AMRITSAR: How does a charity group successfully present medical assessments, together with dialysis, ECG, and so on. at costs which are roughly 10 to 11% of these charged by non-public and authorities medical providers, whereas remaining financially sustainable?
“We offer kidney dialysis services at Rs 650, which includes a free Dialyzer kit. In comparison, private clinics charge anywhere from Rs 2000 to Rs 4500 for the same service in the government and private laboratories respectively.
Additionally, our ECG test costs only Rs 20, while it is charged at Rs 66 and Rs 175 to Rs 200 in government and private clinics respectively “ said Dr. SPS Oberoi, Managing Trustee of Sarbat Da Bhala Charitable Trust (SDBCT), while offering the Trust’s expertise to assist the government sector in reducing medical test charges for the benefit of patients.
When questioned about the financial viability of providing cost-effective medical tests and services, he explained that the Trust enters into Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with both private and government hospitals in the area to provide dialysis services. Under these agreements, the Trust supplies the dialysis machines to the hospital and a cost-sharing arrangement of 70%-30% is established with the hospitals.
“The hospital offers 70% of its dialysis providers to sufferers referred by the Trust, charging solely Rs 650 whereas the diaysis package costing round Rs 1200 is offered freed from value by the Trust For the remaining 30% of sufferers, they cost their normal charges,” he defined.
Oberoi who within the current previous has been accorded the title of ‘Ambassador for Peace’ by the Inter-University Higher Academic Council, Paris, France, was right here on Sunday to carry a gathering together with his group to chalk out plans for opening as many as 10 free medial laboratories and dialyses facilities in numerous cities of Himachal Pradesh together with Dharamshala, Manali, Shimla, Kullu and Manali.
He mentioned that even after charging sufferers Rs 650, the hospital saves round Rs 300 per dialysis, overlaying their service prices like infrastructure, physician, and workers bills, and nonetheless makes earnings.
Similarly, giving an instance of ECG take a look at, he knowledgeable that the Trust cost Rs 20 per ECG as in comparison with Rs 175 to Rs 200 by non-public laboratories and Rs 66 by authorities hospitals.
Despite providing providers at minimal prices, the Trust stays sustainable with out incurring losses. Oberoi questioned the exorbitant prices levied by authorities laboratories on sufferers. He mentioned that personal labs function as companies and authorities establishments ought to prioritize inexpensive healthcare.
MD of SDBCT expressed readiness to information authorities our bodies in implementing comparable cost-effective fashions.