Treatment Schemes

Treatment Schemes

SCHEME FOR TREATMENT OF INDIGENT, WEAKER SECTION AND POOR PATIENTS:

The Hospital maintains an “Indigent Patient Fund (IPF)” for giving free/subsidized treatment to the Indigent and Weaker Section Patients in accordance with the Hon’ble Bombay High Court Order dated 17th August 2006. In addition, the Hospital also maintained “Poor Patient Subsidy Fund (PPSF)” to provide Free/Subsidized Healthcare Services to those poor community members whose income limit exceeds the limits specified in the Court Orders but are in a state of financial distress. Thus not only do we have beds for Indigent and Weaker Section Patients far in excess of the percentages specified by the Court but our definition of poor patients is much wider and the volume of Charity Care provided by our Hospital far exceeds the directions issued by the Bombay High Court.

Definitions

  • Indigent Patient

    Person whose gross family income is up to Rs. 85,000/- per annum.

  • Weaker Section Patient

    Person whose gross family income is from Rs.85,000/- Rs. 1,60,000/- per annum.

  • Poor Patient

    Person whose gross family income is above Rs. 1,60,000/- but less than Rs. 2,70,000/- per annum and is in financial distress due to family commitments.

  • In Emergency

    The Hospital provides “Essential Life Saving Emergency Treatment” to any patient brought to the Hospital till he / she stabilizes. Further transportation to the public Hospital would be arranged by the Hospital, if necessary. The Hospital does not ask for any deposit in case of admission of emergency patients.
    The Hospital provides following non billable services free to the Indigent, Weaker Section as well as Free / Part Paying Poor Parsi Patients:

    - Bed
    - RMO Services
    - Nursing Care
    - Food
    - Linen
    - Water - Electricity
    - Housekeeping Services
    - Routine investigations required for the treatment like CBC, ESR, Urine (R), Stool (R), Creatinine, P.T., E.C.G. and X-ray
    - All Indigent and Weaker Section Patients are provided Free Health Care Services in our Hospital

  • Incase of an Indigent Patients:

    The Hospital provides medical examination & treatment in its each department totally free of cost. The bill is prepared for billable services at the rates applicable to the ‘D’ class of our Hospital. The medicines, consumables etc are charged at the purchase price. Doctors forgo their charges and the same are excluded from the bill. No deposit is charged in case of admission. The bill so prepared is debited to IPF Account. Charges for the non-billable services are debited to PPSF Account.

  • Incase Of Weaker Section Patients:

    The Hospital provides medical examination and treatment in its each department totally free of cost. The bills is prepared for the billable services at the ‘D’ class of the Hospital. Doctors forgo their charges and the same are excluded from the bill. 50% of the billable bill amount is debited to IPF Account. The weaker section patients share of 50% of the bills of the medicines, consumables and non-billable services is debited to PPSF Account.

  • Incase of Free Poor Patients:

    All Hospital Services are provided at ‘D’ category rates and the bill prepared thereof is debited to the Hospital Account.

    The Hospital provides following non billable services free to the Indigent, Weaker Section as well as Free / Part Paying Poor Parsi Patients

    The Hospital physically transfers 2% of the total patients’ billing (excluding the bill of indigent, weaker section and poor patients) on day to day basis to IPF Account. In case of surplus or shortfall in the IPF Account, the same shall get adjusted in the following months

    The Hospital furnishes information to the office of the Charity Commissioner on Monthly Basis regarding the amount collected in the IPF Account and the expenses incurred from IPF in respect of Indigent & weaker section patients under Schedule XAAA vide Rule 25 A of the Bombay Public Trusts Rules, 1951.

    The Trustees of the Hospital are not provided medical facilities to their relatives, the employees of the Trust and their dependants in the category of “Indigent and Weaker section patients”.

    The Hospital admits indigent or weaker section Parsi Patients coming to their Hospital from any source including but not limited to Government / Municipal Hospitals

    The Hospital admits indigent, weaker section and Poor Parsi Patients to the extent of over 40% of their operational beds for medical examination and treatment.

    The Hospital verifies the economic status of the patients through their Medical Social Worker on the basis of scrutiny of the following documents produced by the concerned patients:

    - Certificate from Tahsildar
    - Electricity Bill
    - Telephone Bill
    - Ration Card/Below Poverty Line Card
    - Bank / Post Office Pass Book
    - Rent Receipt
    - Saving Details

  • Beds earmarked for Free Patients:

    - Free Female Ward - 33
    - Free Male Ward - 31
    - Free Female Geriatric Ward - 14
    - Free Male Geriatric Ward - 10
    - Free Paediatric Beds - 2
    - Free Gynae / Obst Beds - 1

    Total Free Beds - 91


    Hospital provides Free Medicines and Diagnostic Services including routine Diagnostic to the Indigent and Weaker Section and Poor Patient coming to OPD of the Hospital on daily basis and the expenses of such medicines and Diagnostic Services to the Indigent & Weaker Section Patients are appropriately debited to IPF and forwarded to the Office of Charity Commissioner under Schedule XAAA vide Rule 25 A of the Bombay Public Trust Rules 195. Expenses in respect of poor OPD patients are debited to Hospital Account.