P D Hinduja Hospital & Medical Research Centre’s rural health programme — Serve with Passion — was adjudged the winner of the Rural Health Initiative category at the 2nd CSR Health Impact Awards 2018 held in New Delhi recently. The programme which began in 2011 provides the highest standards of healthcare services, free of cost to the poorest of communities in the rural areas of Jawhar taluka, Maharashtra, and has witnessed over 2.75 lakh patient visits till date.
The programme is supported by a fleet of Basic and Advanced Mobile Health Units (MHU) which are equipped with state-of-the-art diagnostic equipment, GPS tracking system and medicines. The team of doctors, nurses and medical staff from the hospital travel along with the MHUs to provide quality care.
As a part of prevention, the team takes a holistic approach by focusing on nutrition, safe water, health education and sanitation for all the patients and villagers.