Bannu is a nonprofit organization focusing its work on Health and Education in rural areas of India. We strive to make positive and lasting contributions in areas associated with neglect and high risks. Our current focus is to provide special education to those with intellectual disabilities, and to establish a secondary care hospital in a remote tribal region devoid of functional healthcare. Through our centers, we strive to provide critical free services to the vulnerable and marginalized.
Eturnagaram and surrounding countries are one of oldest forest reserves in the state of Telangana, India with an underserved tribal population of around 2,00,000. Past few decades have been filled with stories of forced displacement, marginalization an.
Bannu Hospital is a critical access hospital that will contain 60 – 100 beds. This health center is designed to provide the primary and secondary health care needs to a logo-symboldevastatingly underserved area of approximately 2,00,000 people. This population extends to the five tribal agency mandalas of Eturnagaram, Thadvai, Mangapeta, Mulugu and Govindaraopet of the Warangal district. BHC is a direct undertaking of the Bannu Arogyada Seva Society, registered under the AP Societies Act 2001, registration number 570 as of 2013.
Bannu Arogyada Seva Society was formed by Dr. Charanjit Veeramalla, a native of Warangal city, along with few like-minded physicians in India as well as in the USA. Bannu Arogyada Seva Society is directly and solely sponsored by its sister organization, Bannu USA. This is a non-profit 501 c (3) organization established in 2011 in New Hampshire, USA by Dr. Charanjit Veeramalla.
Hrgynaecology and ambulance facility: Bannu provides a board certified highly qualified trained ob/gynecologist comfortable with sonograms, C-sections, high risk pregnancies and all related procedures. We also provide a toll free service for 24 hours ambulance service with a trained Paramedic staff.
Bannu conducts periodic free health camps to reach the most interior of these forest agency area spread out in an area span of 800Sqkms. Namely royyur, Kannaigudem, shankarajupalli, Guttaigudem, Rajupeta, Thimmampeta, Malluru, Ramannagudem, Vazedu and venkatapur. Free medications, blood and urine tests are conducted and 5 speciality service are provided namely OB/GYN, ENT, Opthal, Internal medicine and audiology.
Bannu has a state of the art air-conditioned OT with all new equipment including sterilization unit, automatic hydraulic table, high precision head lights, suction, cautery, boiler unit, Mechanical Ventilator, crash cart to name a few.
Bannu has all new lab equipment like cell count, chemistry analyzer, centrifuge, microscope, refridgerator and other related equipment. Have full time certified technicians.
Bannu has a 5 bed unit with incubators and phototherapy units for new borns.
Bannu hospital provides training modules for nurses, technicians, paramedics and as well as to the local RMP (Registered Medical Practitioners) on a regular basis.The goal is to expand into a fully fledged nursing and paramedic teaching institute thus provide man power to the deficit in this region.
All the patient encounters with the doctors will be documented electronically for both out patient as well as in-patients.
Bannu hospital has a new x-ray plant, new ultrasound with 6 probes operated by our certified physician. Our ultrasound is capable of doing 2D echo and vascular Doppler studies.
Bannu conducts periodic free health camps to reach the most interior of these forest agency area spread out in an area span of 800Sqkms. Namely royyur, Kannaigudem, shankarajupalli, Guttaigudem, Rajupeta, Thimmampeta, Malluru, Ramannagudem,Vazedu and venkatapur. Free medications, blood and urine tests are conducted and 5 speciality service are provided namely OB/GYN, ENT, Opthal, Internal medicine and audiology.
Bannu pharmacy has all the basic as well as emergency life saving drugs available all the time.These are mostly free of cost or at a bare minimal price.
Bannu provides free accommodation for term pregnancy woman who always have transportation and lodging problems. Pregnant woman can stay for free till she is in active labor. Very helpful for folks very far away from the hospital.
Bannu hospital involves in many free community outreach programs. We explore into the more dense tribal regions some of which are devoid of any public transportation or proper roadways.Our full time doctors visit various Anganwadi centers in the surrounding mandals to gather these pregnant ladies and conduct awareness camps along with free blood tests.
We provide patients with Bannu Healthcards. The cardholder entire family gets free consultations for all specialities for a year of duration for a flat one time registration cost of Rs.100 ( $1.50) We also provide significant additional discount on lab, radiology and pharmacy services
My wife needed emergency C-section. She was quickly taken to the OR where she delivered safely and both baby and mother are healthy. We were able to avoid long distance to other hospital and save nearly $800.
They provide transportation to and from our home allowing me to return to work. They have helped train students and parents to find jobs in garment making
There was a time when we never imagined our child would have a life of their own and contribute to the world. We see them happy and more interactive.
Plan to expand to a 50 beds 30,000 SFT hospital building with 6 specialities to be eligible for the government reimbursement program.
Since Bannu Charity Hospital’s opening in Feburary of 2016 the effect on rural Eturnagaram has been immense. Bannu has initiated services never before provided in this region. Over 22,000 patients have been seen. More
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