Meditrina Hospitals partners with Govt. of Haryana

Haryana, Kerala: Kollam based Meditrina Hospitals launched four super speciality cardiac care centres across the State of Haryana under PPP (Public Private Partnership) model, with a noble target to provide much affordable advanced cardiac care services including complex angioplasties and cardio thoracic surgeries to the needy and underserved patients of the tier-2 and tier -3 cities of Haryana and neighbouring States.

Meditrina Hospitals will set up and operate advanced cardiac care facilities within Government Civil Hospitals at Ambala Cantt., Panchkula, Faridabad and Gurgaon at an estimated investment of INR 45 crore.

Each centre would be staffed with 3 full time cardiologists, 3 medical officers, 25 staff nurses, 15 paramedical and administrative staffs; while the government will provide the infrastructure, electricity and water supplies, Meditrina Hospitals will be responsible for setting up and managing Cath lab and other medical infrastructure as well as manpower.

“These centres offer angioplasty treatment including the cost of the stent absolutely free to all Govt. health card owners as well as to BPL category patients of Haryana state. Others can avail the same treatment at Rs. 50,000, which is mere 50% of the cost for similar treatments across Govt. Sector hospitals in India. This is a novel initiative by Govt. of Haryana to extend quality cardiac care to the needy and we expect at least 5,000 patients benefit out of this scheme in the year one itself;” says Dr. N. Prathap Kumar, Chairman & Managing Director of Meditrina Hospitals.

Meditrina Hospitals also operates an SIH cardiac care facility at Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital, Republic of Maldives, under PPP model. “This was the first such cardiac healthcare facility available to the islanders and it could help saving many valuable lives by providing critical primary angioplasty during its past 10 months’ operations. Since inception the unit has done 500 angioplasties with a success rate of 99.60%; one third of the cases handed here were complex or rejected from hospitals in India, Sri Lanka or Indonesia,” says Dr. Manju P.N, Chief Executive Officer, Meditrina Hospitals.

The group is engaged in advanced stage of discussions with many State governments, especially Bihar towards this; plans are underway to replicate this model in Myanmar, Sultanate of Oman, Nepal and CIS countries as well.