A good hospital cures the patient and builds a network of satisfied clients but a great hospital builds a long lasting relationship with the amalgamation of patients care with compassion. One such respected healthcare provider who stands tall on the robust pillars of ethics, trust, quality, teamwork and innovation is VishwaRaj Hospital. It is a 300-bedded multispecialty and tertiary care hospital which is gaining prominence due to its commitment towards working for the destitute strata of society with the channel of affordable healthcare. This hospital is situated at the strategic location on Pune-Solapur highway that makes it easily accessible to all.
With the noble mission of crafting a global ecosystem where physicians, patients and community come together with a single goal of proving excellent and affordable healthcare services to the masses under a single roof VishwaRaj hospital got established. It is a well-equipped hospital with advanced technology and devices that make it one of the sought-after medical tourism destinations among patients. It has a 65 Bedded ICU & 10 centralized operation theatres; with 1.5 Tesla GE MRI, 32 Slice Siemens CT Scan & FD 10 Philips Cath labs, Dialysis center, Cancer unit, Blood Storage, and free Cleft leap procedure. Recently, they have started operating open heart bypass surgery as well. Equipped with such leading medical technologies, comfortable stay options, a wide-spread network of ambulances and more makes its one of the best hospitals in the Pune region. Its excellence has been recently celebrated when the hospital was awarded as number one among the category of best emerging Hospital in Maharashtra by Devendra Fadnavis, CM, Maharashtra.
The Trailblazer behind VishwaRaj Hospital
Dr. Aditi Karad is the true reflection of a soul that believes in greater humanitarian values. With the intent of delivering qualitative yet affordable medical facilities to the masses, she dreamt to enter into the medical field. Her sheer dedication and commitment towards this noble goal led towards the inception of VishwaRaj Hospital. Today, Aditi is successfully running this super specialty hospital in the capacity of its Executive Director. She believes, in India, there is a huge gap between people’s demand for quality healthcare & accessible availability of such facilities. And if a healthcare solution is not affordable to all then it is not a solution at all. This belief inspires Aditi to work towards affordable healthcare facilities.
“I am a strong believer of values & ethics thus keeping them at the forefront my aim is to give best of technology, expertise, facilities to patients without losing personal touch, dignity & compassion that they deserve,” asserts Aditi. “VishwaRaj is a vital step towards realizing this dream”.
Aditi is an MBBS and completed her MA is Hospital management from the University of Leeds. Her meticulous attention to each process, proficiency in hospital management and adept leadership qualities are seen as the main reasons behind ‘VishwaRaj Hospitals’ soaring success. By successfully running this large multi-specialty hospital at a young age, she has become a true epitome of women empowerment.
Aditi’s Source of Strength
Even after coming from a very modest background from the remote district of Maharashtra, she never let her dream to die. It was her father’s dream to see his daughter treating the patients who otherwise find it difficult to cross the hospitals door due to economic conditions.
Aditi’ also had a fascination with coat & stethoscope since childhood that eventually led her to earn a hard fought MBBS seat in one of the prominent medical colleges in Pune. She is a humble personality who never hesitates to give a special credit to her family members who always stood behind her and did everything possible to transform her dreams into a reality. Her husband Rahul Karad, and father-in-law Dr. Vishwanath Karad are her main pillars of strength that always encourage her to dream big and better for the benefit of people coming from all strata of the society.
Aditi passion to serve the indigent persons of the society with the medium of affordable healthcare is truly an inspiration for many.
Eminent Healthcare Services offered by VishwaRaj
The hospital is known for their patient centric approach that creates the best possible combination of medical, surgical, rehabilitative and supportive treatments for the betterment of its patients. Their services are qualitative yet economical which even offer free treatment to the needy in cases of emergency. It provides superior clinical care, and cardiology services with least rates in Pune.
This hospital has a center of scientific and educational research, which would meet the challenges of the present and the future technical advancements of the fast changing world.
VishwaRaj hospital provides different types of surgery and procedures for various specialized treatments. It has many departments which offer numerous medical services. It caters services in the domain of: Anaesthesia, Ayurveda, Cardiology and Catha Lab, Chest Medicine, Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, Clinical Psychologist, Critical Care / ICU, Dental, Dermatology and Cosmetology, Diabetology, Dietics, Electrophysiology, Emergency Medicine, Endodontist, ENT, Gastroenterology, General Surgery, Haematology, Infectious Diseases, Interventional Pain, Interventional Radiology, IVF, Joint Replacement, Laparoscopic Surgery, Maxillo Facial Surgery, Medical Oncology, Medicine, Microbiology, Neonatology, Neuro Surgery, Neurology, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Oculo Plastic Surgeon, Ophthalmology, Ortho Dentist, Orthopaedics, Paediatric Surgery, Pathology, Paediatric, Pedodontists, Periodontology and Implantology, Physicians, Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Prosthodontist, Psychiatry, Radiology, Rheumatology, Spine Surgery, Surgical Oncology, Urology, Urosurgery, Vascular surgery and more.
