Kalpa Seva Aarogya Kendra

Our first Kalpa Seva Aarogya Kendra (KSAK) was set up at Gandhinagar in year 2009. With a humble beginning then, this health centre now boasts of multi-specialty, cutting-edge technological machineries like MRI, X- Ray, Sonography, etc.

Panel of distinguished specialist doctors of Gandhinagar’s medical community are on-boarded in the Aarogya Kendra. These are Specialist doctors in the field of Dermatology, Gynaecology, Psychiatry, Dentistry, Radiology, Pathalogy, General Physician, General Surgery, etc.

The facility also has a pathological lab that has the finest equipment which are extremely helpful in meeting the medical needs of the beneficiaries. With a footfall of ~120 patients on a daily basis, the facility till date has reached out to more than 370,000 needy beneficiaries. During the COVID pandemic, vaccination camps were also conducted in this centre.

While running the Aarogya Kendra in Gandhinagar, it was realized that there was lack of low cost MRI scanning centres in Gandhinagar district for the disadvantaged patients. The patients had to travel to Ahmedabad for the subsidized MRI testing. To scale up the outreach and extend our medical services, a 96 Channel equipped, fully digital, A.I. based 1.5 Tesla MRI machine was set up in the Aarogya Kendra. Since it is an AI based machine, it enhances atomized scanning. The EcoPower in this machine allows 30% power saving while taking care of the ecological footprints. The MRI machine facility is led by prominent radiologists with a goal of providing low-cost screening services to the lesser privileged. The MRI centre is available for patients, 24 hours a day. The MRI centre’s footfall alone is above 620 patients on a monthly basis and these patients are referred from the nearby slum area, towns and villages.

The large scale impact seen in Gandhinagar, paved way for setting up of another centre in Mumbai and one in a rural village Khorpa, near KPIL’s manufacturing Plant in Chhattisgarh. The centre in Khorpa was inaugurated in April 2022 and provides specialized services in Dental, Gynecology, Pediatrics, etc. The centre has a fully functional X-Ray facility and an entire Dentistry set up. There are ~10 specialist doctors who visit the centre regularly. Medicines are also distributed on subsidised rates.

Our community healthcare interventions also focus on expanding its outreach in rural areas by partnering with the Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorder Society to raise awareness and provide training on healthy aging and Parkinsons disease. This project is being implemented in Thane District of Maharashtra and rural/semi-urban areas in Raipur, Chhattisgarh.

Healthy Vision

One of the healthcare focus is to also provide access to better eye health care to the needy communities. We has been supporting cataract surgeries for needy rural populations across India under Vision Foundation of India’s “Rashtriya Netra Yagna” project. Till date 5,966 beneficiaries from underserved communities have undergone cataract surgeries.

Strengthening Healthcare Infrastructure

Near the Project sites and Plant locations across India, it has been our endeavour to enhance the basic healthcare facilities that will help compliment the existing government’s intervention.

The Company has been donating Ambulance, Medical equipment like X-Ray machines, Sonography machines; constructing sub-health care centres in rural areas, OPD wards for charitable hospitals like Sadguru Netra Chikitsalaya and beyond.

The infrastructure project also focuses on strengthening the public sanitation facilities through construction of public toilets with an aim to promote basic hygiene & tackle the problem of open defecation. The company has also set up Sanitary napkin making machines in school & community to promote menstrual hygiene amongst young girls and women.

Healthcare Support during COVID

During the onset of pandemic in 2020, there were immediate interventions as a part of relief work undertaken by the Company. These included providing essential supplies like safety kits comprising of protective gear like masks, sanitisers, etc. Meals and dry ration was provided to migrant workers, daily wage earners and the local community near our areas of operation across the country.

KPIL also partnered with Akshay Patra Foundation to support provision of meals to approx. 50,000 beneficiairies.

The Company contributed to Chief Minister’s Relief Fund, PM Cares Fund and various grassroot NGOs to assist in combating and contain the novel Coronovirus.

During the second phase of COVID, 1000 bedded COVID hospital was constructed in Thane, Maharashtra that was also equipped with Intensive care units. Since the second wave could have affected the children most, efforts were taken to construct a special children’s ward in Government hospital of Pipar city, Rajasthan.

This ward was well equipped with an oxygen plant and ventilators. COVID vaccination camps were conducted to help support the government’s mission.

The demand for oxygen was most pronounced for the county during the second wave of COVID. This was the time when the Company donated 52 oxygen concentrators and 12 portable ventilators to various Government hospitals near our project sites in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha and beyond.