Date:01/07/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/01/stories/2008070158120500.htm

Andhra Pradesh

Rural health care

ASRAM hospitals mission - “bringing urban health care to rural India within the common man’s reach”. The Philanthropic views of the promoters, is ascertained by bringing in experienced medical fraternity into its fold.

The super specialty departments offer: Neurosurgery, neuro keyhole surgery, nephrology, kidney transplantation, cardiology, C.T. surgery, endocrinology, blood bank & blood components, trauma care, radial angiogram & angioplasty, plastic surgery, MRI, central lab, dialysis, laparoscopy, gastrointestinal surgery, urology, andrology, medical & surgical oncology, emergency surgery, anesthesiology & pain management, intensive & critical Care, pediatric & neonatology. State of art equipment, latest diagnostic measures, highly qualified professionals & 100% success are the key areas of emphasis. Apart from a 780 bedded hospital the establishments also include a PG medical & nursing college.

The Vice chairman Gokaraju Gangaraju said that, since inception in 1999, the Gynaec care (either normal or caesarian delivery) has been offered free to all BPL patients.

He also informed that it is the only private medical college with highest number of PG seats (59), which are filled in the first counseling itself. The director Gokaraju Ramaraju said that 2 buses are plying within 40 Kms radius for free transport to patients under the “ASRAM village health program”. Dr. V. Vijay Kumar, GM informed that it has been their motto to bring back the lost smile on the patient’s face with perfect Hospital care.

Department of neuro surgery is headed by Dr. Ramesh T., neurosurgeon trained from All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). He was an ex-faculty at Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS), Kochi.

Department is equipped with state of art modern operation theater set up with round the clock emergency facilities. Operation theatre has laminar flow and equipped with high speed electric drill, operating microscope, neuroendoscope, CUSA and stereotaxy. Department is backed up by well trained nursing and paramedic staff.