About the Project / Scheme

The Govt. has implemented Jeevandai Arogya Yojna in the State from 11th October, 1997 to provide financial help to financially weaker sections of the Society and the people below poverty line, for providing Super Speciality Services to such people for treament of serious diseases of heart, kidney and brain. These patients can avail medical services for these ailments in recognised Govt. and Private Hospitals. In this programme, Rs.70,000/- are provided to the beneficiary for getting surgery done in the recognised hospital. But since the cost of disposable equipments required for surgery has gone up, the funds provided for recognised surgery fall short and as such patients face financial difficulty. To overcome this problem, Govt. has decided to start a Surgical Unit in Civil Hospital Kolhapur and this unit has been started in the available space of Civil Hospital. The equipments required for Cardiac surgery such as Cathlab, Sterling machine, Bedside monitor and Operation table.