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Shanmukhananda Charitable Community Healthcare Centre
Plot "H", Bhau Daji Road Extension
Next to North Indian Association, Sion West, Mumbai - 400 022
Phone No : 24014071
Sri. Shanmukhananda Fine Arts & Sangeetha Sabha has over the past Seven decades played a
unique role in the national integration and cultural synthesis of our country. Fine Arts
kindles the esoteric perceptions of the connoisseur. It has the infinite capacity to
take one's mind from the realm of mundane life into the regions of ethereal charm. It is
this bridge that the Sabha has effectively deployed to bring forth a fusion of diverse
interest, cultures and religions
From the haunting melody of a vocal performance, to the sweet string of a veena recital,
to
the graceful movements of a dancer, from the joyful gathering of parents of a local
school
to a large gathering and important political convention, from the august performance of
an
internationally acclaimed orchestra, to annual general meetings of large corporate
houses,
the Auditorium is a silent witness to all over the years. Today, the Auditorium is more
than
an edifice, it is a part of a living history, a monument to cultural synthesis, one
singular
object that in its multifaceted dimension and secular nature, epitomizes the city it
stands
proud in and in a larger sense, the nation.
The Shanmukhananda Sabha; it’s a living tradition
Sri Shanmukhananda Chandrasekarendra Saraswati Auditorium
which is the largest Auditorium to
the east of Suez
effectively merges culture and commerce and has been the venue for several
national and international events. In merging tradition and talent the SANGEETHA
VIDYALAYA
does pioneering work in keeping alive music tradition in the city.
The Shanmukhananda is a public charitable trust registered under the Maharashtra Public
Trust Act, 1950. It is registered u/s 12AA of the Income Tax Act, 1961 and enjoys
perpetual
exemption u/s 80G of the Income Tax Act, 1961.
Foray into Medical Services
The founders of the Sabha had a vision that did not limit culture to just entertainment
value. The word culture is derived from the Latin word Calore which means to cultivate
and
adore. Thus culture is primarily cultivation of mind through love of ideals. The goal of
culture is an integral vision of life, self-knowledge and strength of character. Culture
is
a better expression of our spirit in our existence through the vitality of a creative
conscience, for without conscience there is no culture. A healthy mind in an healthy
body.
Only a mind which is calm and serene can appreciate music. The founders therefore saw a
perfect co-relation between music and a healthy body. They gave expression to this
unique
philosophy by creating the Sri. Shanmukhananda Charitable Community Healthcare Centre in
the
year 1974. On 24th January 1974, Dr. Rafiq Zakaria, Minister for Health and Urban
Development, Government of Maharashtra inaugurated the centre. The Sabha also enshrined
in
its Memorandum of Association the following additional objects :
"To provide medical relief to any person irrespective of caste or creed and to establish
Medical Centres / Hospitals for providing medical services and also to undertake and
promote
education and research in medical sciences and allied activities"
“To provide services in the fields of community health services, yoga and nutrition"
Over the years the Healthcare Centre has expanded its operations into consultancy and
treatment in the areas of :
Eye care
Dialysis
Diabetology
Orthopaedics
Physiotherapy
Gynaecology
E N T
Dermatology
Medicine
Dieting
Homeopathy
FACILITIES
- Eye-care Department - with Major & minor OT for cataract surgeries, retina
procedures
& injections, Oculoplasty surgeries, glaucoma related surgeries & laser
procedures.
- 44 Bedded Dialysis Department - with spacious centrally air-conditioned 2 dedicated
floors
equipped with 22 dialysis machines each, automatic dialyzer reprocessor & online
RO
system.
- LASIK facility equipped with latest WaveLight EX500 system with
CONTOURA@
Vision for patient specific treatment planning & precision.
- OPD Consultation - ENT / Homeopathy / Diabetology / Nutrition / Physiotherapy /
Gynaecology
/
Medicine
Corporate Partnership
The Community Healthcare services provided by the Sabha got accelerated
momentum
with
the support provided by corporates under their CSR programme.
- The Sabha’s centre for general medicine was named after R. K. Jasubhai
Shah
for the generous contribution provided to set-up the centre.
- The Eye-care centre was named as Kansai Nerolac Centre. Goodlass
Nerolac,
a
leading paint company consistently supports the healthcare initiatives of the Sabha.
- Aditya Jyot Eye Research Centre donated several valuable optometric
machines.
They are housed in a section of the medical centre called “AJERI
corner”.
- The Dialysis Centre is also named after Kansai Nerolac.
- The Essar Group of Companies set up the Essar Endowment with a
corpus
donation of Rs. 1.0 crore. The interest earned on this fund is utilized to provide
free
/
subsidized treatment to the poor and deserving.
- The State Bank of India donated Rs. 1.34 crores for the Retina Care Centre now named
as
“SBI Retina Care Centre”.
