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NT Bureau
Chennai, Aug 27:

        As part of its healthcare initiative, Nokia has conceived the idea of setting up an healthcare centre at Sriperumbudur.

        Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, President and CEO, Nokia Corporation laid the foundation stone of a state-of-the-art healthcare centre at the Nokia Telecom SEZ Park in Sriperumbudur recently. Also present on the occasion were David Cheung, vice president and operations and logistics, Nokia Asia Pacific, Sachin Saxena, director, operations, Nokia India and D Shivakumar, vice president and country general manager, Nokia India.

        The Nokia Healthcare Centre will be set up in an area of 3000 square meters in the Non Processing Area (NPA) of the Nokia Telecom SEZ Park and will cater to the healthcare requirements of the employees in the SEZ as well as the local community in the region. Comprising of 30 beds in all, the Nokia Healthcare Centre will be set up in association with a professional healthcare group and will be fully operational by mid 2008.

        Sachin Saxena, director-operations, Nokia India , said, 'The Nokia healthcare centre is a reiteration of our commitment to the welfare of our employees in the SEZ. Additionally, it will also cater the healthcare requirements of the community around the SEZ. It is our endeavour to ensure that our employees receive world class healthcare facilities right here in the SEZ.'

        The Nokia plant currently employs 4700 people, 70 per cent of which are women. The Nokia Telecom Park has received an investment of $500 million with seven global component manufacturers likely to generate in excess of 30,000 jobs when fully functional.

        Kallasvuo, was on a 3-day visit to India from 22 August. During his visit, he met senior government officials , leaders of Indian industry , key Indian customers and partners and the Nokia SEZ component suppliers.

        Nokia is the world leader in mobility, driving the transformation and growth of the converging Internet and communications industries.