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Shushrusha Citizens' Co-operative Hospitalis located in Shivaji Park, Mumbai. Shushrusha stands tall to be the first in Asia for Hospital Co-operative initiative; Doctors' Co-operatives are long standing. The contribution of Mission, Voluntary, Government and Private Hospitals, is well recognised.


 * The term Shushrusha (lit. "desire to hear") covers a range of meanings from:


 * The devotee's homage to god, or the obsequious service of a being.
 * Attentive in an ingratiating or servile manner.
 * Characterized by or showing servile complaisance or deference.
 * Servilely compliant or deferential: obsequious in service.
 * Obedient; dutiful.
 * Showing too great a willingness to serve

Vision of Shushrusha
Shushrusha was founded in 1966 by late Dr. V.S. Ranadive with the objective of providing excellent healthcare facilities at an affordable price. The late Prime Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi inaugurated the hospital in 1969. From a humble beginning, the hospital grew into a full-fledged Medical Institute.

In 1971, shortly after, Dr Ranadive passed away, hospital entered a phase of slackening of patient flow; Dr Nandu S Laud, MS (Ortho), the current Chairman, gradually rejuvenated; fund raising and expansion of member base was exemplary. Since then, the hospital had not looked back.

The vision statement of this hospital is eloquently resonating in the following Sanskrit shloka:

rugnaanaam vyaadhinashaaya, kshipranchaarogya hethave, shushrusha shushruta bhuyath, swaya nishkaama sevayaa

This vision translated into English becomes:

“To free all patients of all the ailments”

The mission statement of the hospital is:

“Carry On the work initiated by the great surgeon Shushruta”

Service Above, Beyond, Before Self

Check everything in every patient in the hope of finding nothing wrong

Shushrusha's Doctors, Learn the Whole, so that they Can Detect the Defective "Part"

Foundation and Progress : Co-operative Initiative
Health care today is beyond the reach of citizenry, especially lower income group. Family income of 10% is spent on emergency health care and old age problems. The emergency and specialty care is well beyond the reach of an average citizen. The awareness to create financial capability is shockingly lacking.

Shushrusha Citizens’ Co-operative Hospital is a unique experiment offering total health care, including super-specialty care at affordable cost based on the principle of health care as a right without exploitation with self participation; health care governed by four A's fulfilling the objective of the National Human Rights Commission Recommendation is principleCentral.

.......... Accessible, Available on Demand, Affordable and Accountable.

The members of the Co-operative society, run the hospital for the people. Management involves participation of competent medical administrative experts and emplyees. This is the essence of co-operative movement in its true sense in providing medical care.

The hospital has grown progressively form 80 bed to 130 with an ICU with 17 beds and modern state-of-the-art technology throughout the facility.

Latest diagnostic facilities such as imaging equipments e.g. Ultrasound with Doppler, Ventilators for critical care, Operating Microscopes, Dialysis Unit, Blood Gas Analysers, Cardiac Monitoring equipments, EEG/EMG and ancillary aids complement the facility.

Specialized operations for spinal injuries and brain tumours, lungs, intestine, breast, speciality surgical treatment for Cancer, Trauma, Sport injuries, Joint replacement, Micro-surgeries of limb Reimplants and Reconstruction, are all available at reasonable cost. Coronary Angiography, Interventional Cardiology and Cardiac surgery amongst other facilities are on the horizon.

The hospital provides the community service by conducting free camps in the field of Ophthalmology, Cardiology, Skin, Paediatric, Cancer Detection etc. and specialised camp for the deaf, mute and the mentally challenged.

The hospital caters to the health and medical care of all citizens. Care is concessional for members upto 50% in all the services, free medical check-up for senior citizens, subsidy is also available to spouse and children upto two and members enjoy fixed rates for operations of all specialities.

Encouraged by this successful experiment at Shivaji Park, Dadar, Mumbai, the Management has decided to extend this experiment to one of the busy suburbs of Mumbai, Vikhroli, with replication of the model.

Medical tourism is being investigated. Shushrusha Citizens’ Co-operative Hospital is registered with all existing TPAs and Insurance Companies. ISO Certification is in the works. The hospital proposes to attract people from abroad, who would find it much less expensive to have the medical care, combined with tourism, and return fully cured healthy as true Ambassadors. Shushrusha prpoposes to extend in-patient and domiciliary cover and treatment to elderly parents of Indians diaspora abroad.

Co-Operative Concept and Organization
About the Membership: The unique aspect of this hospital is that this is the only hospital in Mumbai, and probably the first in India, which falls under the cooperative sector. This experiment was necessitated by the fact that private medical facilities charge exorbitantly for services rendered and the public hospitals lack hygiene and they are badly managed. In such a situation, this hospital envisages providing “The Third Force” – institutions where the health of the patient is more important than financial resources.

To avail of the services of this hospital, citizens have to first become members of the cooperative society which runs this hospital. Membership is open to citizens of Greater Mumbai and Thane Districts. A person who is legally competent to contract can become a member by paying a non-refundable amount of Rs 1000 towards the Shareholders’ fund (one time) plus an entrance fee of Rs 5. No dividend or bonus is payable on the amount paid. This membership is transferable to another person, voluntarily, after a period of two years or, automatically and irrespective of minimum holding period, to an heir/nominee of the member upon the death of member.

The cooperative society is governed by a Board of Directors comprising of 25 members elected by the members of the society every 5 years. Even an institution, firm, or body may become a member (as an institutional member) of this hospital by paying Rs 200,000.

