DNA: APJ Abdul Kalam ignites a flood of organ donation pledges

APJ Abdul Kalam ignites a flood of organ donation pledges
Monday, January 11, 2010 9:07 IST

Bangalore: Over a 100 people, inspired by the compassionate speech of former president APJ Abdul Kalam, on Sunday, signed forms pledging their organs after death to the needy at a well-attended inaugural function of the new Indus Westside Hospital at Kengeri.

Kalam, known for his pro-active speeches, urged people to make India a great nation. He said no nobler service existed than bringing succour to the sick, and doctors and nursing staff must play angels to the suffering. As is his wont, Kalam administered an oath to the doctors to achieve success in this mission with "integrity". He warned that it was not an easy task and the oath was not to be taken lightly.

Kalam listed six virtues for the caregivers: Generosity, Ethics, Tolerance, Perseverance, Concentration and Intelligence. He was glad that the new hospital has resolved to give holistic medicine, including Ayurveda, Naturopathy and Yogic Science.

The former president wanted a preventive healthcare study on those afflicted with major maladies and how they contracted it, so that their kin could be saved.

"I am visualising how an ideal hospital should be. It should be angelic by look, give confidence to patients, and the service should be quick and efficient," he said.

Kalam took a jibe at the modern medical practices, saying most of them have a penchant to give the suffering patients "diagnostic pain", meaning that doctors thrust on hapless patients a series of unnecessary tests that inflate bills, terming this a cruel practice.

Earlier, CMD, Westside Hospital, Dr Ashok Jain, and others explained the great virtue in saving lives and the need for human organs, which would anyway be destroyed after death. Kalam was quick to capitalise on it and wanted the new hospital to be a role model. He dwelt on the virtues of medical profession and saving precious lives by organ replacement. The hospital had arranged pledge forms to be filled by the nearly 2,000-strong audience.

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DNA: Affordable healthcare should be made available to the poor: Kalam

Affordable healthcare should be made available to the poor: Kalam
Sunday, January 10, 2010 18:25 IST
Bangalore: The country's 'vision 2020' should include delivery of affordable healthcare system even to the rural poor, apart from making available the best healthcare system, former President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam said today.

Taking up research in genetics that impact Indians should also be encouraged, Kalam, who envisages a strong and developed India by 2020, said.

Hospitals should not only focus on treatment but also on promoting healing by adopting an integrated holistic and humanitarian approach, he said.

Launching the 200-bed Indus Westside Superspeciality Hospital here, he said hospitals adopting a compassionate face would see faster healing among patients. "Medicine and Compassion should work together", he said quoting a book.

Lauding the new hospital for incorporating a holistic medicine department including Ayurveda, Naturopathy, Yogic Science and Homeopathy, he said this integrated approach could prove to be a unique model in the state.

It was also imperative that hospitals provide a conducive environment for its staff to work and where they could deliver their best.

Preventive healthcare was another aspect that needed to be focussed in today's times and doctors ought to take on the mantle of teachers and educate patients, he said.

The Indus Westside Hospital is built over an area of 1.10 lakh sq feet and has six operation theatres and 45 ICU beds.

The hospital has invested Rs 100 crore in the first phase and plans to invest Rs 300 crore in the next two phases, hospital sources said.

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Indian Express: Kalam inaugurates hospital burns ward

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First Published : 11 Jan 2010 04:55:00 AM IST
Last Updated : 11 Jan 2010 07:35:45 AM IST

BANGALORE: Adding one more feather to Bangalore as the healthcare destination, Indus Westside Hospital, with super speciality facility and dedicated burns ward ICU and true isolation ward was launched on Sunday.

Delivering his inaugural speech APJ Abdul Kalam, Former President of India, said, "patients should not be induced with diagnostic pain.

Most of the time, group of specialists see the patient and arrive at a treatment regime with speed." " Hospital's working environment has to be transformed using an integrated approach that addresses the mind, body, and spirit. A Hospital should not only provide treatment to patients but also promote healing." he added.

Giving a clarion call to the doctors, nurses and paramedics assembled, he asked them to pledge to bring about innovation, creativity and life long learning and to formulate plans to take health care to rural areas through the mode of tele-medicine.

The hospital is equipped with 200 beds and 45 in the ICU unit. Besides the hospital has six operation theatres and a cardiovascular cathlab.

Highlighting the speciality of the hospital Dr Ashok Jain, Chairman and Managing Director, said, "besides the burns ward we have also come up with non-conventional high frequency oscillation ventilator. This ventilator helps in treating H1N1, ARDS and pneumonia patients."

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Times of India:Minimum-radiation cathlab inaugurated

Minimum-radiation cathlab inaugurated
TNN, 11 January 2010, 04:33am IST

A cardiovascular cathlab, which would expose the patient to minimum radiation during catheterization process, was inaugurated by Abdul Kalam at the Indus Westside Hospital on Sunday.

The radiation exposure required for the equipment, Philips CV 20, is one millisecond, one of the lowest among cathlab models available. This is considered more advantageous than the traditional cathlab panel, which has almost 10 times more radiation exposure.

"This cathlab decreases life-time cancer risk due to less radiation exposure" said Ashok Jain, chairman of the hospital.

Kalam asked doctors not to put patients through "diagnostic pain" as soon as they approach them with a complaint. "Lend an ear to them. Listening to them itself will give you lots of information. A touch itself can make a lot of difference for patients," he told the doctors.

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Inauguration on Sunday, the 10th of January, 2010 by His Excellency Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, Former President of India. Dr B S Yeddyurappa, Chief Minister of Karnataka will be the Chief Guest

Indus Westside is happy to announce the inauguration of the hospital by His Excellency Dr A P J Abdul Kalam, Former President of India on Sunday, the 10th January 2010. Dr B S Yeddyurappa, Chief Minister of Karnataka will be the chief guest. The Indus Westside family welcomes you to this inauguration.

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