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.’