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Sir Ganga Ram Hospital celebrates 108th Birth Anniversary of Shri Dharma Viraji
Sir Ganga Ram Hospital(SGRH) today celebrated 108th Birth Anniversary of Padma Vibhushan Late Shri Dharma Vira .On this occasion Shri Satyender Kumar Jain ,Hon’ble Minister of Health , Industries , and Gurudwara Elections , Govt of NCT of Delhi was the Chief Guest . He distributed awards to staff and doctors and released doctor’s publications and hospital news letter . A cultural programme was presented by students of School of Nursing.
Speaking at the occasion Shri Satyender Jain appreciated the way Sir Ganga Ram Hospital is being run and said, “ Sir Ganga Ram Hospital has given so many things to city of Delhi, most important of which is the quality and affordable health care . ”
Shri Jain further added , “ Medical cost of treatment is today very high and difficult to afford by a common man . We have to think about ways and means to make it affordable . I am impressed by ‘Cross-Subsidy’ model of Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in which rich pays for the treatment of poor. This model will be studied by Delhi Government and then implemented in other hospitals .”
“ Our agenda is to improve health care facilities in Government hospitals . I have visited 21 hospitals till now . One of the areas of our immediate focus will be cleaniness . We will reform the health care system of Delhi in the same , existing budget . But , let me tell you , that we will not take any hasty decisions .” said Shri Jain .
According to Shri Jain , “ Today , healthcare system is concentrating on Disease and not on Health . Only when a person falls ill , we pay attention . We should focus on prevention and for this I would recommend 3 Mantras given to me Dr Abdul Kalam whom I met yesterday . These three mantras are High Fibre Diet , One hour daily walk and Ten minutes of meditation . I would request the doctors to prescribe these to all their patients .”
Dr D.S.Rana , Chairman , (Board of Management) paid rich tributes to Shri Dharam Vira ji,and said, “ Dharam Vira ji had a dream and vision to build a hospital that should be affordable to all sections of the society. We are trying to fulfill his dream by providing quality health care to all sections of our society.”
Shri Ashok Chandra , Chairman (Board of Trustees ) said , “ It was the thoughts of Shri Dharam Vira ji to involve doctors in the day to day running of the hospital . Today it is paying rich dividends to the growth of the hospital.”
