Shree Krishna Hospital

The rapid development of road infrastructure and the greater capacity to own a vehicle have led to considerable increase in the number of road traffic accidents. The hospital, Shapurbhai Patel Trauma and Emergency Care Centre is the only well-equipped facility between Ahmedabad and Vadodara which provides subsidized treatment to victims of road accidents. Many of these accident cases are not those driving vehicles themselves, but victims of rash driving and most of them are from economically disadvantaged sections. They are often brought to the hospital unaccompanied by a relative and this makes treatment decisions difficult. They are also economically disadvantaged, while most of the treatment they require involves mechanical ventilation, CT-Scan, MRI or higher-grade antibiotics all of which is costly. While the hospital has always received, treated and stabilized such cases, it incurs a substantial cost in doing so. We provide treatment to them at a subsidized cost, we treat 200-250 such patents every month. A fixed subsidy of Rs. 15,000 is provided to each patient.