Mumbai : The Shipping Corporation of India announces its collaboration with the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai for setting up Central Cardio Respiratory Monitoring System in Medical Intensive Care Unit of T.N. Medical College and B.Y.L Nair Ch. Hospital. This initiative is part of the Corporate Social Responsibility of SCI wherein the company has formulated a policy to earmark 1 percent of its Net Profit after Taxes (PAT) of the preceding year to such endeavors.

The SCI’s collaboration is for 80 Lakhs (approx) for procurement of the identified medical equipment in Monitoring System in Medical Intensive Care Unit. As per their standard procedures the process of procurement of the equipments would be undertaken by Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai. The hospital has welcomed this collaboration with open hearts and minds.

The project has been evaluated, identified and supported by SCI in response to the proposal jointly signed and sent by the Dean of the B.Y.L Nair Ch. Hospital, Director (Medical Education & Major Hospitals) and Additional Municipal Commissioner (WS) in the month of December, 2010.
The critically ill patients will highly benefit from the equipments. This will reduce the mortality rate in a big way from 30 – 35 percent to 20 – 25 percent. This will in return bring us at par with the international Mortality rate.