Shrimad Rajchandra Hospital is a charitable, multi-bed hospital located in the city of Dharampur in the Valsad district of Gujarat, India. The hospital currently operates under the administration of Shrimad Rajchandra Love and Care, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) which runs the hospital and other charitable activities. Established in 2003, it provides medical care at nominal rates or completely free of cost. Hospital records show that over 125,000 patients were treated in 2016, and over 1 million patients have been treated since the inception of the hospital in 2004.
History and organization
Shrimad Rajchandra Hospital was established on 14 April 2003 (on the day of Mahavir Jayanti) by Rakesh Jhaveri, the founder of Shrimad Rajchandra Mission, Dharampur. The hospital was set-up in two distinct phases - during the first phase of development, only allopathic and homeopathic dispensaries were operational. By the end of the second phase, which was completed in July 2004, the hospital was fully operational and was offering complete medical services.
Shrimad Rajchandra Hospital and Research Centre
A new 250-bed multispeciality hospital was inaugurated on 4 Aug 2022 by Narendra Modi, PM of India in Dharampur.
Facilities and current operations
The main campus of Shrimad Rajchandra Hospital is located at Mohangad, in the city of Dharampur. The hospital's neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) handles over 500 cases annually. As of Aug 2022, the hospital had a total staff of 320 persons, including clinical and non-clinical staff members. The hospital functions as a charitable hospital and offers all of its services at highly subsidised or free rates. Under the hospital's policy, all patients who are unable to afford treatments or who are uninsured, are provided with medical care free of charge.
SRH offers a wide range of services through its departments of obstetrics and gynaecology, paediatrics and neonatology, urology, pathology, dermatology, prosthetics and orthotics, physiotherapy, and dentistry. The hospital also has two general operating theatres and a 24-hour emergency operating theatre. From the period of July 2004 to March 2015, over 5,300 recorded surgeries have been completed at Shrimad Rajchandra Hospital.
The hospital also offers services such as a 24-hour emergency service and emergency operating theatre, a 24-hour cardiac ambulance service, a blood storage unit, and a fully equipped medical store.