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Company News / A new medical centre opening at Rustavi Metallurgical Plant

In 2012, the new management of Rustavi's Metallurgical Plant introduced a new health insurance programme covering all the Plant's employees. As part of this project, a new medical centre belonging to "PSP Insurance" was opened in the Plant. Here every employee will be able to benefit from a health insurance programme and from high-quality medical treatment and consultation without having to leave the Plant.

The new centre was officially inaugurated on the 20th of March by the Governor of the Kvemo Kartli region, Mr. Davit Kirkitadze, and by the Director of Rustavi Steel, Mr. Farooq Siddiqu.

  • Mr. Kirkitadze declared that 'Rustavi Metallurgical Plant has introduced a very important programme to ensure its employees are covered by health insurance. The new medical centre will cater for the Plant's 2,000 employees. Experienced medical staff are ready to provide round-the-clock medical assistance in comfortable conditions to all those who might require it. Every employee will be entitled to use the services of a general practitioner, a cardiologist, an ultrasonography specialist, an accident and emergency doctor, a neurologist and many other specialists and laboratory assistants.'
  • Dr. Siddiqui, for his part, said that 'the main principle upon which the company's policy is based is increasing the discipline and devotion to the company of its employees. Accordingly, our main priority is to meet the highest health and safety standards and to care about our employees' health. The Plant employs around 1,700 people, The result of their hard work, is evident in the improved productivity of steel, rebars, pig iron, slag processing, repair shops activities as well as improvement in quality of the products with recent certification from international organizations like API (American Petroleum Institute) and ISO. The main objective of opening this medical center at our premises is to fulfill our aims to provide, to our employees, health care with dignity and maximum comfort so as to have a very satisfied and dedicated workforce.From now on, all our employees can benefit from health insurance coverage and from high-quality medical treatment and consultation without having to leave the Plant.’