We have constructed and maintain 128 medical facilities throughout the Assam and West Bengal region and well in excess of the existing legal obligations on every tea garden. McLeod Russel continues to invest considerable time and effort to meet our obligations to our employees and we can now boast some of the premier medical facilities within the entire region.

Within this number we also operate 4 Central hospitals which all offer support to the local and surrounding communities and act in conjunction with the specialised Government operated hospitals in the states.

Free Eye Clinic

2009 saw the six McLeod Russel Mangaldai tea estates begin a community project between our district Central Hospital, based at Paneery Tea Estate and the Sri Sankaradeva Nethralaya Hospital in Guwahati.This community programme, the first of it type ever in Assam, consists of screening and identifying patients suffering from eye diseases, particularly those with cataracts, in the rural areas where our tea estates lie.The screening was conducted by way of outreach camp and resulted in our fist camp identifying 175 people, who were suffering from some degree of eye disease. Of these 175 people, 89 cases were diagnosed as requiring further treatment in the form of a cataract operation.

The entire cost of the treatment and any medication, including transportation (both to and from the base hospital, Guwahati), stay at the community centre of the base hospital, has been borne by McLeod Russel India Limited, so providing a totally free programme to all our patients, both from the estates and the surrounding areas, for the benefit of the district as a whole.

In addition to the cataract detection and surgery, these outreach camps also undertake screening programmes for other eye diseases and we provide free treatment for all those tested through referral services.

Having proven such a success and benefit to the communities we work within, we have decided to expand this programme of community help to other districts, where we operate. We believe that the success we have experienced in the Mangaldai district will be mirrored across the Assam valley and that many communities will enjoy the success of this project.