27/09/2014
HEALTHCARE ON WHEELS
Meenakshi Mission Hospital and Research Centre has added an innovative service; “Healthcare on wheels”.
This novel tele-medicine bus will provide health services in rural areas where basic medical facilities and doctors are absent.
The vehicle can accommodate a healthcare team that includes doctors, imaging science technicians, lab technicians and nursing staff. The bus is fully equipped and furnished with a separate room for consultation, an examination table, laboratory, scan, X.ray (dark room), toilet, oxygen cylinder and digital equipment.
As a pilot run, the vehicle is currently operating in THONUGAL MM PURA scheme(Providing Urban Amenities in Rural Areas), which includes Thonugal and nearby villages. The hospital is planning to extent services to all the districts of Tamil Nadu in future. A nominal consultation fee is collected from the patients for the sustainability of the program.
The 'Healthcare on Wheels' vehicle was donated by Process Research Ortech Inc. Canada in association with Subavellai Charitable Trust, Thonugal and costs a little over 50 lakh rupees.
Meenakshi Mission Hospital and Research Centre is grateful to the following individuals for their vision, leadership and kind spirit that made this endeavor possible:
Dr. V.I. Lakshmanan, CEO & Vice Chairman – Process Research Ortech Inc.,
Mr.V.Ponraj - Scientific Advisor – Dr.APJ.Abdul Kalam, Former President of India
Dr. R.D.Pandian, CEO – i-Grandee Software Technologies ltd,
Dr.N.Sethuraman, Founder – MMHRC,
Dr. Ramesh Ardhanari, Medical Director, MMHRC,
Dr. Narendra Nath Jena, Sr.Consultant & HOD – Accident & Emergency Medicine
Mr. G. Alagumuni, GM-HR,
Mr.V.M.Pandiarajan – Senior Manager – Marketing
Mr. P.Sundarraj, Sr.Manager – R&D, MMHRC
Resource & Development Department,
Meenakshi Mission Hospital & Research Centre,
Lake Area, Melur Road,
Madurai – 625107
Tamilnadu, India.
Ph No:0452 / 4263441, 4263120
Web: www.srtrust.org.in