Saturday, November 9, 2024

TCS sets up Covid-19 Care Centres in 11 cities for staff, their dependents

TCS sets up Covid-19 Care Centres in 11 cities for staff, their dependents

India’s largest software services firm Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has set up Covid Care Centers across 11 cities in India including Mumbai, Indore, and Nagpur.

The company also has arrangements with hotels that have hospital tie-ups. Employees and their families can avail emergency medical financial assistance, apart from the health insurance facilities offered, TCS spokesperson said in a statement.

These centres will provide medical support to associates and their dependents (spouse, children, and parents /parents-in-law) who are asymptomatic or mildly COVID-19 positive with no other co-morbidities or medical history/complications.

All the centres will have 24/7 medical cover, along with daily monitoring by trained professionals. The patients can even connect with a counsellor virtually during their treatment.

TCS is also organising COVID testing camps in the offices, COVID-19 helpdesk to seek any assistance required, and 24×7 TCS Medical Hotline to reach doctors and TCS Cares services for counselling.

“TCS Covid-19 Care Centres will provide isolation, comfort, and treatment by the health professionals to our employees and their dependents, who are asymptomatic or have mild (COVID-19) symptoms,” the statement added.

These centres, which will function as per the various guidelines laid down by the Centre and state governments, have been set up in TCS facilities in Chennai, Kochi, Mumbai, Pune, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Delhi, Bhubaneswar, Indore, and Nagpur.

The company said, “amidst the tumult of the last few weeks, our priority has always been to safeguard the health and well-being of our employees.”

Other IT firms like Infosys, HCL, and Tech Mahindra have already announced that they are setting up hospital beds in their campuses with oxygen and ventilator support to support employees and their families given the acute shortage the country is facing.

The MHA in an order dated April 27 said IT/ITeS firms in Special Economic Zones (SEZ) can extend up to 50-bed hospitals from the current 10 beds within the SEZ units, IT industry body NASSCOM pointed out. 

Editorial

Deloitte, PWC, EY, KPMG to Hire 1 Lakh People in India in FY25

According to estimates from top company officials and industry...

Higher EPS Pension Application Stuck: A Step-by-Step Guide to Fix

Nearly 97,640 Provident Fund (PF) members and pensioners under...

Working Hours in India: Key Laws Every Employee Must Know

Following the tragic death of EY employee Anna Perayil...

IT Industry: 5 Key Indicators of Revival in India’s Tech Sector

Based on the recent second-quarter Q2FY25 results released by...

Labour Laws Evolution in India: A Decade of Reform and Resilience

In response to the changes in India's economic landscape,...

Must Read

Twitter employee sleeping on office floor; Musk to cut 50% of jobs

A Viral picture shared by a Twitter employee shows...

Tech Mahindra is hiring for various roles, WFH, HR jobs; Apply

One of the fastest-growing brands and amongst the top...

Shaveta Joshi Appointed as CHRO at ASRC Federal

Shaveta Joshi Appointed as CHRO at ASRC Federal ASRC Federal...

OYO founder Ritesh Agarwal’s salary goes up 250%

Ritesh Agarwal, the Founder, and CEO of OYO, earned Rs. 5.6...

ASSOCHAM 5th D&I Excellence Awards and Conclave 2024

The recently concluded ASSOCHAM 5th Diversity and Inclusion Excellence...

Google plans to fire 10,000 poor performing employees

An American multinational technology company, Google is planning to...

TCS employs the highest number of women in the country: Report

According to the 2021 Burgundy Private Hurun India 500...

Air India revises job contracts for non-flying staff

The flag carrier of India, Air India has recently...

Related Articles

SightsIn Plus
SightsIn Plushttps://sightsinplus.com/
SightsIn Plus is an India’s leading high-quality people-focused monthly HR Magazine and provides up-to-date HR News, Leadership Announcements, Best HR Practices and Insights by Global CHROs, CEOs, HR Advisors, Business Managers and HR Heads on topics of interest to HR professionals. To subscribe SightsIn Plus, HR Magazine please visit- https://sightsinplus.com/subscribe/