Fortis Escorts Hospital organizes community connect initiative to strengthen healthcare in rural areas
Alive News Service
Faridabad: Fortis Escorts Hospital Faridabad has initiated a community connect service in inviting 115 villages Sarpanches in Haryana to increased awareness on health, hygiene and lifestyle patterns. The initiative also engaged the Sarpanches to educate them on the latest technologies, procedures and treatment solutions available in the healthcare industry at par with global standards. This initiative was also to extend upgraded healthcare facilities to rural areas surrounding Faridabad.
The interactive sessions with the Sarpanches included educating them on the latest affordable treatment procedures in healthcare services offered by the hospital for the rural community. To make this a successful endeavor where more and more rural communities are able to access better treatment solutions, the hospital extended packages designed to offer discounted rates for OPD and IPD services. The population seeking better treatment opportunities will avail these special prices on various investigations as well.
Mr. Rajeev Bhandari, Facility Director, Fortis Escorts Hospital Faridabad says, “Faridabad city has a large number of villages in its vicinity. Through these community connect initiatives, we continuously strive to ensure availability of quality and affordable healthcare within reach of all people regardless of geographic locations. Over and above providing low-cost medical services, we do lot of free health check-up camps as part of our CSR in the villages every month to provide basic medical services to the rural population at their doorstep”.
Rural healthcare remains one of the biggest challenges for the Government with a major percentage of 70% population living in the rural India. Low levels in the quality of healthcare facilities, condition of hygiene, bad and underdeveloped infrastructure and high levels of infection sources add to high mortality rates in the rural communities. This demands an urgent need for new practices and procedures to extend quality and timely healthcare to villages. Lack of quality medical staff, lab facilities and pharmacies with updated medicines are additional challenges for the population as well as the Government.
