Health Initiatives
OutreachAnaemia ProjectDEICOrgan Donation Awareness DrivesChild Malnutrition TreatmentAids and Appliances DistributionBlood Donation DrivesThe Early Childhood Development Van ProjectThe Vision Care ProjectSMILE ProjectBlood Donation Drives
Outreach
Rural Medical Outreach
The reality of the situation in rural South Gujarat is that vast proportions of the population lack access to even basic healthcare facilities, either due to financial reasons or geographic reasons.
The Medical Outreach programme took birth in 2005 to provide free treatment to tribal communities, especially those that were unable to visit a hospital. With the help of mobile clinics, primary level medical care is provided to communities at their doorstep.
Functioning as a hub and spoke model, medical vans comprising doctors, paramedics and data entry operators, make daily visits to ~70 outreach centres across 47 remote villages in South Gujarat.
Each outreach centre is visited once a week, and in some sense, these villages, which have minimalistic medical facilities, have been adopted by the hospital.
Patients are given quality treatment and diagnostic services. Medicines are distributed free of charge and those needing further treatment are referred to the Hospital for for specialised attention.
The Outreach Programme is one of the most important initiatives in the Hospital’s vision of providing care to all those in need. The programme vastly widens the impact and scope of the Hospital.
Outreach Services
The following services are provided through the Outreach programme:
Speciality and multi-speciality medical camps are conducted in remote tribal villages. During these camps, medical specialists from the hospital and other metropolitan cities cater to the healthcare needs of the underprivileged, tribal population. Focus areas include paediatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology, physical or neurological disability management, surgery, etc.
Government-run Primary Health Centres (PHCs) across Gujarat organise immunisation and health education sessions for expectant mothers and children, known as ‘Mamta Divas’ sessions. The Hospital has been supporting this activity for numerous years, by deputing staff in remote areas to conduct these sessions.
Under the Outreach programme, over 400 schools have been visited to screen tribal students for common ailments and provide them with the necessary treatment. Understanding the importance of the preventive aspects of healthcare, elementary health awareness lessons are also imparted to students on important topics such as proper Handwashing and Nutrition.
A Mobile Dental Clinic van with a fully-equipped dental clinic and qualified dentist, travels far and wide to spread dental awareness, conduct basic check-ups and undertake procedures where required.
Anaemia Project
A holistic, time-bound action plan has been put into place by Shrimad Rajchandra Hospital and Research Centre to manage and significantly reduce the incidence of Nutritional Deficiency anaemia at the community level. The time-bound action plan includes:
To enhance awareness, at the community level, of health-related issues, relevant to anaemia.
To carry out mass screenings for diagnosing anaemia. with the goal of screening 100,000 patients per year and half a million patients in 5 years.
To treat and systematically follow-up with people affected by anaemia in order to execute this project in a holistic manner. Motivating the patients to complete their course of treatment until successful outcomes are achieved constitutes one of the most important and critical components of this project.
Organ Donation Awareness Drives
With an ever-increasing spectrum of diseases, organ failures and accidents, the need for voluntary organ donation is high.
Shrimad Rajchandra Organ Donation Programme is a public awareness campaign to encourage and promote deceased organ donation. Through this global initiative, the aim is to bring about a positive change to the current transplant scenario by inspiring people to pledge for organ donation and bridge the huge gap between need and availability.
Organ donation awareness sessions are carried out across corporate offices, educational institutes and other organisations through the medium of informative presentations and engaging discussions.
Several cities in India and abroad have participated in this initiative, making a global impact for the noble cause. People from over 150 cities, across 10 countries worldwide, have pledged their organs as a part of this initiative.
Child Malnutrition Treatment
Severely undernourished children suffer from reduced immunity and some cases – critical illnesses. In fact, severe malnourishment is a leading cause of death among children under the age of five years. This problem is particularly prevalent in the underprivileged tribal areas, where a high number of children under the age of five are grossly underweight and have stunted growth.
Children suffering from Severe Acute Malnourishment (SAM) require immediate nutritional care and rehabilitation in a specialised centre. And those suffering from additional problems like infections, loss of appetite and swelling on legs also need simultaneous medical care.
At Shrimad Rajchandra Hospital and Research Centre, malnourished children are treated by a team of consultants such as:
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Paediatrician
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Physiotherapists & Occupational Therapist
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Audiologist & Speech Therapist
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Paediatric Neurologist
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Paediatric Orthopaedist
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Psychiatrist & Psychologist
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Paediatric Ophthalmologist and Optometrist
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Dentist
Aids and Appliances Distribution
Shrimad Rajchandra Hospital and Research Centre is actively involved in improving the lives of physically challenged people in the rural South Gujarat. With the support of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India, under its Assistance to Disabled Persons (ADIP) scheme, the Hospital has conducted multiple screening camps for the physically challenged at various locations in the South Gujarat region.
