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] [ unreliable source? ]

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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.

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

In 2023, Direct Relief procured diagnostic machinery for the hospital in order to establish an infectious disease department. [2]

References

  1. ↑ "NGO: Babasaheb Ambedkar Vaidyakiya Pratishthan Trust". India Development and Relief Fund . 10 June 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  2. ↑ "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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