Bhubaneswar, 16^th July 2007:

 

Sincere to its mission to make the life of people better than before, POSCO-India launched its 2^nd free Cleft Lip Surgery and Palate Correction Camp, for 23 identified patients of the proposed plant site & nearby areas of Jagatsinghpur District today. The four day long camp will continue at SCB Medical College & Hospital till 20^th July. A team of 8 Doctors from South Korea along with expert doctors and medical staff of SCB Medical College & Hospital will perform the surgery. All medical assistance & post-surgery medical care will be provided by POSCO-India free of cost to the patients.

 

Last year the company had also organized a similar camp wherein 27 patients from Jagatsinghpur District were successfully operated. POSCO-India had also organized a free Polio Corrective Surgery camp at Jagatsinghpur operating around 100 polio patients in January 2007. Apart from this, the company has launched Mobile Medical Units in the villages at the proposed Plant Site providing free health check-up facilities and medicines, thereby taking long strides for the good health of the local inhabitants.

 

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Soung-Sik Cho, Chairman & Managing Director, POSCO-India, said, “POSCO-India has always emphasized upon the collective development of the society through continuous social welfare activities. After successfully organizing Cleft-Lip Surgery & Palate Correction camp last year, we have decided to repeat the same success story to better the health conditions of people in our project area". He further added, “We promised to village people to make their life better. We hope this effort improves the lives of people needing specialized medical assistance and enables them for a better future.”

 

Like the parent company in South Korea which has grown with the local communities, and acclaimed globally for its CSR programmes, POSCO-India also strongly believes in improving the lives of the local people and replicate the same success story for the benefit of people of Orissa.  

 

POSCO-India Pvt. Ltd. was incorporated in 25th August 2005 with the Registrar of Companies, Orissa, under the Companies Act 1956. POSCO-India Private Limited is a subsidiary of POSCO, the world’s No. 3 steel producer and one of the most competitive steel companies. POSCO signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Orissa in June 2005, to set up a 12-mtpa green field steel plant near Paradeep, Jagatsinghpur District, Orissa, with an estimated investment of USD12 billion. The company will build a 4 million tonne capacity steel plant in Orissa, during the first phase of its project between 2007 and 2010 and expand the final production volume to 12 million tonnes. The company plans to use the next generation FINEX technology for iron making without Blast Furnace, and intends to build the most competitive steel plant in India using a fully integrated logistics model from mining to marketing.