Taking into consideration individual and specific needs, high-quality aids such as wheelchairs, cerebral palsy special chairs, automatic stander, wheelchair tricycles, artificial limbs, walkers, hearing aids etc. are distributed at these camps free of cost or at highly subsidised rates. Each of these appliances are custom-made, taking into consideration an individual’s specific needs.
The beneficiaries of these drives include those undergoing regular therapy at Shrimad Rajchandra District Early Intervention Centre, as well as those identified through screening camps conducted across the tribal areas of Gujarat.
Blood Donation Drives
Blood donation drives fulfil an important need within the healthcare community. Blood transfusions actively save the lives of patients suffering from a variety of circumstances including surgeries, childbirth, anaemia, blood disorders, cancer treatments, and many others.
Through the Shrimad Rajchandra Blood Donation Drive programme, blood donation drives are organised in various cities across the globe and often in partnership with local corporates, educational institutes, and other NGOs.
The Early Childhood Development (ECD) Van Project
The Early Childhood Development (ECD) Van Project by Shrimad Rajchandra Hospital and Research Centre supports the cognitive and emotional development of children aged 0–3 years in the tribal regions of Dharampur and Kaprada in South Gujarat. The initiative delivers doorstep developmental support, caregiver education, and health awareness to families in remote communities during the most critical years of early brain development.
Through a mobile outreach model, trained community workers conduct play-based stimulation sessions for children while guiding mothers and caregivers on nutrition, breastfeeding, immunization, hygiene, and screen-free childhood. The programme also distributes learning kits, toys, and storybooks to encourage early learning at home.
The project aims to reach 1,500 tribal children and their caregivers across 50 hamlets each year, while working closely with Anganwadi workers, ASHAs, and community leaders to strengthen early childhood support systems and give children a strong and healthy start in life.
The Vision Care Project
The Project was launched in Nov 2023 by Shrimad Rajchandra Love and Care with financial support from Sarvamangal Family Trust. Vision care project works to reduce avoidable vision impairment caused by refractive errors among children and underserved communities across India. It is one of the largest public health vision screening programmes run by a non-profit in the country.
The initiative conducts large-scale vision screenings and provides free spectacles, especially to rural and underserved populations who lack access to basic eye care services.
Since its launch, the programme has conducted 5+ million vision screenings, distributed 800,000+ free spectacles, and organised 27,500+ screening camps in schools and communities. It has also identified and referred 325,000+ cataract and complex eye cases for specialised treatment.
Currently active in 16 states across 155 districts, the project works with 18 eye health partner organisations, reaching school children, working adults, women, and elderly populations.
The programme aims to reach 20 million vision screenings by 2028, helping reduce preventable vision impairment and improve quality of life for communities across India.
SMILE Project
The SMILE – SRHRC Mental Health Initiative for Life Empowerment is a community mental health programme by Shrimad Rajchandra Hospital and Research Centre, initiated under the guidance of Gurudevshri Rakeshji and supported by the Indira Foundation. The initiative aims to address the growing need for accessible mental health care in rural communities.
Launched in August 2024 with field implementation from November 2024, the programme conducts door-to-door awareness, screening, counselling, and treatment for conditions such as anxiety, depression, epilepsy, bipolar disorder, and psychosis, with follow-up care at the hospital.
A program is one of a kind focusing on holistic Maternal Mental health at the hospital. Here it supports women during pregnancy and early motherhood by promoting awareness, reducing stigma, providing screening and counselling for timely care and return to healthier and more empowered lives. We also provide antenatal and postnatal support group sessions as well as physical therapy.
Anaemia Mitigation Project
With the boundless grace of Param Krupalu Dev and the benevolent guidance of Pujya Gurudevshri, we are humbled to share a significant milestone-the completion of 4 million hemoglobin screenings since the program’s inception five years ago in October 2021.
What began as a modest initiative in the tribal regions of South Gujarat has today grown into India’s largest non-government effort to combat anemia-a silent condition that profoundly impacts health, well-being, and productivity.
From Local Seeds to a National Movement
This transformative journey is thanks to our partnership with Sarva Mangal Family Trust, whose support has empowered us to scale sustainably. We are also thankful to ZS Associates for being a true partner in enabling our project to reach greater heights. From an initial annual target of 1 lakh screenings, the program scaled significantly to achieve an ambitious milestone of close to 3 million screenings in 2025. For 2026, our plan is to perform 6 million screenings. We have expanded across 50+ districts in 14 states, forming a robust ecosystem from schools to corporates, rural communities to tribal hamlets.
Beyond Screening: Creating Holistic Health Impact
We believe treatment is only part of the solution; education and awareness are key to lasting change. We emphasize healthy nutrition and lifestyle changes for sustainable health improvement in addition to distribution of free deworming and iron folic supplements for a period of 3 months to those in need.
Conclusion
Our heartfelt thanks to every team member, partner, volunteer, government official, and supporter for making this milestone possible. We’re not just mitigating anemia; we’re restoring health, dignity, and potential, and together, we’re changing the narrative.