Sri Sathya Sai General Hospital, Prasanthi Nilayam

This hospital was Sri Sathya Sai Baba’s first initiative in healthcare. Inaugurated on October 4th 1956, it was then, the only hospital in a 30 kilometre radius. Initially a primary care institution, it now offers both primary and secondary care. The infrastructure includes:

  • 80 beds.
  • 2 Operation Theatres.
  • 8 Wards (Pre and Post-operative).
  • 7 Departments – General Medicine, General Surgery,
  • Paediatrics, ENT, Ophthalmology, Dentistry, Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
  • Laboratory facilities.
  • Complement of Utility services.

In the past fifty years over 4 million patients have benefited from free healthcare services at this hospital.

Statistics for the month of February 2009

Patient Services 
Out Patient Department 31432
Admissions(Inpatients) 758
Deliveries 147
OBG/Gynaec Surgeries 14
Cesarean Sec. 63
Surgical Procedures
a) General Surgeries 33
b) ENT Operations 10
Diagnostic Tests
Lab. Tests 7497
X-rays 527
Ultra Sound Scan 429

 

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