Mr YR Reddy director personnel of RINL inaugurated ‘XXXIII ALL INDIA STEEL MEDICAL OFFICERS CONFERENCE’ ie February 3rd 2012 at MP Hall Ukkunagaram Club. The Conference is hosted by the Medical Department of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant.

Mr AP Choudhary CMD of RINLVSP in his message lauded the efforts of Steel Medical Fraternity in research and curing of industrial ailments, occupational health hazards etc for the industrial workers particularly steel industry personnel. He hoped that the 3 day conference will pave the way to new developments in industrial medical diagnosis and subsequent curing.

Speaking on the occasion Mr YR Reddy appreciated the achievements of Medical department of VSP and congratulated for their efforts in organizing such an enormous conference for the third time during the last 18 yrs. Mr Reddy urged the Doctors to lay work on the prevention and control of chronic non communicable diseases with special emphasis on action oriented research. Mr YR Reddy released the Conference souvenir.

Mr Reddy also stressed on the importance of workmen health in achieving rated capacity and high levels of productivity. He urged all the doctors of steel fraternity to continue providing high standards of medical care to the workmen and set a benchmark in medical treatment to be followed by all. He also reiterated the need for continuous research in the field of Occupational Health and continuous health education.