Tata Main Hospital, Jamshedpur, has been certified by the Indian Council of Medical Research for Covid diagnostic testing and has become the first private laboratory in Jharkhand to receive the approval.

TMH has the capacity to test 50 samples per day.

Rajan Chaudhry, General Manager, Medical Services, Tata Steel said testing is critical in assessing the spread of Covid and will also help in containing the pandemic in the region.

Responding to the request of Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, Tata Sons has sent medical equipment and consumables to the State.

This includes 50,000 three-ply masks, 25,000 pairs of nitrile gloves, 10,000 Covid testing kits and five High Flow Nasal Cannulas, a non-invasive ventilation support to treat patients with respiratory difficulties.

Medical facilities for Covid have been created in all the hospitals of Tata Steel across its manufacturing units and mining locations in Jharkhand and Odisha. The company has provisioned for a cumulative total of 1,250 beds in the two States.