Jamshedpur: Tata Steel Foundation inaugurates second Prasuti Pratikshalay in Kuchai

 Jamshedpur: Tata Steel Foundation inaugurated a newly constructed birth waiting home, also known as Prasuti Pratikshalaya, in Kuchai, Saraikela Kharsawan district, Jharkhand. This comes after the first one was inaugurated recently in Dumaria, on September 11, 2023. The third one is also expected to be inaugurated later this year.

The event was graced by Dashrath Gagrai, MLA, Kharsawan, Ravi Shankar Shukla, IAS, Deputy Commissioner, Saraikela Kharsawan, Dr Ajay Kumar Sinha, Civil Surgeon and Chief Medical Officer and Sourav Roy, Chief Executive Officer, Tata Steel Foundation.

Sourav Roy, Chief Executive Officer, Tata Steel Foundation said, “We are hopeful that the Prasuti Pratikshalay, being set up in the remote corners of the Kolhan region in Jharkhand will raise awareness on the efficiency of institutional deliveries. The initiations on these interventions are often the result of goodwill that the frontline healthcare workers, like MANSI mitras and sahiyya didis have built over the decade. MANSI+ as a programme has been based on innovations which have gone a long way to address the challenges that face the tribal people living in the remote contours of Jharkhand.”

Tabled under the MANSI+ initiative, which aims to reduce preventable deaths among mothers, neonates, infants, and under-5 children by 50%, the birth waiting home will help expectant mothers coming from hard-to-reach areas with timely assistance and delivery. Kuchai is one of the remotest corners, here public commute is over 10 kilometres away and the rough terrain makes it challenging for expecting mothers to travel during their final months of pregnancy. MANSI+ has been operational in Kuchai since the beginning, a decade ago. As an integral need-based initiative, the second Prasuti Pratikshalay is being set up. The new birth waiting home at Kuchai is expected to help 40,000 households in the area.