Providing healthcare

Sanjivani Mobile Medical Facility

HUL started Sanjivani – a Mobile Medical Service in the year 2003 to bring effective medical care to villages surrounding our Doom Dooma factory in Assam. The objective has been to meet basic medical needs of people living in the remote villages in Assam through a charge-free mobile medical facility. Apart from basic medical services, it also spreads awareness on issues such as hygiene, child immunization, family planning etc.

The project covers a radius of 40 kilometers around the factory with two mobile vans equipped with basic medical equipment and specialised team of one male and one female doctor, two nurses, a medical attendant and drivers.

On an average, 400 Sanjivini medical camps are conducted every year in remote villages surrounding our factory. The project is run in close co-ordination with the local administration and the progress is reviewed every quarter. The Sanjivani project has provided medical assistance tomore than 1, 54,500 patients since its inception and in 2007 alone in 344 camps more than 22,395 patients were treated. In 2008 through 438 camps, 32000 patients were treated.