TEMPLE OF HEALING
VOLUME 7, ISSUE 6, NOVEMBER-DECEMBER, 2024
Website: https://prasanthigram.sssihms.org
ANNIVERSARY ISSUE
Celebrating Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba’s 99th Birthday
“Have love and ananda (divine bliss) in your heart. Ananda comes from pure sight, pure hearing, pure speech and pure actions. The day you establish yourselves in this ananda, that day will be My Birthday for you.”
-BABA
WORDS ON THE 33rd anniversary
Dr. Gurumurthy, Director, SSSIHMS, Prasanthigram
With the Divine Grace of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences(SSSIHMS), Prasanthigram, will celebrate its 33rd anniversary on November 22, 2024. The SSSIHMS, Prasanthigram, continued to maintain high standards of patient care by providing totally free treatment to patients irrespective of caste, creed, race, religion, ethnicity and nationality. The completely free treatment includes diagnosis, surgery,interventions, medicines and diet. During the past 33 years, 43,73,905 outpatient consultations took place and 2,74,211 surgeries and procedures were performed. A total of 11,27,838 diagnostic tests were performed for the patients. During the past year, that is, in 2023-2024, 1,28,345 patient consultations were carried out and 10,318 surgeries and procedures were performed by the departments of CTVS, Cardiology, Urology, Plastic Surgery, Ophthalmology and Orthopaedics and Gastroenterology put together. In the year 2023-24 the SSSIHMS, Prasanthigram has saved a total of Rs. 38,40,29,895 ($ 4,567,977) of the patients. This figure swells up to Rs 11,33,94,00,482 ($ 134,880,462) when calculated from the inception.
Hospital Information System Software Upgrade
With the Divine Blessings of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, the Hospital Management Information System of the SSSIHMS, Prasanthigram, went for a major upgrade with the implementation of advanced Hospital Management software called Athmâ. It is a cloud based software designed by doctors for the use of doctors. Some of the features of the software include a completely centralised communication system across all the equipment of the hospital like labs and radiology, which increases efficiency. Secondly, the software is totally web based, which makes it easier for healthcare professionals to access and monitor patient care information from anywhere across the globe. The software upgrade was supported by Narayana Health. The Managing Trustee, Sri Sathya Sai Central Trust, Sri R J Rathnakar inaugurated the software at SSSIHMS, Prasanthigram on September 21, 2024.
Managing Trustee, Sri R J Rathnakar launching the Athma Software during the event.
Arati to Swami after the conclusion of the programme
Group photo of the Hospital and Athmâ team with the Managing Trustee, Sri R J Rathnakar
Academics
Dr. Anuj, and Dr. Girraj, both DNB Residents of Urology at SSSIHMS, Prasanthigram, brought laurels to the SSSIHMS, Prasanthigram, hospital by winning two gold medals for their presentations at two different Urology conferences, Paediatric Urology Section- Urology Society of India (PUSUSICON), Jaipur and South Zone Urology Society of India Conference (SZUSICON), Madurai, respectively. Dr. Anuj won the gold medal for a Surgical Video presentation at the Second Annual Paediatric Urology Meet organised by USICON at Jaipur from July 11-12. Dr. Girraj won Dr. N. Jeyasekharan gold medal for Ideas and Innovation at the SZUSICON-2024 held at Madurai from July 26-28.
Dr. Anuj presenting at the PUS-USICON
Dr. Girraj receiving the Gold Medal
EXPERIENCES
SWAMI KNOWS BEST, ALWAYS
By Sri RAVI KUMAR, SENIOR MANAGER, RADIOLOGY AND UROLOGY
After finishing my MBA in Swami’s College, in the summer of 1993, along with four of my classmates, I was blessed by Swami to join the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences, Prasanthigram. In those days I had a morbid fear of computers. There were five of us and there were five ‘job openings’ in the hospital. Two of us had a non-Science background before our MBA. The morning we were to go to the hospital to meet the then Director Dr. A N Safaya, Swami went out of the Ashram in His car.
