Hedgewar Hospital

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Dr Hedgewar Hospital
Hedgewar Hospital
Geography
LocationJawaharlal Colony road, Ashok Nagar, Chatrapati Sambhajinagar, Maharashtra, India
Coordinates 19°52′10″N75°20′51″E / 19.8693091°N 75.3474057°E / 19.8693091; 75.3474057
Services
Beds300 beds
History
Opened1989
Links
Website https://www.hedgewar.org/
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Dr. Hedgewar Hospital (officially known as Dr. Hedgewar Rugnalaya) is a charitable hospital in Chatrapati Sambhajinagar, Maharashtra. It was established in 1989 as a 10-bed hospital, as one of the main projects of the Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Vaidyakiya Pratishthan foundation. As of 2022, the hospital had treated more than seven million patients. [1] [2]

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Services

As of 2022 and since the expansion in 2010, the hospital has 300 beds and runs medical services in many specialties. [3]

The hospital runs mobile dispensaries and HIV prevention programs for the population living in the slums of Aurangabad. [2]

In 2023, Direct Relief procured diagnostic machinery for the hospital in order to establish an infectious disease department. [4]

References

  1. ↑ "NGO: Babasaheb Ambedkar Vaidyakiya Pratishthan Trust". India Development and Relief Fund . 10 June 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  2. 1 2 "About Us". Dr. Hedgewar Hospital. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  3. ↑ Akhter, Shahid (14 May 2022). "With ethical practice, honesty and integrity,charitable hospitals can come to the fore: Dr. Anant Pandhare - ET HealthWorld". ETHealthworld.com. The Economic Times . Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  4. ↑ "US trust to establish new infectious disease hubs in Aurangabad, Latur". The Times of India. 29 December 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
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