Vivekananda Memorial Hospital (VMH)
Started in 1998
Saragur, H D Kote
Building Human &
Social Capital
Family Centric
Approach
Employ local people to encourage ownership
Empathetic holistic health care that adheres to current & appropriate standards of care-modalities,resources, outcomes & satisfaction based on evidence. Focused on tribal, rural, marginalized & vulnerable
Health Care Services offered in 2021-22
Equitable, affordable, accessible & quality health care to all
297
Emergency care services to rural & tribal
315
Institutional deliveries
0 Maternal Deaths
347
Surgeries conducted
251
Rural-tribal patients treated at Covid Care Centre
110
Endoscopy & Colonoscopy
services performed
1,191
Ayurvedic procedures
2,411
Physiotherapy sessions
conducted
41,819
Indigenous Tribal & Rural population accessed care at VMH
Gender composition of patients
INR 89,39,737
waived off to ensure no one is denied health care at VMH in 2021-22
6370
Patients served with subsidized,
quality health care
3219
Non-Tribal
Patients served
3151
Tribal
Patients served
VMH recognized as COVID-19 Centre of Excellence
Vivekananda Memorial Hospital presented with Deccan Herald DH Healing Hands Centre for Excellence Recognition Award for its efforts to reduce the adverse impact of COVID-19 pandemic on rural and tribal communities. We dedicate this award to all our partners and well wishers joining hands with us against COVID-19 and timley responding to the community’s call.
IMPACT STORY
Ramesh with his family after his surgery & rehabilitation
Back on his feet!
The dichotomy of fate is evident as one visits a small tribal hamlet known as Naakuru shirangala Hadi in Somwarpet Taluk in Kodagu District. The road cuts through a short patch of forest and then curves along the backwaters with beautiful bungalows and resorts on one side, and shacks made of wood, straw and tattered tarpaulin on the other.
In one such shack, Ramesh & his wife live a life trying to make it to the next day as daily wagers. Ramesh was working for an estate when one day tragedy struck and he fell off a tree. He didn’t fall from a great height, but landed on one leg with his entire weight shattering the bone just below the knee.
Initially, his estate owner helped him by getting him admitted to a hospital in Mangalore, but later did not provide further support for treatment and rehabilitation. His wound turned worse and the deteriorating condition caught the attention of his two daughters and other community members.
Ramesh had to undergo surgery and rehabilitation for his fracture and the family stayed at VMH for over two months. During this time, one of the daughters cared for him by staying at the hospital and Ramesh’s wife took over the work he was doing.
Ramesh after two months was discharged and provided with a walker to help him improve his mobility. In the month of April 2022, SVYM team visited his house and found him sitting in front of his hut. On seeing us, he got up and walked to greet us without using his walker. It was encouraging to see him back on his feet again, even more to see his spirit.
The cost of the treatment was borne entirely by VMH’s Yogakshema Samithi (Patient Support Fund), a committee composed of rural & tribal community members & SVYM staff, dedicated towards supporting individuals from socioeconomically challenged backgrounds. The committee as an evaluation process for selecting the deserving individuals who need financial support.
The patients are also encouraged to pay a small amount from their pocket to uphold their dignity and recognise them as not just beneficiaries but customers of a service, entitled to quality like any other patient. In some cases the entire amount is waived off.
Enhanced Access to COVID-19 Care
Scaling up Rural COVID-19 Care Infrastructure
Covid Care Facility at VMH
A step towards preparedness, SVYM’s Vivekananda Memorial Hospital’s (VMH) existing rural Covid Care Facility with 42 oxygen equipped beds gets further strengthened to serve the rural population in and around Saragur and nearby taluk.
The newly erected rural COVID-19 Care Facility with 19 oxygenated beds is isolated from the main hospital and ensures a safe health care environment for uninterrupted non-COVID medical services at VMH.
SVYM has done excellent work in H D Kote and Saragur and shown the way to others to replicate.
Dr. Ashwath Narayan C N, Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka
VMH equipped with an inhouse Oxygen Plant to further augment the hospital’s ability to manage heavy COVID-19 caseload.
251 Individuals with COVID-19 from rural and tribal communities were served at VMH along with post-COVID care and follow up through tele-consultation.
Reimagining rural health care with ICU & Operation theatre at VMH
Towards preparedness and reimagining rural health care, SVYM was able to scale up and up-grade Secondary & Tertiary medical care services for rural and tribal population through newly constructed Intensive Care Unit (ICU) & renovated Operation Theatre (OT) in the rural Vivekananda Memorial Hospital.
This development in our health care initiative for the tribal & rural community was possible with the philanthropic support received from many institutions & the committed support from individual supporters.
The ICU has six beds with ventilator support, two of them are isolation wards constructed in the wake of COVID-19 and the tuberculosis patients from the high risk tribal belts. There are five High Dependency Units (HDU) attached within the ICU.
Academics, Training & Research
To build contextually relevant Human and Social Capital by providing recognized health care courses based on the health care needs of the community
Training
Key to transforming rural health care is building skilled local human resource in rural areas.
45 Rural students are pursuing General Duty Assistant Course at Vivekananda Memorial Hospital. SVYM is a recognized training partner with National Skill Development Corporation. The GDA Course is conducted in collaboration with SVYM’s Viveka Rural Livelihood Centre in Kenchanahalli
Kudos to all 22 students from batch 2 for excelling in General Duty Assistant Course with above 73%.
Participation in Academic Programs |
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| MBBS Internship & Medical Post Graduation (PG) |
JSS Medical College, Mysuru | 142 Interns |
| Bengalore Medical College and Research Institute, Bengaluru | 40 Interns | |
| BAMS Internship & Ayurveda Post Graduation |
Sri Sri Ayurveda College & Hospital, Bengaluru | 2 Kaumarbhritya PG Students |
| Swasthavritta Course | B.M. Kankanwadi Ayurvedic Mahavidyalaya, Belagavi | 2 Students |
| Community Health | Prasanna School of Public Health, Manipal | 1 Student |
Research in Health Care
The zero-tier healthcare system
H D Kote Taluk Herbal Pharmacopeia Project Website launched. This pioneering project aims at empowering thousands of rural & tribal communities with low cost, self help, health care solutions by promoting traditional medicine as zero-tier healthcare system
Early Interventions to Support Trajectories for Healthy Life in India (EINSTEIN)
A joint initiative of DBT Govt. of India, CIHR Canada, SA MRC & NSFC China
The aim of the research project is to reduce the long-term risk of Non-
Communicable Diseases (NCDs) through interventions targeting pre-conception,
conception, fetal life, infancy and early childhood.