Five of us stood in line along the road to take His blessings before proceeding to the hospital. While He blessed the other four, He motioned to me to wait near His residence - then the Poornachandra Auditorium. I waited there. Swami returned after about half an hour and called me to the door of His residence. He asked me to take His Padanamaskar and then asked me to go to the hospital. By the time I reached the hospital the only option left for me was to work in the Computer Department. I met Dr. Safaya, and he tersely told me the same. I felt numb. What does one do when confronted with a problem?Pray! Since we had the opportunity to interact physically with Swami, I expressed my innermost fears to Him. He told me “Try it for a month. If you still find it difficult, tell Me.”
Armed with the confidence that He had asked me to try it and that I had another opportunity to tell Him about my work, I started my learning in computers. A month later I realised that I had become fond of working with computers. Sitting in the Mandir for Darshan, Swami came to me and asked me how work was. I told Swami that work was fine and that I was grateful to Him. He asked me to take His Padanamaskar and He walked away, with a smile and a twinkle in His eyes.
Swami showed me, (1) He knew what would interest me even more than what I knew myself; (2) Not to outright reject anything without giving it enough thought and effort. Computers was my first job, later, with Swami’s Grace, many more responsibilities came my way. This hospital is a Divine gift - for those who work in it and for those who are treated in it. Every day is a day filled with hope and joy for hundreds of patients hundreds of little miracles in their lives and in ours.
LOVE IN ACTION
WRONG SIDE HEART WITH FOUR DEFECTS
By SSSIHMS Team
Dr. Neelam Desai (left) being assisted by Dr. Siddharth for in the CTVS Operation Theatre at SSSIHMS, Prasanthigram.
Rajeev, a ten-year-old boy from the state of Madhya Pradesh, had a complex heart ailment. He had his heart on the right side of the body, moreover, his other organs were in a reversed position compared to a normal human being. Added to that, he had four heart defects. In medical terms it is known as Dextrocardia, Situs Inversus with Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF).
Rajeev’s parents consulted several hospitals, but came to know that the surgery was so complex that many surgeons refused to take it up. Further, they understood that the surgery was expensive for them to afford. Finally, a family friend suggested that the parents visit the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences, Prasanthigram, which provided advanced treatment totally free of charge to all.
The parents visited SSSIHMS, Prasanthigram, and Rajeev was operated successfully. According to Dr. Neelam Desai, Senior Consultant, Cardio Thoracic and Vascular Surgery at SSSIHMS, Prasanthigram, Dextrocardia is a very rare condition with instances being 1 in 12000 births. “This patient had a complex congenital heart disease called TOF, where impure blood ends up mixing freely with pure blood and gets circulated through the body. Operating on such a condition where there are 4 defects in the heart is in itself difficult and in the presence of Dextrocardia, not many surgeons were willing to take the risk. Thus the patient came to us, got operated and made an excellent post operative recovery”, Dr. Neelam said.
As with all treatment at Bhagawan Baba’s hospital this treatment was also provided totally free of charge to the patient.
Little Rajeev with his father after discharge from the Hospital.
IMAGE GALLERY
Rare photos on the occasion of SSSIHMS, Prasanthigram, anniversary
Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba announcing the construction of the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences, Prasanthigram, on His Birthday on November 23, 1990.
SSSIHMS, Prasanthigram during construction phase
Swami blessing the hospital construction workers
Ganesh chaturthi celebrations at SSSIHMS
Ganesha Chariot in the prayer hall of SSSIHMS, Prasanthigram
Arati to Ganesha before joining the procession
Hospital staff with the Ganesha Chariot in the Sai Kulwant Hall
99 Bhajans sung marking Bhagawan’s 99th Birthday
SSSIHMS, Prasanthigram staff organised a 99 bhajan programme to mark the 99th Birthday of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba on the evening of 26th October.
Arati to Swami at the end of the Bhajans by Director, Dr. Gurumurthy.