Amritanandamayi Math offers help to J-K Govt. in reconstruction of flood-devastated houses

The Kerala-based Mata Amritanandamayi Math has offered help to the Jammu and Kashmir Government in the reconstruction of fully damaged houses of poor in the recent floods.

A delegation from the Math, led by Swami Nijamritha Chaitanya, recently met state Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and conveyed the math's willingness to reconstruct 100-300 houses.

Chief Minister Abdullah appreciated the efforts by the Math in the past one month to provide succor to people affected by the devastating floods in different parts of the state, and specifically the recent medical relief provided to people in the two badly affected districts of Bandipore and Badgam in the state.

A team of 20 doctors, including a dental surgeon, veterinary doctor and paramedics conducted camps for ten days in Bandipore in northern Kashmir and Badgam in south Kashmir to provide medical relief in worst-affected villages.

A fully equipped mobile hospital and a telemedicine unit were also pressed into service to provide critical care. Over 6,000 people from these areas availed the medical facilities like consultation with specialists, free medicines and pathological tests.

The Amrita Institute for Medical Sciences has been at the forefront of rendering free medical care to people hit by natural disasters across the country since 2007. During Bihar flood in 2008, Andhra-Karnataka flood in 2009, Kedarnath (Uttarakhand) landslides in 2013 the Mobile Tele-Medicine Unit alongwith disaster management team had rendered exclusive medical relief services to the affected people.

A total 548 medical camps have been conducted by the Mobile Tele Medicine Unit of AIMS during the period 2007-2014.

From 2007 onwards Mobile Tele Medicine Unit is rendering free medical services, on the spot investigations and super specialty hospital services during various disaster occasions across the country.

A total number of 548 medical camps were conducted during 2007 - 2014, which benefitted 2,35,064 patients.

Amrita Hospital and University, Kochi, Kerala, set up in 1998, is a super speciality hospital providing primary and specialty care medical services.

This healthcare infrastructure is spread over 3,330,000 square feet of built-up area spread over 125 acres of land, supports a daily patient volume of about 3000 out patients with 95 percent in patient occupancy. Annual patient turnover touches an incredible figure of over 779,055 out patients and nearly 47,577 in patients.

AIMS extensive infrastructure offers facilities comprising 25 modern operating theatres, 210 equipped intensive-care beds, a fully computerized and networked Hospital Information System (HIS), a fully digital radiology department, NABL accredited clinical laboratories and 24 / 7 telemedicine service. Amrita Hospital and University features one of the most advanced hospital computer networks in India.