“SVHM SHRI BADRINATH DHAM HOSPITAL”
The first and only hospital at Badrinath with ICU and Ventilator support.
Background
Keeping in view of the rising mortality and morbidity of the pilgrims visiting CHAR DHAM, with majority of these happening at Badrinath due to high altitude and extreme weather conditions, Swami Vivekanand Health Mission (SVHM) society decided to open a tertiary care hospital at Badrinath Dham itself and made it operational along with temple opening last year on 11th May 2019.
Hospital Building
A Glimpse towards establishing the hospital
In the first week of April 2019, a team of dedicated SVHM Doctors visited the pious Badrinath shrine and surveyed the area with the aim of establishing a hospital. The team encountered challenges in form of lack of basic amenities like electricity and water supply as well as other infrastructure/logistics including a building needed for establishing a hospital. The endeavor bore fruits and the Baba Kali kamli wale Trust agreed to lease their Dharamshala building located 500 metres from the temple for starting the hospital without any fee. On 22nd April 2019, the SVHM society sent their 2nd team for starting the groundwork as part of the proposed hospital building was still covered in snow and it had to be renovated and designed as per the hospital requirements. Faced with this problem of lack of resources at Badrinath, the team made their base camp at Pandukeshwar, which is located 22 km from Badrinath and started mobilizing and transporting the required logistics and supplies needed on a daily basis. A local contractor was hired for facilitating the renovation and infrastructural job. The team did wonders and within a short span of 15 day managed to bring all facilities and necessary equipment/logistics required to begin the hospital. They began from 26th April 2019 and by 10th of May 2019 the hospital was fully equipped with all the amenities to be made operational. The hospital was then finally inaugurated on 11th May 2019.
Hospital was Inaugurated by Honbl’e Governor of Uttarakhand Smt. Baby Rani Maurya ji in the presence of Shri Mata Mangla Ji, Vijay Kaushal Ji Maharaj and Dr. Krishna Gopal Ji (Seh Sar Karyavah, RSS)
Facilities available
SVHM Badrinath hospital is situated at an altitude of 10,830 feet near the banks of river Alaknanda and less than 500 meters from the Badrinath temple shrine. Well trained doctors, paramedical and other supportive staff work 24×7 to render best of the medical care at this high altitude making this hospital an elixir to the needy patients at the right moment. The facilities being provided are:
- General OPD
- 2 ICU beds with Ventilator Support
- 24 x 7 Emergency services
- Diagnostics services -Well equipped Laboratory
- PATHOLOGY – Investigations like LFT, KFT, LIPID profile, CBC, RA Factor, CRP, TYPHIDOT, DENGUE, Urine for Pregnancy, RBS, Blood Grouping, URINE R/M, BT, CT, HIV, HPV, HbsAG, MONTOUX, ESR.
- Minor OT (with management of Trauma)
- 6 bedded IPD(03 Male & 03 Female).
- Free Pharmacy
- Ambulance service: 03 Ambulances (02 ACLS – Advance Cardiac Life Support and a ambulance with Oxygen cylinder facility).
- Free snacks are also provided to the patients & attendants.
- DIGITAL X RAY
- ECG
- The emergency services are available 24 x 7 and equipped with following facilities:
- Nebulizer
- ECG
- Basic Ortho procedures
- Suturing
- Small Cyst Removal
- Oxygen cylinder
- 511 Trauma cases and 17 ICU Patients were admitted.
Ever since the hospital has been inaugurated 24,199 patients have availed the medical services and 80 % of these are the pilgrims visiting the temple and rest are the local residents of Mana and Bamini village. On an average 145 patients per day avail services at our hospital and out of these 20-25 are emergencies. All the services are being provided free of cost and nothing is charged from any patient for any service
From 11th May 2019 till 16th Nov 2019 the hospital has attended 3,562 emergencies which clearly shows the imminent need of the emergency as well as routine OPD services at Shri Badrinath Dham to save the lives of pilgrims.
Present Situation
People living in remote villages in and around Shri Badrinath Dham such as Mana and Bamini have been facing immense problems due to COVID-19 pandemic. Villagers used to avail high quality and cost effective medical services from our hospital. Though the pilgrimage has not yet started but as per the request put forth by Mana and Bamini village people and Shri Badrinath Dham Dharmadhikari Shri Uniyal Bhuwan Chandra Ji the SVHM society reopened the hospital on 16-06-2020.
Puja done by Shri Badrinath Dham Dharmadhikari