Medical Facilities

 * Imaging Centre
 * CT Scan Centre
 * Ultrasound Sonography, 2-D Echo and Cardiology Department
 * Ophthalmology
 * Operation Theatre
 * Pathology Department and Blood Bank (24hrs.)
 * Artificial Kidney Dialysis
 * Intensive Care Unit
 * General Ward
 * OPD

Medical Services
1. Operation Theatre Complex - With Laminar Air Flow System; three Operation Theaters.

2. Intensive Care Unit - Equipped with 16 Philips Monitors, 13 Ventilators, 21 Pulse-Oximeters, 2 Defibrillators, 1 Bi- pap, and 12 Syringe Pumps. 17 Beds. E.C.G. / Cardio Pulmonary Function Laboratory / Stress Test

3. Neonatal Intensive Care Unit - With Ventilators, Warmer & Photo Therapy Units

4. Artificial Kidney Dialysis - With 6 dialysis machines

5. Emergency Medical Service Department - With Transport Ventilators Defibrillators & other Life Support Systems

6. Out Patient Department - With 15 well equipped consulting rooms for various disciplines

7. Blood Bank - 24 hours open. Blood Component Therapy also available.

8. Optometry Department

9. Audiometry & Speech Therapy

10. Physiotherapy Department - With al electrical and exercise modality

11. Diet Department - With 2 full time dieticians.

12. Pathology - 24 hours Open

13. Radiology Department - Digital X- Ray Machine, Multislice CT Scan, Ultra Sonography

14. Neurology - EEG/ EMG/ ENG

15. Pediatric Ward

16. General Ward

17. Deluxe Ward - A/C & Non A/C categories, Three-in-One, Two-in-One & Single Rooms. - All rooms equipped with Intercom, Telephone, Color TV, and attached Toilet, Round-the-clock hot water.

18. Online computerization

19. Patient friendly services

Additional Services for the Community: Shushrusha Hospital regularly conducts workshops, day care centres and camps for the public, such as eye camps, disaster management workships, camps for diabetics, etc.

Community Services

 * Traditionally, regular camps under Community Services to render medical aid to the poor and needy patients are held. Following Camps were organized and have received overwhelming response from the citizens.


 * Community Welfare Camps held in various fields with free care.


 * Cataract Detection and surgery Camp.
 * Diabetic Camp.
 * Healthy Baby Competition.
 * Day Care Centre for senior citizens at Damnodar hall, Parel.
 * Disaster Management at Kirti College.
 * Cuts and Burns in the Kitchen at Kohinoor College of Catering.
 * Dr. V. S. Ranadive Memorial Eye, Skin and Paediatric Check-up Camp at Hopital.


 * Smile Train Project, in association with New York Chapter. Cleft Lip, Cleft Palate and related deformities conducted free of cost to all the patients admitted. During the year 161 operations free of cost in all respects have been performed.  Patient’s relatives coming from tribal areas have also been served free food during their stay at the hospital.  Opinion of the hospital is a jewel in the crown.  The outlook of the children was transformed; Institution will be remembered forever.


 * Blood Donation Camps are conducted to meet demand. Shushrusha Blood Bank Registry, a voluntary donor endeavor is being developed as per new FDA rules. This registration would help the family to procure blood at a short notice, as a right, without hassles. It would also help the community by affording blood and blood substitutes during disaster and natural calamities.


 * Socially Responsibility Activities: Efforts to reach out to street children to provide subsidized care by Social Service department. Likewise, other groups needing help are being identified.


 * Neuro Rehabilitation Clinic for the patients with Parkinsons Disease and other Movement Disorders is able to reach the needs of the community.


 * Free consultation and information on Cancer are provided in association with V Care and Intas Bio-pharmaceutical Limited.


 * Meetings to offer guidance and help to senior citizens have been regularly held at our hospital in association with the Shivaji Park Police Station and Health Department of Municipal Corporation.


 * Swaasthya, the monthly health magazine, has gained popularity. The magazine is as much a product of the members' feedback as the topics written by medical staff. Here, the dictum of education is a two way street applies; health professionals learn also from the patients. Continuing Education of health Professionals follows matra of Knowing the Whole, so that defective 'part' can be detected; the core competency is emphasized for health professional education.
 * Participated in “Wealth of Health” Exhibition held under the auspices of Loksatta and Vama Events at Ravindra Natya Mandir.

Medical and health Education and Research
Participation in Medical and Health Education and Research :


 * Poster: "Role of omega-3 fat in Women's Health"
 * Co-chair, Rekha Bhatkhande, the head of the MSSI pilot project “ MS Society of India on UK team visit
 * Rare presentation of leucocytosis, Bhave AA, Rao RG, Patil GT, J Assoc Physicians India. 2006 Nov;54:881-2.
 * Ketogenic Diet in Indian Children with Uncontrolled Epilepsy
 * The Hip Masters Course 24-30 Dec’06: Shushrusha's Faculty N. S. Laud and S. Gawhale
 * Pituitary metastases in carcinoma breast
 * Breast-Feeding and Risk for Childhood Obesity
 * ICU registrar,Vivek Desai, Shushrusha Hospital, Mumbai to Hospmac Hospital Consultancy
 * Prevalence of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Its Association With Cardiovascular Disease Among Type 2 Diabetic Patients, Targher et al. and Hu et al. Ctritc: M Talim, Shushrusha Hospital
 * Balance between n-3 and n-6 fatty acids in foods: M Talim
 * Proper eating habits, Rekha Bhatkhande, GI
 * Women for Good Governance Conference Presentation: Women's Health Topics: Rekha Bhatkhande
 * Probing issues: Awkward pause: Constipation, Rekha Bhatkhande, GI
 * Gastric mucormycosis: AG Shahapure, RV Patankar, Rekha Bhatkhande, Indian J gastroenterology :2002

Hospital Day is celebrated on 20th of May.