Friday, 14 August 2015

New State of Art Operation Theatre Complex at Aakar Asha Hospital

Offers better facilities and tertiary care for the patients of reconstructive surgery

Hyderabad, 14th August 2015: Aakar Asha Centre for Enablement of Physically Disabled (formed

under the N. Swain Memorial Trust) today opened its modern operating theatre Complex - Phase 1

dedicated to emergency Reconstruction Surgery. This facility will enable the team of dedicated

surgeons at Aakar Asha hospital to respond more rapidly and completely to the requirement of

patients in need of reconstructive surgery. Sri C Laxma Reddy, Honorable Health Minister, Govt of

Telangana inaugurated the New Operation Theatre Complex at Aakar Asha Hospital, Kukatpally,

Hyderabad, today.

The state of art operation theatre facility has 3 Micron Hepa Filter Laminar flow air conditioning to

ensure asepsis and will cater to reconstructive surgery for the poorest of the poor. This facility has

been supported by the Hyderabad Race Club.

Honorable Health Minister, Shri C Laxma Reddy, appreciated the work done by Aakar Asha hospital

in improving the life of the physically disabled people and emphasized the government’s

commitment to help the physically disabled, especially those below the poverty line and to extend all

possible cooperation for such initiatives.

Dr. Bharatendu Swain, the Director and Managing Trustee of Aakar Asha Centre of Physically

Disabled said, “We realized the need of this dedicated Operation theater for reconstructive

procedures. The state of art new facility would provide the best available equipment to the team of

surgeons at Aakar Asha to ensure better care and health care services to the poor and

underprivileged. We are grateful for the support towards this project from the partners and our

donors.”

Aakar Asha hospital, a unit of the N Swain Memorial Trust, is dedicated to Reconstructive Surgery

and Physical Rehabilitation of persons with birth deformities, trauma related problems, burns and

burns related deformities and benign swellings, of the entire body. A large proportion of surgeries

are done free of cost for the poor who cannot afford the otherwise prohibitive cost of treatment.

About Aakar Asha Hospital

Aakar Asha is located in Kukatpally, Hyderabad. After 12 years of its functioning in which about 600

physically disabled persons were operated upon in camps and more than 300 young doctors trained

in surgical skills, the Aakar Asha hospital was launched.

The hospital is 130 beds with 56 beds operational. It is fully equipped with a Diagnostics facility,

modern operation rooms (with operating microscope, power drills, etc). ICU, ER area, Rehab facility,

etc.

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