HLL to Open Pharmacy & Surgical and Optical Retail Store at Thrissur

THRISSUR:
Buoyed by the success of its affordable healthcare facilities for the needy, HLL Lifecare Limited (HLL) will open its 13th centre – HLL Pharmacy and Surgicals and HLL Opticals, a pioneering collaborative venture of HLL and the Kerala Government, at Thrissur Medical College on Monday (March 20).
Minister for Industries AC Moideen will inaugurate the HLL Opticals while Minister for Agriculture V
S Sunil Kumar will launch the HLL Pharmacy and Surgicals at a function at 3 pm. Alathur MP Shri PK Biju will preside.
HLL Pharmacy & Surgicals offers surgical implants and other medical products, like medicines, disposables, stents and pacemakers at 10 to 40 per cent discounts. HLL Opticals also provides lenses and frames at prices 10 to 40 per cent lower than market rates. In addition to the subsidised services for the needy, the centre provides cashless services to Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) cardholders.
Wadakkanchery MLA Anil Akkara, District Collector Dr A Kowsigan, District Panchayat Member Suresh Babu, HLL Director Dr Babu Thomas (Marketing), HLL Director (Technical and Operations) E A Subramaniam, Medical College Principal Dr MK Ajayakumar and other local and political representative
s will attend the function.
The first centre of HLL Pharmacy & Surgicals started functioning at the Thiruvananthapuram Medical College in October 2011.