In India, healthcare is often beyond the reach of the poor. A fast-growing population, changing disease profile, multi-layered healthcare system, paucity of medical personnel and awareness and inaccessibility of quality healthcare services at an affordable cost are some of the challenges the underprivileged face today.
Considering the lack of facilities for credible, affordable and quality primary healthcare in Ahmedabad, Arvind Limited has planned to establish Arvind Medical Centers in Association with Swasth India Foundation. Swasth India Foundation is a social enterprise working to provide quality healthcare for all and is Mumbai's largest non-governmental provider of primary healthcare and dental care.
Arvind is in the process of setting up three such health centers on a pilot basis. Once the performance of this pilot scheme is assessed, another ten health centers will be rolled out.
Each Center is expected to serve about 10,000 – 12,000 patients every year. The model will cost a patient about Rs 100 with three days’ medicines, which is about one-third of what they currently spend.
Three such centers are operational and few more are on way.