Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually opened the charitable multi-speciality Shrimad Rajchandra Hospital for rural poor at Dharampur in South Gujarat. It is the brainchild of spiritual visionary and humanitarian leader Pujya Gurudevshri Rakeshji. Gujarat chief minister Bhupendra Patel, state BJP president C.R. Patil, various other ministers and dignitaries from across the country graced the event at the international headquarters of Shrimad Rajchandra Mission Dharampur.
Located in South Gujarat, the hospital is a dedicated, selfless endeavour to link the gap between global standards of healthcare and local access to underprivileged communities. This 250-bed charitable hospital is spread across 8 acres of land, built at a cost of over £20 million. It carries the 18-year legacy of excellence in rural healthcare, having treated over 1.85 million patients since 2004.
The hospital aims to provide free support to underprivileged patients at every stage of recovery right from early diagnosis, treatment, preventative care to rehabilitation, by a team of 300 plus highly qualified doctors and specialists. Rural patients will also have access to the best global doctors through teleconsultations at no cost.
Bringing over 16 specialities to the doorstep of the tribal belt, it will provide end-to-end care in every department- radiology, oncology, neurology, nephrology, gynaecology, urology, orthopaedics, rheumatology, paediatrics, dermatology, ENT, pathology, gastroenterology, dentistry, physiotherapy as well as psychiatry and each department will have state-of-the-art facilities like 6 ultra-modern operation theatres, 1.5 T MRI machine, 128 slice CT scan with CT angiography, cardiac catheterisation lab, dialysis unit, 18-bed ICU and 26-bed NICU, early intervention centre, aqua therapy and robotic physiotherapy, sensory garden for developmental disability, blood centre with blood bank.
Besides, through collaborations with international medical universities like Stanford, the hospital will emerge as a global centre of medical research, and actively train medical students and staff. At the event, Modi also laid the foundation stone for Shrimad Rajchandra Centre of Excellence for Women. Built at a cost of nearly £4 million, this facility will serve as a space of employment, empowerment and skill-training for hundreds of rural women. The centre will focus on training women in handicrafts, computer functionalities, English communication, financial literacy amongst others. Commemorating the 75th year of Indian Independence, Shrimad Rajchandra Mission Dharampur has showcased its commitment to selfless service by undertaking 75 extensive social initiatives in collaboration with the Government of India so far.
