Announcements made by PM Modi:
- PM during his Surat address announced that the cost of stunt, which is used to cure heart patients will be reduced from Rs 1-1.5 lakh to Rs 20,000. Whereas, a stunt which is generally sold at a price of Rs Rs 40,000 will now have to be sold for Rs 6-7thousdand
- PM also asserted that he would soon set out a rule where it would be mandatory for doctors to write on medical prescription that patients could purchase a generic medicine for the same disease and don’t necessarily have to resort to expensive ones. This move as per PM would ensure medical treatment even to poor
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- PM also assured that he has ordered to reduce the price of medicines to make it affordable for poor
- PM also lauded the hospital and its staff saying, “This hospital is a state of Art hospital and would benefit the citizens”
- PM also said that “The effort devoted towards making this hospital should be known by the entire nation. It has been a commendable one”
What is special about Kiran Hospital inaugurated by PM?
- The hospital specializes in Cardiology & Cardiothoracic Surgeries
- The Department of Cardiology & Cardiothoracic Surgery at Kiran Hospital provides comprehensive Cardiac Care
- The hospital also has fully integrated Cardiac Cath Labs and hybrid Cath labs
- The hospital is equipped with latest ECG machines, 3D -4D Echocardiography machines, Holter monitoring and treadmill tests, TEE Machines
- The hospital also provides services in Endocrinology, ENT, Gastroenterology & GI system, Laparoscopic surgery, neurology, nephrology, opthamology and oncology