May 30, 16.42 PM IST || Pocket News Alert
Doctors from Kaka-Ba Hospital rendered services at medical camp in Ankleshwar
Highlights:
•Free medical check-up and treatment camp held in Ankleshwar
•Team of 25 doctors and 50 Paramedical staff including cardiologists, gynaecologists, ophthalmologists, orthopaedics, dermatologists, paediatricians, ENT specialists etc associated with Kaka-Ba Hospital extended their services
•Around 1200 residents from Ankleshwar and nearby villages like Diva, Piraman, Gadkhol, Kosamadi and Amboli benefited from the medical camp
•Kaka-Ba Hospital, an initiative of Shri Indravadan Modi, Founder Chairman of Cadila Pharmaceuticals Ltd, has emerged as successful rural healthcare model
•Till date, Kaka-Ba Hospital has treated more than 6 lakh patients and performed more than 4,000 plastic surgeries free of cost
May 30, 2016: As a part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives, Cadila Pharmaceuticals Ltd, one of the largest privately held pharmaceuticals companies in India and Kaka-Ba Hospital, run by Kaka-Ba and Kala-Budh Public Charitable Trust organised a free medical check-up and treatment camp on Sunday, May 29, 2016 to provide healthcare support to residents of local villages in Ankleshwar and Bharuch. The medical camp was organised at Ramanbhai Muljibhai Patel Wadi, Near Bharuchi Naka in Ankleshwar. A team of 25 doctors and 50 Paramedical staff from Kaka-Ba Hospital extended their services in the camp. Around 1200 people from Ankleshwar and nearby villages like Diva, Piraman, Gadkhol, Kosamadai and Amboli benefited from this noble initiative.
Free medical camp by Kaka-Ba Hospital and Cadila Pharmaceuticals
A team of 25 doctors including cardiologists, gynaecologists, ophthalmologists, orthopaedics, dermatologists, paediatricians, ENT specialists, gastroenterologists, endocrinologists, general surgeons and 50 Paramedical staff from Kaka-Ba Hospital rendered their services in the camp. Patients underwent health checkups by the team of specialist doctors and were given consultations and medicine free of cost.
Speaking on these important initiatives Dr. Rajiv Modi, Chairman and Managing Director, Cadila Pharmaceuticals Ltd said “Cadila Pharmaceuticals is committed towards inclusive and sustainable growth. Under the aegis of Kaka-Ba and Kala-Budh Public Charitable Trust, we use a holistic model of development and undertake a number of CSR activities in larger interest of the community, especially in the area of health, education, women empowerment and childcare apart from supporting a few other Not for Profit efforts . Cadila Pharmaceuticals will continue to support more such CSR initiatives.”
Dr. Bharat Champaneria, Chief Coordinator and Superintendent, Kaka-Ba Hospital said, “Doctors associated with Kaka-Ba Hospitals feel so much proud and derive satisfaction by rendering healthcare services to locals at this free medical camp. Kaka-Ba Hospital has played a pivotal role in comprehensive and sustainable rural development and has emerged as a successful rural healthcare model. Till date, it has treated more than six lakh patients. The hospital has been organizing medical camps regularly in economically backward tribal region of Bharuch (Hansot village), Gujarat and the surrounding rural areas for screening, diagnosis and treatment and has been able to save a number of lives. The hospital has also performed more than 4,000 plastic surgeries free of cost.”
Kaka-Ba Hospital, established in 1985 at Hansot, Dist- Bharuch, Gujarat is the hub of CSR activities run by Cadila Pharmaceuticals. Established by the founder of Cadila Pharmaceuticals and philanthropist, Shri I.A. Modi, Kaka-Ba Hospital, in a span of three decades, has emerged as a blessing for poor, needy patients of Bharuch district and nearby areas. Serving and saving precious lives, more than 6 lakh patients have been treated by the hospital for various ailments, till date.