At Vasavad, again a rural area, situated
about 30 km. from Gondal, in 1979-80, SSAT had constructed
a full-fledged hospital with 40 beds for indoor patients.
The hospital was fully equipped with necessary infrastructure
such as a pathological laboratory, surgical equipment
and X-ray machine facilities. The Hospital Complex provides
the staff with accommodation facility attached with a
well-maintained garden and also a Children’s Park,
a truly unique facility in such a remote rural area.
Since 1981, SSAT has been operating a
Mobile Dispensary within the circumference of 50 kms.
from Vasavad, with a view to facilitate the rural population
by serving the patients at their doorstep, on a regular
basis. These mobile hospitals are also carrying out vaccination
and other treatments for new-borns. Besides anti-poison
injections are also administered in case of Snake or Scorpion
bites in rural villages, particularly in the monsoon crop
season.
With a view to meet the vehicular need
for emergency treatment for needy patients, SSAT is operating
an ambulance service at the hospital. This helps rural
patients within 50 kms. surrounding Vasavad to reach their
destination on time, in case of emergency treatment.
At times, diagnosis camps are also organized
by bringing in various renowned specialists - ophthalmologists,
dentists, cardiologists, TB-Chest Specialists, from metro
cities like Mumbai, Delhi, etc. to help rural patients
get treated for diseases in its early stages. To mitigate
the distress during the camp, such renowned specialists
from far cities, diagnose, treat and operate the patients
at their village doorsteps,
free of cost.
For rural patients, to avoid any difficulty,
SSAT has provided a moderate rate, medical store adjacent
to the hospital, well-equipped with all types of medicines,
so that the illiterate, rural population can get their
medicines easily. This medical store offers medicines
on a no-profit, no-loss basis.
SSAT proposes to build a large, ultra-modern
facilitative Polio/ Orthopaedic hospital with all the
latest machineries at Gondal, Dist. Rajkot. SSAT have
already acquired requisite land for the hospital and is
on the verge of completing other legal formalities.
