SBI Foundation Supports NBJK for SBI Sanjeevani – Clinic on Wheels

23 February 2022, Hazaribagh: On 21 February at Patna, State Bank of India DMD & CDO Mr. Om Prakash Mishra offered a symbolic cheque worth Rs. 73,76,418 to Mr. Satish Girija (Secretary-NBJK) for mobile clinic van under SBI Sanjeevani – Clinic on Wheels project by SBI Foundation, the CSR wing of SBI.

Mr. Mishra appreciated NBJK as an active grassroots NGO engaged with community welfare under rural development programs for past 50 years in Bihar & Jharkhand. He said that providing financial support is not as difficult as embodying direct public service. Describing utility of the Van, he said that it would provide primary, preventive, curative and referral health services at people’s doorstep in remote rural areas of BodhGaya.

Also Mr. Mrigank Jain (GM, SBI-Patna Circle), Mr. Manoj Kumar Gupta and other senior officers of SBI were present on the occasion.

The Mobile Clinic Van provided to NBJK will be equipped with state-of-the-art diagnostic facilities like portable microscope, ECG, gastro fiberscope, autoclave, stretcher, laboratory facility and other necessary diagnostic accessories. The unit will be accompanied by a medical team consisting of a doctor, lab technician, pharmacist and health assistant-cum-driver.

Mr. Satish Girija expressed sincere gratitude towards SBI Foundation and the officers those supported the endeavor. He said that the very project of SBI Sanjeevani – Clinic on Wheels will benefit about 20,000 people across 22 identified Gram Panchayats every month in BodhGaya block of Gaya district in Bihar. Along with clinical facilities in remote villages, this unit will run specialized health and awareness camps, he added.