BRS Ventures Govt. Mother and Child Hospital Udupi witnesses Stupendous Success
Udupi: The Government of Karnataka Koosamma Shambhu Shetty Memorial Haji Abdullah Mother and Child Hospital, Udupi, a first of its kind PPP model hospital with the Government of Karnataka has set an example of stupendous success in the world of Private-Public Partnership (PPP) projects in the healthcare sector in India. An exclusive “completely free of cost” Mother and Child Hospital, a 200 bedded facility with an average daily occupancy of 75-80% is a boon to most of the people in need of quality healthcare.
Speaking at the press meet Kushal Shetty, General Manager, BRS Health & Research Hospital Udupi said, the present MCH has taken care of over 1,31,568 OBG and pediatric OPD cases, 15,303 IP cases and has witnessed 5588 deliveries as of today since its inception on 5th February 2018. The LSCS rate for the month of January 2020 was 47.1%.
Government of Karnataka Koosamma Shambhu Shetty Memorial Haji Abdullah Mother and Child Hospital is a tie-up between the Government of Karnataka and BRS Health and Research Centre headed by Dr B R Shetty, Chairman, BRS Ventures. The hospital offers world-class healthcare facilities to women and children of Udupi and beyond including Shivamogga, Gadag, Karwar, Bagalkot, Dakshina Kannada and provides services to the weakest sections of society. It forms an integral part of the philanthropic and innovative vision of Dr BR Shetty to serve his native place and the state.
Government of Karnataka Koosamma Shambhu Shetty Memorial Haji Abdullah Mother and Child Hospital is a watershed project, where the state government has joined hands with a leading healthcare group to provide succour to the poor people of the region. The Memorandum of Understanding has allowed BRS Ventures to run the facilities for 30 years under a “Build-own-operate-transfer” model. The PPP model offered in this hospital is first of its kind in the entire country and its operation has been lauded by well-known personalities of the country. The hospital offers a wide variety of obstetric, gynecologic and pediatric services including 33 ICU beds (NICU, PICU, SICU, MICU), modular operation theatre, emergency room, blood storage, high-frequency ventilators, digital X-Ray, lab analyzers, ultrasonography imaging, amongst others.
Best-in-class Obstetrics & Gynecology Hospital in the area:
The hospital witnesses close to 180 patients daily for OBG outpatient department. The team of qualified in-house obstetricians & gynaecologists are available for the patients round the clock to address their various problems. Complete Antenatal Care, Antenatal Education, Nutritional Counselling, etc. are provided to the patients. The hospital is fully-equipped to take charge of high-risk pregnancy cases such as hypertension and diabetes complicating pregnancy, Antepartum Hemorrhage (like abruption placenta & placenta previa), early and late preterm cases and with growth-restricted fetuses where timely decisions are taken to salvage the fetuses.
Major gynecologic surgeries i.e., abdominal vaginal hysterectomies are done along with other gynecologic surgeries like myomectomies, cystectomies. Emergencies like ruptures tubal ectopics are also taken up here.
State-of-the-art, Level 3 NICU with advanced clinical facilities:
The Hospital has a 11-bedded NICU with round the clock neonatal emergency services supervised by qualified neonatologists & paediatricians, well-trained nurses, 24X7 duty doctors. Over the last six months, the hospital has witnessed over 695 NICU admissions with 31 babies receiving ventilator care.
Full-fledged PICU to treat all complicated cases:
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit is a 6 bedded state-of-the-art ICU with 2 mechanical ventilators with over 168 admissions in the last 6 months.
To complement the services further, Department of paediatrics witnessed & successfully treated some interesting and rare cases such as Infantile Tremor Syndrome in a 9-month-old female child, Acute Meningitis in an adolescent boy and vitamin D resistant Rickets in a 2-year-old girl child.
Talking about the remarkable achievements accomplished by the hospital, Kushal Shetty, General Manager, BRS Health and Research Institute Pvt Ltd said, “It has been a long journey for the entire team in transforming the hospital into a benchmark for all PPP projects in healthcare. In order to make the dream of his mother come true, Dr BR Shetty, Chairman, BRS Ventures started this hospital with an aim to provide best quality healthcare for the mother and child completely free of cost in Udupi district. We are happy that today, patients from all over Karnataka and other parts of the country, are availing services of this philanthropic facility by BRS Ventures. Our doctors have also shown their support and commitment for this noble cause by treating all kinds of obstetric, gynecologic and pediatric cases they receive in the hospital at any point of time. I am sure that in the near future, we will be able to introduce more advanced clinical facilities to ensure that people are treated for all gynecologic and pediatric health issues without any difficulties.”
Elaborating on the progress of this hospital, Dr Ajoy Raj Malpe, Group Medical Director, BR Life said, “The free services provided in the hospital have been a boon for most of the patients from the weakest sections of the society. Our hospital provides 24X7 clinical services with well-qualified doctors free of cost. After the implementation of the PPP model, we have brought new medical equipment and advanced technologies for the benefit of the patients. This has helped us in treating most of the critical and high-risk cases. Also, with the great backing of the doctors who are available round the clock for high-risk cases, our patients are extremely satisfied. We are very happy with the support we are receiving from the Government of Karnataka as well.”
Some facts and figures:
• Government of Karnataka Koosamma Shambhu Shetty Memorial Haji Abdullah Mother and Child Hospital, Udupi has 2nd lowest cases with Discharged Against Medical Advice (DAMA) indicating that patients are happy with the services.
• 96.14% of the NICU admissions are successfully discharged which is 2nd highest in Karnataka.
• Government of Karnataka Koosamma Shambhu Shetty Memorial Haji Abdullah Mother and Child Hospital has 3rd lowest antibiotics usage among 40 SNCUs in Karnataka.
• Referral rate to other hospital is 2% which is 10th lowest amongst all SNCUs in Karnataka. Majority of our referrals are pediatric surgery and pediatric cardiology cases which is beyond the scope of our services & require super speciality care.
• Neonatal Mortality Rate -2.55, Infant Mortality Rate -2.55 and under 5 mortality rate – 2.8 recorded in 2019 per 1,000 live births in Government of Karnataka Koosamma Shambhu Shetty Memorial Haji Abdullah Mother and Child Hospital (the rates are exclusive for the new MCH, Udupi)
• Dialysis in PPP model started in April 2017 across 23 districts in Karnataka in 122 district and taluka hospitals. The dialysis centre has been set up with 398 brand new equipment. Over 3000 patients have been treated with 1000 dialysis procedures done every working day.
Dr Ajoy Raj Malpe Group Medical Director, BR Life also present in the press meet.
