The Shipping Corporation of India Ltd announces its collaboration with the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) for setting up Central Cardio Respiratory Monitoring System in Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU) of T.N. Medical College and B.Y.L Nair Ch. Hospital. The SCI’s collaboration is by way of a firm of commitment to MCGM for ' 80 Lakhs (approx) for procurement of the identified medical equipment in MICU. The process of procurement of the equipments would be undertaken by MCGM in due course as per their standard procedures. The Hospital has acknowledged the commitment and has willingly accepted the said collaboration.
The project has been identified, evaluated and supported by SCI in response to the proposal jointly signed and sent by the Dean of the B.Y.L Nair Ch. Hospital, Director (Medical Education & Major Hospitals) and Additional Municipal Commissioner (WS) in the month of December, 2010. The said equipment in MICU would help in smooth and timely management of critically ill patients which in turn would help in the reduction of Mortality Rate from the present 30-35% to 20-25% making it at par with the international mortality rate. This facility would be of immense help to a section of population which belongs to poor and below the poverty line category. This initiative is part of the Corporate Social Responsibility of SCI wherein the company has formulated a policy to earmark 1% of its Net Profit after Taxes (PAT) of the preceding year to such endeavours.