- The Retinal Surgery Centre is named as “New India Assurance Retinal Surgery
Centre”. The company contributed Rs. 45 lakhs for the project. The
company
also
gave
a CSR grant of Rs. 48,21,429/- for Alcon Centurion Phaco emulsification instrument.
- HDB Financial Services Ltd. provided capital grants as well revenue
support
for subsidy to patients both in Eye-Care and Dialysis.
- S. I. Investments and Broking Pvt. Ltd. sponsors cataract surgery
one
per
day
and also provides general support to the activities of the Medical centre.
- Nihchal Israni Foundation has extended financial support for
purchase
of
Dialysis machines year after year
Shanmukhananda Kansai Nerolac Eye-Care
Centre
The Centre is equipped with :
- A state-of-the-art Operation Theatre - for cataract & retina surgeries.
- Yag Laser.
- Perimetry instrument.
- Phaco emulsification system.
- Surgical microscope
- Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) system
- Green Laser
- Fundus photo Camera
- Pentacam
- Lasik system
The patients of the Eye Care department are under the care of three eminent Eye
Surgeons ,
who are supported by well trained staff.
A glance at the number of Out Patients
and
surgeries will stand testimony to the yeomen services rendered by the Centre.
YEAR |
No. of OPDs |
No. of Surgeries |
2008 – 09 |
11,251 |
361 |
2009 – 10 |
17,235 |
441 |
2010 – 11 |
17,782 |
453 |
2011 – 12 |
21,740 |
600 |
2012 – 13 |
24,369 |
651 |
2013 – 14 |
22,634 |
477* |
2014 – 15 |
23,750 |
570 |
2015 – 16 |
25,475 |
603 |
2016 – 17 |
22,221 |
556 |
2017 – 18 |
23,743 |
567 |
2018 – 19 |
647 |
2019 – 20 |
25,160 |
674 |
22020 - 21 |
7553 |
297 |
2021 - 22 |
9407 |
590 |
*Shut down for renovation between 7.9. – 24.11.2013.surgeries.
The Eye Care has been continuously looking to modernise the equipments used in the
department
to give best care to the patients. In February 2013, the department added a new
instrument
PLUSOPTIX for children’s eye care for the first time in India.
SBI Retina Care Centre
As part of the expansion plans for Eye-care facilities and to provide a package of all
inclusive serice for Ophthalmic ailments, the Sabha set up the Retina Centre in the year
2014-15. The Centre has :
- Corneal Topography System.
- Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT);
- Funds Photography combined with Intravenous Fluorescent Angiography;
- Ophthalmic Laser;
The Centre was functional from 1st October 2014. The Sabha then decided to setup a
surgical department as an extension facility. The Centre is self-sufficient in terms of
fully equipped Operation Theatre, associated retina testing facilities, experienced
surgeons and well trained auxiliary personnel. The vitrectomy equipment and resight
attachments to suit the Zeiss OPMI Lumera Surgical Microscope, have been added to create
the New India Assurance Retinal Surgery Centre.
The number of procedures performed in the centre are as below:
Year |
No. of OPDs |
No. of Surgeries |
2015 – 16 |
1822 |
699 |
2016 – 17 |
2420 |
24 |
2017 – 18 |
2254 |
35 |
2018 – 19 |
2521 |
28 |
2019 – 20 |
1860 |
588 |
22020 - 21 |
800 |
21 |
2021 - 22 |
1129 |
44 |
The SI Investments & Broking Private Limited provides annual grant for one cataract
surgery free per day.
Inauguration by Shri. G. Srinivasan, CMD,
New India Assurance Co. Ltd. on 22nd January 2016
The Kansai Nerolac Dialysis Centre
In the year 2021, the Sabha has set up state-of-the-art Dialysis centre at the new
location on Bhau-daji road, Sion-West. Newly setup dialysis centre spread over two
centrally air-conditioned floors is equipped with brand new 44 dialysis machines. The
dialysis facility is equipped with 2500 LPM imported online RO water facility and 24/7
UPS backup for uninterrupted patient treatment. The facility is managed by well
qualified & experienced medical & paramedical staff.
The Centre provides dialysis procedures to poor and needy patients mostly free of charge
or in some cases at a very highly subsidized rate depending on the financial status of
the patients. The distribution of the patients for dialysis based on their economic
status is as below :
No. |
Income Range
(Per annum)
|
% |
Average Charged per dialysis
(Rs.) |
1. |
Below Rs. 1,60,000/- |
10% |
NIL |
2. |
Below Rs. 1,60,000/- |
13% |
50/- |
3. |
Rs. 1,00,000/- to Rs. 2,50,000/- |
42% |
350/- |
4. |
Rs. 1,60,000/- to Rs. 3,20,000/- |
65% |
100/- |
5. |
Rs. 3,20,000/- and above |
03% |
800/- to 1500/- |
Average charge per dialysis: Rs. 130
As the patients were facing problem of malnutrition, the Sabha decided to provide free
of cost breakfast, lunch and evening snacks to all the patient undergoing dialysis in
all the three shifts.
