Mangaluru: Kasturba Medical College Hospital Attavar as part of its social initiative has partnered an advanced pediatric surgical program in collaboration with Peedh Parai International, Houston (U.S.A) & Bantwal Ananth Mallya charitable trust whereby children up to 16 years of age with untreated complicated surgical conditions requiring very high surgical expertise will be treated free of cost this week at KMC Hospital Attavar.
The 4th Year of Bal Shalyakriya Mission week was inaugurated by Smt. Sindhu B. Rupesh, Deputy Commissioner of Dakshina Kannada District.
Speaking on the occasion, Smt. Sindhu B. Rupesh said that KMC Hospital has taken a good initiative under Bal Shalyakriya Mission since through this program medical care reached those who need it most. Poor children not only from our district but also from nearby districts & states are getting the benefit from a team of experienced doctors from different parts of the World. She also stated that serving children is a noble mission and these types of initiatives should be given wide publicity so as to have the needy children from all parts of Karnataka as well as anywhere in India take benefit of such social initiatives. She urged KMC Hospital to continue such initiatives in the future and said that other private healthcare institutions too should join hands with the public health system in reaching out to the needy.
Speaking on the occasion Dr. Ashwin Pimpalwar; Founder Chairman of Peedh Parai International & Paediatric Surgeon from Houston, USA said that this is the 4th Year of Bal Shalyakriya Mission in Karnataka and around 145 Children have undergone Free surgery in last 3 years under this mission. This has been a voluntary contribution by team Peedh Parai & Bantwal Ananth Mallya Charitable Trust who consist of like-minded Doctors, Expert Clinicians and executives with an objective to help the poor & needy.
Dr. H.S. Ballal, Pro-Chancellor of Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) who presided the program stated that in a country like India a Public-Private Partnership is the best model to ensure Quality healthcare reaches all sections of society and this has been initiated in Dakshina Kannada District by Manipal group 6 decades ago. These types of Social initiatives are in continuity to the vision of our Founder Dr. T.M.A Pai.
On this occasion, Dr. Ramakrishna Rao, District Health Officer of Dakshina Kannada, Dr. Ashwin Pimpalwar the Founder Chairman of PEEDH PARAI International, Shri Jeetendra Nayak – Trustee; Bantwal Ananth Mallya Charitable Trust were Felicitated for the tremendous & selfless service displayed in their respective fields.
Dr. Jayateertha Joshi – Pediatric Surgeon KMC Hospital presented an overview of the types of Cases screened and the treatment done in the last 3 years of this program.
Dr. PLNG Rao – Pro-Vice-Chancellor MAHE, Dr. V. Surendra Shetty Pro-Vice-Chancellor MAHE (Mangalore campus), Dr. M.Venkatraman Prabhu, Dean – Kasturba Medical College Mangalore, Dr. Suresh S.Rao, Trustee of Sanjeevani Charitable Trust Mumbai, Mr. C.G. Muthanna; Chief Operating Officer & Cluster Head Teaching Hospitals- MHEPL, Dr. Anand Venugopal – Medical Superintendent & Regional Chief of Clinical Services KMC Hospital Ambedkar Circle, Mr. Saghir Siddiqui – Regional Chief Operating Officer, Dr. Alfred Augustine -Additional Dean, Associate Deans, The Heads of Departments & Doctors from KMC Mangalore, Children and parents from different parts of Karnataka & Kerala who would benefit from the mission were present on the occasion
Dr. John Ramapuram, Medical Superintendent KMC Hospital Attavar welcomed the gathering.
The Vote of thanks was given by Dr. Deepak Madi, Deputy Medical Superintendent.
Mrs. Freeda D’souza compered the program.
