Udupi: Kasturba Hospital Manipal recently received certification of appreciation from Karnataka Government & Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojna for their exemplary performance under the Ayushman Bharat-Arogya Karnataka scheme.

The certificate was handed over to Dr. Avinash Shetty, Medical Superintendent of Kasturba Hospital by Mr. Angara S, District In charge Minister of Udupi and honourable Minister for Fisheries, Port and Inland Transport, Government of Karnataka on 26th January 2021 at Udupi district Republic day function. The Kasturba Hospital was also appreciated by Government of India as one of the best performing Private Hospital & invited to Delhi for the 1st Anniversary celebration of Ayushman Bharat in 2019 in presence of Honourable Prime Minister of India.

Since empanelled under the Ayushman Bharat-Arogya Karnataka scheme in 2018, Kasturba Hospital has treated 15,000 patients under this scheme & 13,000 were BPL patients. During the Covid pandemic, Hospital has treated 1043 Covid patients under Ayushman out of which more than 400 in ICU. The following numbers are some of the important categories of patients treated under the Ayushman Bharat-Arogya Karnataka scheme: 3,000 Cardiac patients, 555 Heart Surgeries, 1,055 Neuro-surgeries, 905 Ortho surgeries, 140 Pediatric Heart Surgeries, 415 Neonatal patients, 535 Pediatric patients, 900 Cancer patients,  140 Pediatric cancer patients  .