The Roop Manek Bhanshali Trust, the Kansai Nerolac Trust, the Tata Education and
Development Trust of the Sir Ratan Tata Trust provide annual grants for free /
subsidized dialysis for the poor patients. M/s. N. H. Israni Foundation donations and a
portion of Essar Endowment is also utilized for Dialysis. HDB Financials Services Ltd.
have also been supporting the efforts of the dialysis centre with substantial CSR Funds
in addition to supporting the Eye-Care centre.
Dialysis Center
OPD & Consultancy Services
The OPD and Consultancy Services are provided in various disciplines. Eminent doctors
from all the fields render services at a very low fees or on honorary basis. An analysis
of the last ten years give a glimpse of the services provided by the Centre. There has
been a constant endeavour to improve the services.
Discipline |
2009-10 |
2010-11 |
2011-12 |
2012-13 |
2013-14 |
2014-15 |
2015-16 |
2016-17 |
2017-18 |
2018-19 |
2019-20 |
Pathology |
10588
|
14415
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16570
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20202
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18774
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18108
|
19604
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20347
|
15499
|
13084
|
11271
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Homeopathy |
1873
|
1777
|
1915
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2276
|
2335
|
2,771
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2,726
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2,205
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2,279
|
2269
|
2072
|
Consultancy |
988 |
1162
|
1468
|
1570
|
1518
|
1554
|
1876
|
1498
|
1554
|
1715
|
1368
|
Physiotheraphy |
2214
|
2114
|
2239
|
2294
|
2299
|
2051
|
3018
|
2787
|
3572
|
2466
|
2417
|
ECG |
- |
264 |
536 |
568 |
517 |
439 |
540 |
575 |
584 |
593 |
507 |
Sonography |
273 |
207 |
247 |
205 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
General Medicine |
386 |
204 |
49 |
69 |
59 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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Diabetes & Diet |
303 |
326 |
613 |
536 |
795 |
896 |
871 |
940 |
736 |
894 |
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OPD Waiting Area
Sri. Shanmukhananda Vyayamkendra
The Sabha has a well maintained fitness centre with experienced gymnasium trainers. The
Centre
is open for all the members and people in the neighbourhood at highly subsidized
charges. The
Sabha incurs an operating loss of Rs. 5 lakhs every year to maintain the centre.
The Centre also brings out various publications which are distributed free to the
members of the Vyayamkendra. Health Guide which gives the benchmark and standard ranges
for the various parameters which throw light on the fitness and Grandma’s Remedies in
English and Tamil have been brought out till now.
Gymnasium
Two Decades of Service
In the period between 2002-2020, the Medical Centre registered a noteworthy performance as
under (Number of Patients) :
1. |
Eye Care OPD |
3,19,231 |
2. |
Surgery |
8,492 |
3. |
Dialysis |
1,06,178 |
4. |
Pathology |
2,96,039 |
5. |
Homeopathy |
38,981 |
6. |
Physiotherapy |
48,539 |
Way Forward
Ruby Jubilee Celebrations - 22.3.2015
The Medical Centre celebrated its 40th year (Ruby Jubilee) in 2015. Bharat Ratna Dr. APJ
Abdul Kalam, former President of India presided over the function. In the 40th year, the
Sabha renewed its pledge for affordable healthcare to all and proposed to expand its
community healthcare programmes into two full-fledged hospitals dedicated exclusively to
eye-care and dialysis respectively. In the first phase, the Sabha proposes to upgrade
the Bharatiya Sangeetha Vidyalaya building into a Dialysis and Eye-Care Centre. This
centre when completed will be named Sri. Shanmukhananda Hospital for Renal and Eye-Care.
The project is estimated to cost about Rs. 20 crores. The hospitals would exclusively
serve the poor and weaker sections of the society and the affordable patients would be
limited to about 30% of the total patient intake capacity.
CSR Eligibility and Tax Benefits for Contributions to our Medical
Centre
Businesses are managed to bring about an overall positive impact on the communities,
cultures, societies and environment in which they operate. CSR has now been mandated by
the Companies’ Act, 2013. Indian culture, tradition which encompasses Music, Dance,
Theatre and Healthcare are specified in Section 135, Schedule VII of the Companies’ Act,
2013 as well as the provisions of the Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy)
Rules 2014 that came into force from 1.4.2014. Every contribution made to the Sabha’s
Medical Centre is eligible to be included in the total social expenditure within the
limit of 2% of the average profits earned by the corporate.
The Sabha also enjoys tax exemption u/s 80G of the Income Tax Act, 1961. This
certification is valid in perpetuity.
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Contact Numbers
Landline
Eye Care – 2409 2211
Dialysis – 2407 2838 & 2403 1660
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Mobile
Eye Care – 98198 19927
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Eye Care Doctors
98205 58809 – Dr. Vrushali
96192 02498 – Dr. Subra
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Dialysis Doctors
98211 74980 – Dr. Usha Ramanujam
98924 29727 - Dr. Vijila
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