The hospital is well connected by road and railways and is at a few minutes’ drive from Hadapsar, Pune. VRH makes sure that the needs of an advanced medical facility in the area are met, and also ensures that people do not have to compromise on healthcare standards or face the inconvenience and the risk of travelling too far. Some of their additional services like the outdoor yoga and physio center, nature walks, and music therapy services are truly unique.
Every Department Offers a World-class Treatment
VishwaRaj hospital has a robust team of adept medical professionals that include some of the best names of the healthcare domain. Diverse talent of various specialized doctors are the real strength of VishwaRaj hospital which they feel proud of. Their on-roll speciality and super-speciality doctors are very well known in Pune and Maharashtra. This has led the hospital to achieve an exponential growth curve in the number of both IPD and OPD patients since its inauguration.
Their Cardiology department has four top cardiologists who are associated with VishwaRaj Hospital on a full time basis, to provide the best cardiac treatment at all times. They feel proud for being considered among one of the two hospitals in Pune, where Electrophysiology study has been done successfully.
Their Haemodialysis unit has successfully collaborated with Nephroplus (India’s largest network of dialysis centers) and intend to establish the largest 30 bedded dialysis center unit, to cater the ever increasing need for the same.
VishwawRaj’s Orthopedics department is considered among one of the best in Pune where hip and knee replacement surgeries are executed with utmost care. This department is now well prepared to nurture budding orthopedic surgeons from all across the globe with its cutting-edge training module and renowned mentors.
Extending the Arms for the ‘Needy’
Aditi believes qualitative healthcare is a fundamental right not a privilege. Therefore, she always encourages her staff to work more for the destitute section of the society. The hospital has conducted over 100 free medical check-up camps, where services like consultation across departments, routine tests (like blood sugar, X-ray, ECG, Hemoglobin level, and so on) and dental checkups for children’s have been provided at absolutely free of cost. They have an on-going initiative such as free cleft lip surgeries for children’s and 50% off on maternity charges if a girl child is born. Their camps not just provide consultation but educate people about the benefits of various treatments as well.
To expand the accessibility of affordable healthcare, VishwaRaj hospital has partnered with many primary healthcare centers in the vicinity to provide concessional medical services. They offer best qualitative treatments at 40-50% of the actual rates. Initiative for Women Health
Aditi is committed towards the noble initiative of ‘Beti Bachao’ .Therefore; she has introduced various initiatives which directly benefit the mother and newly born.
Sonography for pregnant ladies is provided at a concessional rate of 50%. Nutritious food and transport is provided absolutely free of cost to make these women as comfortable as possible. Vaccination for new born is also provided at concessional rates.
If a woman delivers a baby girl, then hospital gives a concessional of 50% on the maternity bill. Such types of initiatives are a landmark in itself, which promotes a healthier sex ratio in the country.
They also offer advanced integrated treatment for cancer care and offer a 10% concession on cancer treatment and chemotherapy.
Till date, they have provided treatments and surgeries worth more than 43 lakhs for the weaker section of the society. The hospital has invested almost 81 lakhs in the indigent patient fund till date and has treated many patients under this scheme, with discounts worth more than 1.5crore.
The hospital provides many more services that too at very concessional rates to promote quality healthcare to all, Radiology, Cardiology, Pharmacy, and Physiotherapy to name a few.
Parent organization- A Prominent Educational Group
The hospital is a part of MAEER’S MIT Group of Institutions which was established in 1983 under the visionary leadership of a trailblazing leader Vishwanath Karad. MIT Group of Institutions provide the latest state-of-art infrastructural facilities by way of smart class-rooms, libraries, laboratories, equipment, machinery, computers, software, Internet centers and of course, the best faculty.
With more than 10 campuses in the state of Maharashtra covering an area of almost 1000 acres, the MIT Group of institutions provides education in the fields of Engineering, Insurance, Distance Education, Telecom Management, Medicine, Pharmacy, Marine Engineering, Lighting, Design, Food & Technology, Masters in Business Administration, Retail Management, School of Government and also School Education. It has a student’s roll call of over 50,000 students who pursue various courses all over their 65+ institutes at any given point of time and that make it University itself in its own sense. Their Maharashtra Institute of Technology (MIT) is one of the first private engineering colleges in Maharashtra that still enjoys a repute of an excellent institute all across the nation. “I am confident that the students of MAEER family with wide exposure to academic and professional fields will leave a mark of their services, wherever they go, by exhibiting their sound professional knowledge, unimpeachable character, sense of discipline and commitment” asserts Dr. Vishwanath Karad, Founder, Executive President and Managing Trustee, MAEER’s MIT Pune. Dr. Vishwanath is an eminent educationist and philanthropist who always believe in altruism and always ready to give back to the society in terms of various social welfare services.
Rahul V. Karad, Vice President, MAEER’s MIT Pune is a prominent educationist. He is a graduate in engineering and a post-graduate in Management from Cardiff U.K; he is an alumnus of the Harvard Business School, U.S.A.
Rahul is advancing the inherited vision and mission of his visionary academician father Prof. Dr. Vishwanath Karad with a fearless passion and patriotism. His true nationalistic consciousness keeps finding expressions through numerous activities that he initiates and infuses a renewed sense of pride and patriotism amongst the young budding minds of India.