A look at the cardiac healthcare system for weaker economic sections in India & the role of the Sathya Sai hospital in treating WES of Indian society.

1. Matters of the Heart
Sri Sathya Sai Heart Hospital
Rajkot

2. Please Save My Life

3. The heart is a muscular & mechanical organ

which works in accordance with scientific
principles
-Scientists
The heart is the seat of human emotions & the

residence of the soul
- Sathya Sai Baba
The human heart

4. Prevalence of heart disease is fairly common in

India
 Heart Disease is common in all strata of society
 Stagnant Lifestyle, poor eating & exercising
habits, pollution & high level of stress
responsible for the same
 70% of deaths are manifested in heart disease
Heart Disease

5. A 100% increase in CAD (Coronary Artery

Disease) is expected in by 2018
 Highly impacted by increasing number of
diabetics in India
 Diabetes directly impacts heart disease
, diabetics have a 200% higher incidence of heart
disease
 Urgent Lifestyle Correction needed
Cardiovascular Disease - India

6. Operative Expenses
Surgery Operative Expenses- INR
Bypass 90000 - 225000
Valve Replacement 125000-300000
Heart Defect 100000-125000
Any heart related condition requires a

minimum expense of Rs one lakh (US$2500)
 60% Indians cannot afford this surgery
Cardiovascular Disease - Economics

7. Sample Town : Rajkot
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Available Hospitals for Cardiovascular surgery
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Dhakan Hospital

Wockhardt Hospital
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Min Surgery Expenses Rs 80000 for cardiac

No way out for WES

WES -Options Surgery

8. Death by Heart Disease
Death by Debt
India’s Poor People

9. 45% of Indian population lives below poverty

line
Monthly income of Weaker Economic Section

(WES) of Society is Rs 100 per day (US$2.50)
Health insurance /Social security is unavailable

Cardiovascular operation costs are equivalent to

many years of WES income
Expensive surgery leads to WES getting debt

ridden
Economic Implications

10. Affording Section
15%
Middle Class
25%
Weaker Economic
Section 60%
Cardiovascular scenario - India

11. Most Indian Healthcare efforts are directed

towards the Affording & Middle class section
 99% of Hospitals being built are of corporate
origin with profit as the sole motive
 No healthcare facilities for the WES exist or are
being planned
 No options if you are WES

12. Government provides subsidized surgery to

poor & weaker sections through grants from PM
or CMs funds
 Subsidy is to the tune of 33% of surgery cost
 Surgery costs are prohibitively high. Half the
cost cannot be borne by 80% of the WES
WES – Cardiovascular surgery

13. The Sathya Sai Heart Hospital, Rajkot

14. All kind of Cardiac procedures (Bypass, Valve

Replacements)are conducted at the Sai Hospital
All operations at the SSSHH are free

Lodging, Boarding, medicine & surgeries are

free to all patients
SSSHH does not have a bill book

The Sai Hospital conducted 624 surgeries in last

year
The Sai Hospital is only for WES patients

SSSHH, Rajkot

15. Cardiac Operations
1000
900
800
700
600
Cardiac Operations
500
400
300
200
100
0
2004 (166) 2005 (303) 2006 (504) 2007 (624) 2008 (1000)
Consistently increasing Cardiac Procedures
@the Sathya Sai Heart Hospital

16. Corporate Denotes Bodies which are formed for the purpose of

commerce . The word corporate comes from the word corporation
Social would be mean for the purpose of society

CSR would mean returning to society part of the profits in a way

which would benefit society
Growth Profits
Income CSR
Social
Development
Corporate Social Responsibility

17. Manav Seva is Madhav Seva
Corporate Social Responsibility

18. Sri Sathya Sai Heart Hospital, Rajkot

19. Satya Sai Marg, Kalawad Road, Rajkot 360001 Gujarat
Tel :91 281 2573588 Fax 91 281 2576311
Email : saihospital@gmail.com