The Telemedicine Centre at Tata Main Hospital (TMH) was inaugurated by Mr. B. Muthuraman, Managing Director, Tata Steel today. With this inauguration, TMH will now be connected with other peripheral hospitals in Jamadoba, West Bokaro, Noamundi, Joda and Sukinda through Telemedicine network.

Patients can now be seen and advised by consultants of TMH without travelling and from their respective hospitals. This innovative technology will later be extended to villages adopted by Tata Steel in all its locations including green field projects. Doctors and other health care professionals in Company hospitals in mines and collieries will be able to participate in conferences, workshops conducted in Tata Main Hospital.

While speaking at the inauguration, Mr. B Muthuraman said, "This technological innovation will enable our doctors to serve the patients and the community more efficiently. With this facility, TMH should now try to connect with leading hospitals across the country in order to provide medical help to all needy."

Also present on the occasion were Mr. Partha Sengupta, Vice President (Corporate Services), Mr. Raghunath Pandey, President, Tata Workers' Union, Dr. B. Ray, General Manager (Medical Services), Dr. N.K. Das, Chief of Medical Services. senior office bearers of Tata Workers' Union and doctors of TMH.

TMH can be now connected to other big hospitals in the country and benefit from consultation with the experts available in those hospitals. This is the first Telemedicine centre in whole of Jharkhand and Bihar.

The vision of TMH is to provide state of the art Healthcare Services to the employees of Tata Steel, their dependants and the community in a fiscally responsible manner. It has been providing medical services to not only people of Jamshedpur but also the communities in which it operates. Established in 1907 as a dispensary to provide healthcare facilities to the workers of Tata Steel Works, it has today grown into a hospital providing superior medical assistance to everyone.