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Hospital to extend services to rural areas

By Our Staff Reporter

HYDERABAD April 14. The Mahavir Hospital and Research Centre, run by the Bhagwan Mahavir Memorial Trust, which is celebrating its silver jubilee on Mahavir Jayanthi Day on Tuesday, is now set to extend the same focus to rural masses with no access to quality medical care.

Addressing a media conference, Chairman of the Trust and Mahavir Hospital and Research Centre, Shantilal Daga, said here on Monday that community centres would be opened at Moinabad, Tandur, Chevella and Pargi in Ranga Reddy district. An ambulance would be pressed into service on Tuesday at Moinabad.

The community centres to be manned by qualified MBBS doctors would serve as outpatient units to the 300-bed general hospital being set up by the Trust at Vikarabad under the Mahavir Institute of Medical Sciences. The hospital would be dedicated to the people in July. Meanwhile, the medical college, part of the Mahavir Institute of Medical Sciences, would be opened from this academic year. Necessary infrastructure had been created as per the norms of the Medical Council of India. While the project is estimated to cost Rs.20 crores, Rs.4 crores had already been spent in creating 1.5 lakh sft accommodation now of the proposed 5 lakh sft. The project is totally funded by the Trust and through donations.

Mr. Daga said there is a proposal to start the Mahavir Nursing College from the next academic year. The 220-bed Mahavir hospital in the city had developed into a superspeciality hospital and with critical care units, he said.

The Research wing consultant, K.J.R.Murthy, said to give equal importance to research, the research centre was registered 23 years ago. It has genetics, tuberculosis, allergy, immunology and infertility as special areas of focus. The Mahavir Module being in operation since 1995 with an ideal public and private mix is now recognised by the Government and approved by WHO as it is yielding good results. Under this, all the private practitioners would refer the patients, particularly afflicted with TB and other diseases to the Centre.

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