Business Bureau :
POWER Grid Corporation of India Limited (PowerGrid), a Maharatna CPSE, under the Ministry of Power has recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Advance Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC), Tata Memorial Centre (TMC), a Cancer Research Institute, under the Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India for construction of PowerGrid OT Complex, a modular operation theater complex at ACTREC, TMC, Navi Mumbai.
The MoU was signed by V K Singh, Director (Personnel) of PowerGrid and Dr Sudeep Gupta, Director, ACTREC, TMC in presence of D K Singh, ED (Northern Region-1), S D Joshi, ED (Western Region-II), M K Singh, ED (CSR & ESMD), PowerGrid and other senior officials of PowerGrid and TMC. PowerGrid under its CSR initiatives is extending financial support to the tune of Rs 26.40 crore for developing the Modular Operation Theatre Complex (14 numbers) for women and children cancer hospital, ACTREC, TMC, Navi Mumbai.
PowerGrid OT Complex will ensure a high degree of sterility to prevent infections, help in reduction of health care costs, improve outcomes and ensure treatment of more patients. PowerGrid had earlier entered into an MoU with TMC in 2016-17 for providing financial assistance of Rs 30 crore for construction of Radiation Research Unit at ACTREC, TMC, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai with an objective to provide ambulatory and in-patient care for patients, informs a press release issued here.