into action and made sure that the much-needed equipment was made available for use in the hospital. One of the focus areas of the CSR team being women and children, I’m glad that UST was able to extend help to the hospital at the earliest,” said Shilpa Menon, Centre Head – Thiruvananthapuram, UST.
UST’s CSR programme has earlier too reached out to many hospitals and providers of health services in a bid to help them with necessary supplies and better infrastructure.
