On 10th October 2017, Mr. Jean-Dominique Senard, Chief Executive Officer of the Michelin Group & President of the Executive Board of the Michelin Corporate Foundation and, H.E. Mr. Alexandre Ziegler, Ambassador of France to India dedicated a Mobile Medical Unit (MMU) to the communities around the Michelin plant near Chennai.
The Mobile Medical Unit (MMU) will be attended by a crew of Doctor, Nurse and Community health workers. It will provide basic diagnostic services and treatment to patients with acute and chronic diseases. This unit is equipped to screen patients for a range of diseases including hypertension, diabetes and anaemia. This Mobile Medical Unit will cover all thirty-one villages around the Michelin India plant in Thiruvallur District in Tamil Nadu and complements Michelin’s Community Health care program as part of its CSR initiatives.
Managed by The Foundation for Rural Recovery and Development (FORRAD) and funded by Michelin Corporate Foundation, the MMU will operate from Monday to Saturday and will stop at each of the 12 designated stops for an entire day, twice a month. Each stop will cater to patients of the surrounding villages, providing healthcare access to 30,000 people.
