Bengaluru, Dec. 5: In the divine presence of His Holiness Jagadguru Sri Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Mahaswamiji of Sri Suttur Math, Mysuru, Jayadeva Memorial Rashtrotthana Hospital & Research Centre was inaugurated herein Rajarajeshwari Nagar.
Founder of Infosys Foundation and Chairman of Murthy Foundation, Smt. Sudha Murthy, Founder and Chairman of Narayana Health, Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty, Sarakaryavah (General Secretary of Rashtritya Swayamsevak Sangh, Sri Dattatreya Hosabale graced the ceremony.
Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty, Founder & Chairman of Narayana Health, speaking on the occasion said that India has been successful in making health care accessible and available to the lower income groups. will be able to solve the problem of making health care affordable to the lower income group people and BPL card holders through the very commendable Ayushman Bharat scheme. He added that he is very confident that India will be successful in making health care affordable to the middle income groups too by bringing about a low premium insurance scheme in the next 5 to 6 years.
Smt. Sudha Murthy, Founder Chairman of Infosys Foundation requested all women to sacrifice buying a saree once a year. She added that this Ugadhi, women should give up on purchasing a saree and contribute the amount or any small amount that they are comfortable with for the health care of women in this hospital.
Sri Dattatreya Hosabale, Sarkaryavaha of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, describing the service filled life of Sri Maicha Jayadev, in whose memory this Hospital has been built, said that Jayadev was an Institution BUilder and the beloved brother to many Karyakartas. reminiscing about the time that he spent with Jayadev Ji in Bangalore Prison when they had been arrested during the Emergency, he said that even in the prison Jayadev worked towards keeping the morale of the prisoners high and inspired. He said that Hospitals are for “Getting on with life and getting back to life”. He advised those present to focus on preventive health care by joining Rashtrotthana Fitness Centre and Rashtrotthana Yoga Centres and added that he would not wish that more and more patients get admitted in the Hospital but that they contribute for the health care of those who get admitted.
Param Pujya Swamiji of Suttur Muth, Sri Sri Shivaratri Deshikendra Swamiji said that this novel idea of Rashtrotthana Parishat of making high quality and humane health care available at affordable prices to the common man is highly commendable and Rashtrotthana Parishat is praise worthy for such a novel idea. He too spoke about the inspiring life led by Jayadev Ji and remembered a meeting held at Mysore many years ago when Jayadev Ji spoke for over an hour and there was palpable pin drop silence throughout the one house speech. He also mentioned that had Jayadev Ji been alive he would not have agreed to the first line of the Hospital which has his name but it is the need of the hour as his life will inspire many generations to lead a life of service to the society and the nation.
Rashtrotthana Hospital:Rashtrotthana Parishat is establishing “Jayadev Memorial Rashtrotthana Hospital & Research Centre” at RajaRajeshwari Nagar, Bangalore with the objective of providing affordable, high quality and human health care to people of all strata of the society. Rashtrotthana Hospital will be an Integrated Multispecialty Hospital and will provide Modern Medical System (Allopathy), Ayurveda, Homeopathy, Yoga and Naturopathy Medical systems all under one roof. The Rashtrotthana Hospital will provide high quality and affordable health care to and is named as a befitting tribute to Late Sri M C Jayadev who established and nurtured Rashtrotthana Parishat right from its inception in 1965 and was a Pracharak of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.Jayadev Memorial Rashtrotthana Hospital & Research Centre will have 19 general wards, 72 semi private wards, 11 emergency wards and 17 private wards, totalling 160 beds and with state-of-the-art infrastructure. The Hospital will comprise of cutting-edge medical technology, latest medical health services, experienced doctors and health care workers with a service mindset.Specialities: General Medicine, cardiology, orthopaedics, neurology, gynaecology, gastroenterology, paediatrics, ayurveda, homoeopathy, yoga and naturopathy.Available services/ facilities: Emergency ward, Dialysis, OT, ICU, Diagnostics services etc.
Rashtrotthana Parishat:Rashtrotthana Parishat (Founded: 1965), one of the largest NGOs in Karnataka is working towards, with the vision of Swastha-Susthira Samaajanirmanam, has multifarious projects spread all across the states in the focus areas of Seva, education and literature. Having accepted the world of service as our life’s mission, Rashtrotthana Parishat has been running Health projects like blood centres, Samraksha (Thalassemia Day-care centre) etc. It has been successful in providing high quality health services to people from all strata of the society. Now, with the establishment of Rashtrotthana Hospital we have come forward to provide high quality and affordable health care to the society.
