Vellore :

Sri Narayani Hospital and Research Centre run by the Sri Narayani Peedam has received an award for community engagement for 2014 from the Association of Healthcare Providers India (AHPI), an apex national body of hospitals.

According to Dr N Balaji, director of the hospital and trustee of the Sri Sakthi Amma Healthcare Trust, the award will be presented to the hospital by the union health minister at the Global Healthcare convention being organized by AHPI in Hyderabad on Feb 23, 2015. The AHPI director general, Dr Giridhar Gyani (former secretary general of Quality Council of India), has over ten thousand members.

The 250-bedded multi-specialty charity hospital conducted 128 outreach programmes in 2014 that benefited 23,062 people who would otherwise not have had access to timely medical help, Balaji said. The awareness and screening programmes conceived and implemented by the hospital has helped in the prevention of many diseases with early detection leading to timely intervention and cure, he added. The hospital focuses on the needy people of Vellore and Tiruvannamalai districts besides the neighbouring Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh.

As part of the Sri Sakthi Amma Student Welfare programme, the hospital conducted health checkup programmes for the students, he added. The coveted recognition from the AHPI would further strengthen the resolve and dedication of the staff of this health care institution in working more for the welfare of the community, he further noted.

source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> States> Tamil Nadu / by Express News Service / February 15th, 2015