SHAPING THE NATION THROUGH A RURAL HOSPITAL
Abdur Razzaque Ansari Memorial Weavers Hospital (Apollo Hospitals Group), the only weaver’s hospital in the country, was set up out of the light of a very sound concept, conceived in the mind of legendary Abdur Razzaque Ansari, who himself was a modest weaver. The Chotanagpur Regional Handloom weavers Co-operative union ltd., an apex body engaged in the production and marketing of handloom products was instrumental in setting up this hospital with the help of the contribution of 10000 strong weavers out of their daily wages. Initially, the project was started at a project cost of 3.4 crores and now the spending to this project has come to 50 crores. The vision of the celebrated weaver’s movement organizer has been translated into the reality by the weavers of the Jharkhand state and the members of his family in the year 1996. The initial objective of the establishment of this hospital was to provide basic medical amenities to the most depressed people in the society, who were neglected since the ages. The major achievement of the hospital has been to provide the state of art medical facilities for the people of the most backward region of the country thereby arresting the migration of the poor and needy patients to other metro centers of the country.
The hospital has added to its pride in treating the weavers, weaker section of the society, and the family of the freedom fighters free of cost, and has further affirmed its commitment to offering better health care to the people of Jharkhand. Although the hospital started very modestly, now geared up to take on any challenges in the medical field, especially in the provision of super-specialty facilities for the entire region.
The steady growth of the hospital since its inception could be possible with the dedicated Para-medical staff, skilled and knowledgeable executives, and other personnel, who have formed the best chain of human capital creating an excellent work culture in health care in the region. The hospital was associated with the famous Apollo Hospitals group for its management for 20 years and with Medanta group of Hospitals, which is providing scrupulous and newest medical technology and systems for achieving their glorious mission “Medical excellence with a human touch”