National Aluminium Company (NALCO) is planning to set up a modern eye hospital at Angul in Odisha in association with LV Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI). In this regard, the company will invest around Rs 15 crore. The new hospital would primarily cater to the economically disadvantaged groups of nearby villages. Land for the hospital has already been identified by the Navaratna CPSE.
LVPEI is a World Health Organisation (WHO) Collaborating Centre for prevention of Blindness and a Global Resource Centre for VISION 2020.
NALCO is already running three mobile healthcare units and one OPD at Angul, which offer free medicines.
