Facility Visit: Godrej Memorial Hospital

With the rapidly growing population at an accelerated pace, it is becoming increasingly

difficult to provide the masses with access to basic amenities. Individuals are unable to access their right to healthy living. In the recent past, Godrej Memorial Hospital initiated to provide the underprivileged with appropriate and quality healthcare at affordable prices.

Godrej Memorial Trust is a voluntary non-profit public charitable trust, established in 1984 with an objective to build and maintain hospital, while providing medical relief to the under-privileged or weaker sections of the society. The efforts of the Godrej Memorial Trust are dedicated in its mission to provide affordable quality healthcare facilities to all since years. This motive has given rise to the establishment of Godrej Memorial Hospital.

Peeping into the pastGodrej Memorial Hospital commenced operations in September 2004. Through these years, the hospital has been diligently serving the society by treating patients with the latest technological advancements. These advancements facilitate in providing the best possible quality treatment that is the need of the hour.

Today, the hospital is amongst the chosen few hospitals to be accredited by the National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare Providers (NABH), National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) by the Quality Control of India (QCL). The NABH accreditation was renewed in 2012, which is difficult to get due to their strict regulations.

Over the years, the hospital has added various advanced machines and technologies to ensure optimal care and safety to patients. Additionally, the hospital is also involved in many Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities such as

Antiretroviral Treatment (ART) Centre for people ailing with HIV and AIDS. The hospital has further collaborated with the US-based NGO, Smile Train, which provides cleft lip and cleft palate surgeries to the underprivileged kids for free.

Spot the facilityGodrej Memorial Hospital is located

at Vikhroli, a suburban hub of Mumbai. Through years since its inception, the hospital has earned recognition among a larger populace for affordable healthcare facilities and services. Initially, the hospital was not well-equipped, but through time, the management brought into the place the use of latest technologies. Delving on the details on the core focus areas of the hospital, Dr Suhas Gangurde, CEO, Godrej Memorial Hospital says, “Our main motive is to serve the society. This is the reason we are expanding slowly. In the years to come, we will have many facilities that will help us serve the society in a much better way.”

In a short span of time, the hospital has managed to carve a niche for itself. The hospital is now witnessing a tremendous in pour of patients from across the country and abroad as well. “Patients from various corners indicate that we are doing some good deed. This response is our main motivation and is making us work hard, every day and night, to enhance our capabilities in addressing the needs of society in a much better manner,” says Dr Gangurde.

The three-storey hospital is equipped with 110 beds. There are four suites in the hospital that offer you a home like environ for the patients to help speedy recovery. Every suite has a sitting area with a proper bed, television and refrigerator. There are two suites on the first floor and the other two on the second floor. Similarly, there are separate wards for both men and women

Anubhav Sharma

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Godrej Memorial Hospital is a well-equipped hospital with latest technological advancements. The hospital firmly believes in providing quality treatment and affordable care to all. Anubhav Sharma explores the inner workings of the hospital and the specialties performed on a facility tour.

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with six beds each in each floor. Also, they have 8 single and 16 twin sharing beds.

The specialities offered by the hospital are general medicine, paediatrics, dermatology, ENT, ophthalmology, orthopaedics, cardiology, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

(NICU), Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) and many more.

To avoid spread of infections within the same room of a hospital, the in-house team called the ‘infection inspection team’ maintains a check to ensure that the premises of the hospital, both the interiors and exteriors are maintained hygienic and clean.

As the hospital is nearing a decade of servicing, there are many success stories under its belt. This fact is attributed to commitment of expert doctors, who are always on their toes, to ensure prompt care and quality delivery at all times. The dedication shown reflects in the happiness and smile spread among our regular visitors, patient and well-being of the society as a whole. Expressing delight, Dr Gangurde adds, “I must say that the doctors are working at a very reasonable compensation

and have happily agreed, for they aim to serve the society as well. This motivation and dedication has been of great help to the hospital.”

What’s new?For the efficacy of treatment and accurate diagnosis, integration of advanced technology with conventional healthcare

practices at a reasonable price is the need of today’s times. To cater to this increasing demand for affordable healthcare, the hospital has incorporated setting up of advanced technological processes that include, the Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Centre (HBOT). It is the first private sector hospital to have the HBOT centre with a capacity to accommodate four patients at a given point of time. Through this, the hospital aims to enhance healthcare and facilitate quick patient recovery. On an average, eight people are being at this centre on a daily basis.

As recently, the hospital inaugurated the Advanced Cardiac Care Centre and the Cath Lab. The facilities provided at this centre helps patients with cardiac conditions to keep a check on the changes in their arteries. Whereas the Cath lab has technologies such as the Fractional Flow Reserve (FFR), road mapping and hemodynamic monitoring. Furthermore, it is enabled with advanced cardiac care treatment and can be used in neurological emergencies.

Shedding light on the growth plans, Dr Gangurde explains, “Initially, when we did not have much technological advancement in place, we used to outsource the treatments. Gradually, we are growing and want to provide the patients with latest advanced technology for accurate diagnosis under one roof. We still don’t have the MRI facility and would plan for it soon.” Services at the helmWhile apart from the regular service offerings provided by most of the city hospitals, the ART centre of the hospital is playing a pivotal role in promoting growth by catering to patients with HIV/AIDS. This centre is collaborated with Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) in 2009. The hospital has further strengthened it networking activities with various NGOs in and around central suburban Mumbai.

Continued endeavours of the hospital have been towards providing easy accessibility to quality healthcare at affordable prices and this continues to be their forte.

(anubhav.sharma@network18publishing.com)

Dr Suhas GangurdeCEO, Godrej Memorial Hospital

Inside view of the HBOT

Cardiac operation theatre

HBOT from outside

I must say that the doctors are working at a very reasonable compensation and have happily agreed, for they aim to serve the society as well. This motivation and dedication has been of great help to the hospital.

Patients from various corners indicate that we are doing some good deed. This response is our main motivation and is making us work hard, every day and night, to enhance our capabilities in addressing the needs of society in a much better manner.