Bengaluru: In a monumental stride towards providing accessible healthcare for children, Sri Madhusudan Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research in India and the Healing Little Hearts Foundation in the UK have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to provide critical care for children suffering from Congenital Heart Disease (CHD).
As per the recent statistics 8-10 out of every 1,000 children born in India are diagnosed with CHD, and the Government of India estimates that this figure will escalate fivefold within the next five years. The MOU arrives at an opportune time, enabling the organisations to conduct screening camps, facilitate knowledge exchange, and enhance healthcare delivery for CHD patients.
The Sri Sathya Sai Sarla Memorial Multi-Speciality Hospital is renowned for its compassionate healthcare model, offering all services completely free of charge. This commitment extends to its collaboration with the Sri Sathya Sai Sanjeevani Centres for Child Heart Care, specialised centres for paediatric congenital heart disease treatment, offering its services completely free of cost at about four centres in India and two centres abroad (Fiji and Sri Lanka). Functioning ever since 2012, it is now the world’s largest chain of paediatric cardiac hospitals without billing counters.
Dr Sanjiv Nichani, Founder, Healing Little Hearts, UK expressed, “We are honoured to finalise the MOU with SMSINSR in the presence of Sadguru. The tranquil atmosphere of Satya Sai Gram is truly remarkable and holds immense potential for healing. This partnership represents a commitment to saving countless young lives, ensuring they have the chance to thrive with good health. The warm hospitality here is exceptional, and we are eager to continue returning to support children battling Congenital Heart Disease.”
The Sri Madhusudan Sai Global Humanitarian Mission, which includes the India’s First Free Private Rural Medical College and associated hospitals, and the Healing Little Hearts Foundation share a profound commitment to free healthcare. Their partnership signifies a significant step towards alleviating the burden of CHD on affected families, highlighting the belief that the joy of healing surpasses all other considerations.
Sri Madhusudan Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research
Sri Madhusudan Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research is India’s first free residential private rural medical college which provides medical education and medical training completely free of all costs to rural youth along with employment that creates an opportunity for students to serve the poor at its already established and expanding chain of completely free of cost hospitals in several parts of India and abroad. (https://smsimsr.org/)
Sri Sathya Sai Sanjeevani Centres for Child Heart Care
Sri Sathya Sai Sanjeevani Child Heart Care Hospitals is one such wing under the medical college which specially caters to child heart care, and is today’s world’s largest chain of paediatric cardiac hospitals without billing counters. (https://srisathyasaisanjeevani.org/)
Sri Sathya Sai Sarla Memorial Hospital
Sri Sathya Sai Sarla Memorial Hospital is the multi-speciality teaching hospital of the Sri Madhusudan Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, which offers its services completely free of cost.
Sri Madhusudan Sai Global Humanitarian Mission
With the motto ‘One World One Family’, Sri Madhusudan Sai, a visionary and a humanitarian spearheads a unique global mission across 32 Countries. Since 2011, Sri Madhusudan Sai has established institutes of excellence in Education, Healthcare, Nutrition and Spirituality across the world.
The most noteworthy achievements of Sri Madhusudan Sai over the last 12 years are:
- Operates India’s Largest Morning Nutrition Programme
- Established India’s First Completely Free of Cost Chain of Schools and a University
- Established India’s First Free Residential Private Rural Medical College
- Operates the World’s Largest Chain of Paediatric Cardiac Hospitals Completely Free of Cost
Nutrition:
Annapoorna Morning Nutrition Programme (Since 2015): Serving 9 million school-going children across 106,471 schools in 25 States and 5 Union Territories in India, and 5 countries overseas.
Feed the World – Over 5 million meals served to the homeless across 15 countries
Education:
A Completely Free of Cost System of Values-Based Education to produce dedicated servants of the society
- Sri Sathya Sai Loka Seva Gurukulam Group of Institutions (Since 1973)
- Sri Sathya Sai University for Human Excellence (Since 2018)
- Sri Madhusudan Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research – India’s First Free Residential Private Rural Medical College (Since September 2023)
- 28 educational campuses in India and one overseas (Nigeria)
- 20 districts in Karnataka, one district in Telangana, one district in Tamil Nadu
- 3,654 boys and girls
- Grade 6 to Doctorate Studies
- Completely Free of Cost Medical Education
Healthcare:
- Eleven Uni-Speciality Hospitals (09 in India, one in Fiji, one in Sri Lanka)
- Four Multi-Speciality Hospitals (Two in India, Two in Nigeria)
- A medical centre at Clarksdale in the USA
- Seventeen Primary Care Wellness Centres in India
- Mobile Hospital Service in Eastern India
- India First Free Teaching Hospital
Over 30,000 little hearts suffering from congenital heart disease have been saved so far.
11 Centres for Human Development in 10 countries have also been established to work towards the welfare and well-being of all as one global family.
For more info – https://srimadhusudansai.com/
