Shree Krishna Hospital

Shree Krishna Hospital was set up in 1981 as a precursor to the setting up of the medical college, the dream that drove the late Dr.HM Patel to establish Charutar Arogya Mandal. A 136-bed hospital initially, the hospital has today not only grown to accommodate 550 patients, but has armed itself with facilities and equipment that are not available within a radius of 50 kilometers.

The twenty five years of the hospital's existence have been both tumultuous and exhilarating. From a 130-odd bed hospital with minimal facilities in 981, the hospital today is one of the largest and most well-equipped general hospital in Gujarat. Its treatment facilities, such as the ICUs, Operation Theatres, Trauma Centre, Laboratories, CT-Scan, Colour Dopplers and a host of other state-of-the-art facilities that would be the envy many urban hospitals, are well-supported by skilled staff.

In 2004, the hospital added yet another important facility; a Cancer Centre that has facilities for radiation therapy and chemotherapy. Cancer has long been the focus of the hospital's activities, mainly because of its location, in the heartland of tobacco cultivation. The oral cancers are a source of major concern in this region as are women-specific cancers such as breast and cervical. The setting up of the Cancer Centre was the culmination of the hospital's efforts in over 500 villages of Anand and Kheda districts of Gujarat, in collaboration with Tribhuvandas Foundation, Asia's largest NGO in the field of maternal and infant care, to educate the communities about cancer and to make them aware of advantages of early detection. This programme is now under implementation for over 5 years and has led to substantial improvement in awareness about cancer.

Cancer, however, is a disease that drains a family's resources; spiritual, mental and financial. The high cost of treatment often results in patients and their families forsaking treatment, an option that in many cases not only means loss of opportunity to improve longevity and quality of life, but also more painful prognosis. The hospital seeks to enhance its efforts to raise funds for such indigent patients through various ways.