The Shirdi Sai
Baba Hospital, Vadu subsidizes patient care to a large extent and has
a fixed 'charges schedule' for all procedures and medicines. Additionally,
the hospital makes available further concessions based solely on socio-economic
merit of any patient who may desire to avail of this service. The hospital
requires any of the following documents to support a claim for concession:
Below Poverty
Line Ration card (yellow card)
Income certificate
from Gram Sevak
A resolution
of the Health Committee of the village of residence of the patient certifying
poor socio-economic status of the patient and signed by at least 3 members
of the Health Committee.
The need for concession is further verified by the
socio-economic status database for its population of 72,000 that has
been generated in 2007 by the Vadu Rural Health Program. Recommendations
from political leaders including the Sarpanch are not considered.
The final decision to offer and the actual quantum
of concession is at the sole discretion of the Medical Officer.
In addition, the following services are offered free
at the hospital:
Immunization
for children, pregnant women (on Thursdays)
Ante-natal care
examination
School Health
examination
Non-scalpel
Vasectomy
Laparoscopic
/ abdominal tubectomy
DOTS (Direct
Observed Treatment - Short Course) for Tuberculosis
Peripheral blood
smear examination for malaria parasite
Sputum examination
for Tuberculosis
