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Activities 2020-21 : Medical Services


Medical Services by Ramakrishna Mission in 2020-21

a. Medical Units: In the year under review, the Math had the following medical and allied units.

Units No. of Units No. of Beds In-patients Out-patients Break-up of Total Patients Inmates/ Students
Male Female Children Socially Backward
Hospitals 11 2,373 65,292 13,20,990 6,01,889 6,12,659 1,06,442 1,41,184 --
Dispensaries (Allopathic) -- -- 4,82,894 1,91,810 2,35,584 55,500 1,05,432 --
-do- (Homeopathic) 89 -- -- 1,37,164 47,778 68,742 20,644 41,830 --
-do- (Ayurvedic & Others) -- -- 58,753 29,897 26,782 2,074 13,770 --
Mobile Medical Units 34 -- -- 1,21,880 31,674 54,929 35,277 67,559 --
Eye Camps 136 -- -- 12,529 6,350 5,767 412 2,576 --
General Medical Camps 88 -- -- 42,194 16,946 19,092 6,156 20,116 --
Other Medical Services 57 -- -- 3,94,367 1,79,976 1,91,501 22,890 7,301 --
Old Age Homes 3 -- -- -- 47 66 -- -- 113
Nurses’ Training Institutes
(a) Schools 4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 323
(b) Colleges 2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 397
Institutes for Postgraduate Studies and Research 2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 168
Institutes offering Paramedical Courses 2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 237
Total 426 2,373 65,292 25,70,771 11,06,367 12,15,122 2,49,395 3,99,768 1,238
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b. Specialized Medical Treatments: The following special treatments were provided by some of our centres through their hospitals, dispensaries, special programmes, camps, etc.

    1. Eye treatment was rendered by our centres at Bankura, Dehradun, Delhi, Kamarpukur, Khetri, Porbandar, and so on, and at the hospitals in Kankhal, Lucknow, Muzaffarpur, Vrindaban, etc. Besides, many centres have a separate eye department attached to their dispensaries.
    2. Leprosy case detection and treatment was done by the headquarters (Belur Math) and our centres at Kamarpukur, Lucknow, etc.
    3. Maternity and child welfare services were provided by our hospitals in Kolkata (Seva Pratishthan), Lucknow, and Vrindaban and also by some dispensaries.
    4. Neurology department functioned at the hospitals in Kolkata (Seva Pratishthan), Lucknow, Varanasi, etc.
    5. Physiotherapy treatment was provided by the headquarters (Belur Math) and our centres at Bhopal, Indore, Itanagar, Kolkata (Seva Pratishthan), Lucknow, New Delhi, Prayagraj, Shillong, Varanasi, Vrindaban, etc. The centres at and Visakhapatnam have special clinics for providing physiotherapy treatment to cerebral palsied children.
    6. Psychiatry treatment was provided in our Itanagar, Kolkata (Seva Pratishthan), Lucknow, Raipur, and Vrindaban hospitals and also by some dispensaries.
    7. Tuberculosis cases were treated at the 200-bed sanatorium in Ranchi, the TB Clinic attached to Delhi centre as also by the headquarters (Belur Math) and our centres at Itanagar, Kamarpukur, Kankhal, Lucknow, Malda, Narainpur, Patna, etc.

Besides, many centres had special departments for dental surgery, ENT, cardiology, paediatrics, acupressure, acupuncture, etc. Several centres provided ayurvedic treatment also.

c. Medical Camps: In the eye camps, 6742 patients were operated on for cataract and 6711 patients were given spectacles free of all charges. Programmes like leprosy and TB eradication, and medical camps for other ailments were also conducted by various centres. Besides, 3581 units of blood were collected from voluntary blood donors through 83 camps. The Mission spent a sum of Rs. 229.17 crore towards medical service.


Medical Services by Ramakrishna Math in 2020-21

a. Medical Units: In the year under review, the Math had the following medical and allied units.

Units No. of Units No. of Beds In-patients Out-patients Break-up of Total Patients Inmates/ Students
Male Female Children Socially Backward
Hospitals 3 250 7,090 16,464 8,239 7,303 922 -- --
Dispensaries (Allopathic) -- -- 4,00,196 1,60,667 2,09,987 29,542 4,256 --
-do- (Homeopathic) 36 -- -- 42,828 15,113 23,214 4,501 5,828 --
-do- (Ayurvedic & Others) -- -- 29,925 13,173 16,520 232 237 --
Mobile Medical Units 10 -- -- 22,889 8,996 11,398 2,495 8,456 --
Eye Camps 50 -- -- 95,618 44,912 45,710 4,996 1,124 --
General Medical Camps 59 -- -- 10,653 2,738 4,325 3,590 5,737 --
Other Medical Services 23 -- -- 20,039 8,193 11,128 718 628 --
Old Age Homes 1 -- -- -- 34 22 -- -- 56
Nurses’ Training Institutes 1 80
Total 183 250 7,090 6,38,612 2,62,065 3,29,607 46,996 26,266 136
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In this financial year, 103 units of blood were collected through 12 blood donation camps.


b. Specialized Medical Treatments: The following special treatments were provided by some of our centres through their hospitals, dispensaries, special programmes, camps, etc.

    1. Eye treatment was rendered by our centres at Chennai (Math), Halasuru, Rajkot, and so on. Besides, many centres have a separate eye department attached to their dispensaries.
    2. Leprosy case detection and treatment was done by Chennai Math.
    3. Maternity and child welfare services were provided by our hospital in Thiruvananthapuram and also by some dispensaries.
    4. Physiotherapy treatment was provided by our centres at Ghatshila and Nagpur. Rajkot centre has a special clinic for providing physiotherapy treatment to cerebral palsied children.
    5. Psychiatry treatment was provided in our Thiruvananthapuram hospital and also by some dispensaries.
    6. Tuberculosis cases were treated at Chennai Math, Ichapur and Pune centres.

Besides, many centres had special departments for dental surgery, ENT, cardiology, paediatrics, acupressure and acupuncture.

c. Medical Camps: In the eye camps, 225 patients were operated on for cataract. Programmes like leprosy and TB eradication, and medical camps for other ailments were also conducted by various centres.

The total expenditure incurred on medical work in 2020-21 was Rs. 32.94 crore.


 

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