Save an indigent malnourished pregnant mother undergoing a complicated delivery/Low weight infant

State Gujarat District Anand

Mother & Child Centre of the Shree Krishna Hospital The Shree Krishna Hospital, Karamsad has chosen to focus on healtcare of two vulnerable groups viz., mothers & children. Indigent women with limited resources, inadequate nutrition during pregnancy, and limited access to constant monitoring of their condition, turn aneamic and lack essential minerals such as iron and calcium. Malnourished mothers often develop complications during pregnancy, at times endangering their own lives as also that of the foetus during delivery. When such a case comes to the Mother & Child Centre of the Hospital, in addition to the risk involved, the treatment costs are also high, which these mothers and their families cannot afford. Our specialists and healthcare providers take extra care of such patients and ensure all-out efforts for a successful delivery. Support for treatment cost comes from Donors like you, Trusts/Foundations and from internal resources of the Mandal. For female patients covered under the Chiranjeevi Yojana an amount of Rs 2500 is granted by the government, while the cost of treatment comes to about Rs 1 lakh. In the Obstetrics and Gynaecology department of the Hospital, nearly 30-35 % of the patients received, i.e about 1200 patients are from poor economic background. In a premature low-weight infant, the first question is that of survival. Such neonates require close monitoring and utmost care with medical treatment and at times incubation. Only when the general health status of the baby and its weight comes to a satisfactory level, is the condition considered stable and normal growth can be facilitated. In the Paediatric department of the Hospital, nearly 40-45 % of the patients received, i.e. Around 1000 patients belong to indigent and needy families with limited income. On the whole, the Hospital provided treatment cost concessions for these two groups of patients to the tune of Rs 3 cr. during 2016-17.

Save a child with a hole in the heart

State Gujarat District Anand

Bhanubhai & Madhuben Patel Cardiac Centre : ------------------------------------------ Set up in 2008, the Cardiac Centre aims to provide professional and quality health care services, irrespective of economic status, religion or caste of the patient. It offers Open heart Surgery, Closed Heart Surgery, Angiography & Angioplasty, Paediatric Cardiology. To serve the patients, a full time cardiologist, cardiothorasic surgeon and intensivists are available. Patients from the less privileged section of society, who can not afford high cost of treatment are provided subsidized health services. The hospital’s cardiac centre is recognized for its work in the area of paediatric cardiology. It receives cases not only from all parts of Gujarat, but also from other states as also abroad. Children have been a priority area for the hospital and towards this end, it has introduced a number of measures. The hospital's cardiac Centre enrolled itself for the Mukhyamantri Amrutam (MA) Yojana, through which a needy family can avail tertiary medical coverage upto Rs. 2,00,000/- for a family of five on a floater basis. The hospital receives a small reimbursement from the Government which is not adequate to cover the cost of treatment as a result of which the hospital's Cardiac Centre incurs a deficit. During 2016-17 it was around Rs.73 lakhs. The problem with paediatric cardiology is; children suffering from congenital heart diseases are almost invariably from the economically weaker sections of the society and hence, would not receive support from commercial cardiac centres. While the Mandal itself has been raising funds with the help of appeals in local newspapers, contacting past donors, those who have pledged support and approaching philanthropic trusts and organisations, an assured means of support for such cases is presently not available. It is in this context that the hospital would like to explore the possibilities of being part of the 'CSR Fund Programme' of organisations under healthcare, or alternatively receive funding support through crowdfunding so as to focus on poor paediatric patients with a congenital heart disease, who require treatment but cannot afford it.

Support the treatment of a needy patient in the Aashirwad wards

State Gujarat District Anand

For 36 years now, the Hospital has provided succour to needy and underprivileged patients in the form of world-class treatment at subsidized costs. For outdoor patients, registration and consultation was free, which is being continued. For BPL patients, stay and diet was free. For BPL families, women and children got free treatment, whereas men got 60% waiver of treatment fees. Patients covered under schemes of the state government and the hospital were provided few more rebates. In April 2017, we took a step forward in this direction and introduced the concept of Aashirwad wards. Under this concept, 450 of the 800 beds of the Hospital, located in what we terms as Aashirwad wards were earmarked to provide free treatment, stay, food, nurses and doctors services, surgery, Xray and Sonography, etc. The patients have just to bear the cost of medicines and consumables. Generally, in a state-run Civil Hospital, funded by the government, it is common that patients get treatment and services at no cost. However, for this to be done in a private self-financed Hospital is uncommon. Covering over 900 villages having a combined population of 44 lakhs and in addition, the rural tribal population of Dohad, Panchmahals and other neighbouring districts from where patients come, Shree Krishna Hospital has, through its compassionate approach to the patients, carved a niche for itself in health-care of the under-privileged patients from the region. Aashirwad wards for such patients are a boon- Aashirwad in a real sense. On an average, for all these patients, the Mandal bears about Rs 10000 per patient. With an average annual flow of in-patients at 40000 of which nearly 60% (24000) fall in the less privileged bracket, fund assistance to meet the cost of treatment would help us reach out to more such patients, as every bit of help counts.

Shri Atul Patel

Chairman

helpus@charutarhealth.org

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Telephone 91-2692-228105
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Rakesh Verma

General Manager- Fund Raising

rakeshkv@charutarhealth.org

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Telephone 91-2692-228472
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Rakesh Parikh

Manager- Fund Raising

rakeshp@charutarhealth.org

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