30 August 2013
PJSC "AZOVSTAL IRON & STEEL WORKS" of Metinvest Group has purchased up-to-date diagnostic equipment for Clinic No. 1 of Hospital No. 4. The costs of the have exceeded 860 thousand UAH.
Over 30 units of brand new equipment will ensure the improvement of the quality of health care services giving the way to early diagnostic of cardiovascular diseases.
12 portable pulse oxymeters have already become a property of the clinic. These devices measure the level of blood oxygenation, arterial hemoglobin and the heart rate. The capabilities of Mariupol health care personnel will be expanded also by means of a new biochemical analyzer. Its compact microprocessor system will make it possible to accurately analyze biochemical indicators of blood, cerebro-spinal fluid, hormones concentration, immune globulins, and ferments activity. These new technologies also include the modern ultrasonography unit. Due to the improved supersensitive sensors, it ensures an accurate diagnosis in the most sophisticated cases.
For a couple of years, Azovstal has been providing the up-to-date equipment for Clinic No. 1 that renders health care services to the employees of the enterprise. Thus, in 2012, the enterprise has financed the purchase of the binocular microscope, spirograph, glucometers, physiotherapeutic equipment, 280 thousand UAH being allocated for these purposes.
"Being a steelmaker is a hard and honorable work. It is the cornerstone for Ukrainian economy, one of the highest salary indicators in the country, hundreds of working places. Our job is to provide the steelmakers with safe working conditions and good health care services", - emphasized Director General of PJSC "AZOVSTAL IRON & STEEL WORKS" Enver Tskitishvili.
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PJSC “AZOVSTAL IRON & STEEL WORKS” is an up-to-date high-technology enterprise which produces a wide range of steel products such as: slabs, sections and shapes, rails, rail fastenings, square billets, heavy plates, and smelter slag products.
Production capacity of the Enterprise makes it possible to manufacture annually over 5,5 million tons of pig iron, over 6,2 million tons of steel (the target is to achieve 7 million tons of steel per year), over 4,4 million tons of rolled products. Design capacity of rail fastenings manufacture is 285 thousand tons per year and that of steel milling balls manufacture is 170 thousand tons per year.
Metinvest is a vertically integrated mining group of companies, operating the assets in each sector of the production cycle beginning with iron ore and coal mining and coke production up to the manufacture of steel semi-products and finished products, pipes and coils as well as production of other products with high value added. The Group consists of mining and steel works situated in Ukraine, Europe, and the USA and has a chain of sales covering the key world markets. The chief stockholders of Metinvest are SKM Group (71,25%) and Smart-Holding (23,75%) which jointly run the Company.
METINVEST HOLDING LLC – the holding company of the Metinvest Group