Surat: The Prime Minister is today morning going to inaugurate Kiran hospital in Katargam area of Surat.

This 550-bed non-profit multi super specialty hospital which has been built at a cost of around Rs 500 crore by Samast Patidar Arogya Trust will offer its services to people from all sections and communities. It is expected that from commonest to richest segment people of Surat, South and Central Gujarat areas, shifting to Mumbai or Ahmedabad for further treatment will be a matter of past with opening of Kiran hospital which has also an air ambulance facility atop the building with linked operation theater to deal with emergency cases.

City’s diamond barons have played key role in construction of this hospital. Most donation for this non-profit hospital project has come from diamond businessmen who are originally from Saurashtra region but settled in Surat.
According to them, the project is conceived with an idea to give something back to the city which gave shelter, food and employment to those who migrated here from Saurashtra.

It should be mentioned here that Prime Minister Modi had laid foundation stone for this project in year 2013 when he was Chief Minister of Gujarat. 3.53 acre (14,300 Sq. Mts.) land for this hospital project was allocated by Surat Municipal Corporation(SMC) for this project on then Chief Minister Modi’s recommendation.

The hospital before its opening was kept open for 26-day for public visit. On an average daily 15,000 visitors visited the hospital building in prescribed hours. The hospital management had deployed guides and volunteers with microphones on every floor to facilitate guided group visits.

According to donors, the hospital has used best available equipment from America and Europe, doing away with China made machines. The best use of technology, a team of full-time doctors who are handpicked after thorough procedures of interview, bacteria-free air circulation in entire hospital complex, five-bed AC general rooms, state-of-the-art luxurious VIP rooms, all kinds of health related solution at single place, elevators etc are some highlights of this hospital project.

The services offered by hospital will be chargeable on non-profit basis. Extremely needy people will be able to take benefit of govt schemes, insurance and in worst case, the Trustees are given power to issue cards in limited numbers.

 

More highlights of Kiran hospital:

 

– 17,000 square vaar plot. Kiran hospital is Surat’s tallest building which is 13-storey high, 59 meter tall.

– 10 lakh square ft construction.

– 400 cars, 1,000 two-wheeler parking facility in double basement.

– 533 bed facility expandable to 750 bed in future. 115 ICU bed, 33 medical departments, 11 emergency wards, 28 operation theaters.

– Nursing college within the hospital campus.

– Boarding and lodging facility for relatives of patients.

– Special luxurious rooms for VVIPs.

– 22 lifts, 2 escalators in building.

– Helipad atop the building and connected operation theater on 12th floor.

– From dental to cancer, all kinds of medical treatments to be available in this multi super specialty hospital.

– Each floor has bus bar facility to avoid the incident of fire caused by short circuit.

– 12,000 sprinklers ready to control fire. 16 km pipeline connects all these sprinklers.

– Pneumatic tube system in the hospital which connects each nurse station, ICU, Operation theater, laboratory, blood bank etc to one another. This system immediately transfers blood, medicines etc to any of over 40 desired location within the hospital. Suppose if blood test is needed in operation theater, the blood sample will be sent via tube to laboratory in 20 second period. The report from laboratory will be sent through same tube system directly to operation theater in same speed.

– A Presidential suit on 11th floor. Total four such suits which can be expanded to 8 in future. Such suits are having terrace garden, living room, patient room, relative room etc facilities.

– Audio visual screens in cabins at ground floor. Relative/visitor will be able to see the patient on the screen live. Similarly, a patient will also be able to see relative/visitor live on screen.

– Fruit shop on the ground floor. Relatives will be able to send fruits purchased from this shop directly to patient in ward.

– The hospital has also Research and Development department.

– 256 slice CT Scan machine for best possible detection.

– Separate building for cancer treatment in two underground floors. This arrangement has been made considering the possibilities of radiation effect. While cancer treatment will be availed in two underground floors, consulting will take place on the ground floor.

– Only five bed in general ward with curtains for separation. Two bathrooms for five-bed general room. General room patients will get same treatment by same doctors. General rooms too will be air conditioned.

– Other types of rooms: suits, premium room, two bed twin sharing room and deluxe rooms. 66% of total beds fall in general room category while 34% are private/economy rooms.

– 28 operation theaters, each with anti-bacterial material walls and flooring. Latest European, Japanese, American equipment are used here. Central sterilized system from Israel based company has been installed here.

– Europe and American standard multipara monitor ventilator defibrillator are present in each of 10 ICUs that have 125 bed facility. Each bed is in separate cubicle of which three sides are covered with non-transparent glass for privacy. Isolation room facility.

– AHU to clean the air using five micron filter. Filtered air will be then circulated to hospital floors. It is believed that medical treatment is as important as prevention of infection. The hospital has special air circulation system that works against bacterial infection.

– Nurse calling system gives facility to patient to call nurse and send him/her a message for immediate attention. If call is not attended in specific time, administrative office will receive alert.

– The hospital has made tie up with insurance company. Effective rate of premium will be less than half compared to market rate. Target has been set to cover 10 lakh families under mediclaim.

Management of Kiran hospital aspires this hospital to be in the list of top ten hospitals of India.

DeshGujarat