SHIRDI`S STATE OF THE ART HOSPITAL

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Shirdi’s state-of the-art hospital.   Shree Saibaba Superspecialty Hospital offers quality treatement at discounted rates   DILIP Pagare feels truly blessed. Hardly a few metres from Shirdi’s Sai Baba temple, he sits in the waiting room of a super speciality hospital, waiting for his father’s bypass surgery to be completed. The carpenter from Malegaon, around 80 kms from Shirdi, was always a devotee but he believes that it is nothing short of Baba’s miracle that his father is in the care of some of the best doctors in the country. ‘‘There was no such facility anywhere near where we live,’’ says Pagare. ‘‘We would have to go to Nashik or Ahmadnagar and sometimes even Pune or Mumbai. Now, just a two-hour road journey away, we have an incredible option.’’   And it is not just the Pagares who can’t believe their luck. Matron Manda Thorat says that this is the kind of institution she has always wanted to be a part of. ‘‘I have seen patients die because they just didn’t have enough money for a heart surgery or even smaller procedures,’’ the veteran matron recalls. ‘‘Now suddenly they all have a chance. Everyone will now have an affordable choice.’’ The hospital is already being flooded with calls from across the region. Doctors from Nashik, Ahmadnagar, Dhule and even tribal Nandurbar are queuing up to refer their patients to the super speciality hospital.   Watching the renovated premises of the Shree Saibaba Superspeciality Hospital resonate with hymns and prayers on Sunday morning, Pagare adds that in no other place would his father be operated upon in such a serene atmosphere. ‘‘It is a fact, not just the poor but anyone would want to get treatment here,’’ says Dr Nagendra B Shah, a consultant eye specialist with Bombay Hospital. ‘‘Imagine this. A patient undergoes an eye surgery and when his bandages are removed, the first thing they will see is Saibaba.’’ The 300-bed super-specialty hospital, promising quality medical treatment and surgeries at discounted rates has got Shirdi talking. ‘‘We really needed this facility,’’ says Jayant Sasane, chairman of the Shri Saibaba Sansthan Trust. ‘‘It was Saibaba’s will and we are going to help Dr P L Tiwari fulfil his dream. Our vision is to eventually have a medical college and an even bigger hospital.’’ To be run on a no-profit-no-loss basis, the hospital is equipped with state of the art equipment, and a panel of honorary doctors from across the country will come to Shirdi at least twice a month.   ‘‘It is a unique opportunity for doctors like me to be in a facility which is at par with Mumbai and Delhi hospitals and reaches out to even those who can’t afford expensive medical care,’’ says cardio-thoracic surgeon Dr Ramakant Panda of the Asian Heart Institute. Officially inaugurating the hospital with a bypass surgery on Sunday morning, Panda promised to be back. In turn, Tiwari, who is also a trustee of the temple, has promised a free darshan to doctors volunteering their time at his ‘‘dream hospital’’, modelled on the vision that made his alma mater The Benaras Hindu University so special.   Features of the hospital * It’s a super-speciality hospital with 300 beds in a building area of 83,000 sq ft * Twenty per cent of patients with annual income lower than Rs 50,000, will be given free treatment and another 15 per cent will be treated at subsidised rates * The hospital has a state-of-the-art Cardiac-cath laboratory to diagnose coronory artery diseases and for angiography. It also has a Dialysis Centre with two units * The hospital’s five operation theatres are fitted with advanced equipment. There will also be three

theatres are for orthopaedic

and opthalmic surgeries * The Intensive Care Unit includes two wards with 20 beds. Two general wards will accomodate 50 patients who will be treated free of cost  

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       RAISE YOUR HANDS.....

      AND IF NOT, THEN RAISE YOUR FAITH !!! "

.......ROHIT BEHAL

 

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