Mary joseph

Patient: Mary Joseph
Age/Sex: 39 Years / Female
Address: Ernakulam
Dates of Admission/Discharge: 26/12/2005 To 03/01/2006
Department: Neurosurgery
Procedure/Surgery: Cranial Tumour B



Aum Amriteshwariyai Namah

My wife has been hospitalized in one of the local hospitals and undergoing treatment for the past 1 ½ months. She was diagnosed with brain tumor there and the doctors said that a surgery had to be performed. Due to my financial constraints, we came to Amma’s hospital. We saw the doctor and got admitted. The surgery was performed successfully.

As I work on daily wages I could not afford my wife’s treatment. My family and myself offer our gratitude and affection to Amma for all the help given for the treatment.

We live in a place called Pizhala. My family consists of my wife, 2 children and myself. Our eldest child is studying for Plus one and the younger one in class 10.

I work on daily wages and I suffer from piles. Because of that I am unable to go for work daily. We meet our daily expenses with a lot of difficulty. We offer our gratitude and love to Amma for providing free treatment to my wife worth Rs. 37,939/. The doctors and all the other staff in the hospital are very loving and caring.

With Regards

Joseph - husband of Mary

AMRITA care 2005

AMRITA is committed to providing compassionate medical care to all, regardless of race, caste, religion, or economic condition. We offer charitable care to the fullest extent possible for those in need. As medical insurance is largely unavailable in India, the hospital dedicates a portion of its resources to serving patients who are too poor to pay for their treatment.

While the majority of AMRITA' patients pay for all of their services, in 2005 free in-patient treatment or major financial concessions were extended to 18,045 patients, covering the whole spectrum of activities. Of these patients, 5445 patients received totally free treatment. In addition, another 11,500 out-patients were recipients of charitable care. Among the in-patients, free surgeries were conducted in 299 out of the 1246 surgeries by Adult Cardiology, and Adult Cardiovascular Surgery, with major financial concessions extended to another 347 patients - representing over half of all of the adult cardiac surgeries for the year. Among children, nearly 58% of the 695 Paediatric Cardiology surgeries in 2005 were either totally free or offered with major financial concessions.

In addition, to make available free medical check-ups to poor patients at their door-step in remote villages, who are not able to access the facilities in AMRITA at Kochi due to distance, more than 100 free medical camps were conducted in 2005 in those inaccessible villages. After diagnosis in the free camps, patients are often brought to AMRITA to make them beneficiaries of free medical facilities.

These letters are a sample of the thousands we have received from patients and their families who were afforded either free treatment or services at a greatly reduced charge.