"The four sadhanas and the six Sastras are not necessary. Just has complete trust in your guru: it is enough." - Sai Baba

"The four sadhanas and the six Sastras are not necessary. Just has complete trust in your guru: it is enough." - Sai Baba

Saibaba sansthan's Super Specialty hospital

Shirdi:-- June 8 : It has been mentioned in the holy book Shri Saisatcharitra that during his life, Shirdi's Saibaba rendered the services for the sick people. He was giving the holy ash (Udi) to the sick people. It is mentioned that all kind of diseases were cured. The same work of Saibaba is being continued by board of trustees of Shri Saibaba sansthan trust, Shirdi. 6,094 heart surgeries are done successfully in one year in Saibaba sansthan's Super Specialty hospital. This has become the big support to the poor people including farmers, farm laboures, and workers in rural area.

                 Considering the need of poor people in the rural area, Shri Saibaba santhan trust, Shirdi constructed the super specialty hospital with advanced machineries and surgical equipments in the year 2006. The latest and advanced machineries like C.T. scan and MRI machines of Siemens make company installed here. This is fourth place in India where such machines are of high standards are installed. The departments like heart, optholomological, eye, ortho, dental, plastic surgery, general surgery, nuero surgery, etc department are functioning with their full utilization that too with the satisfactory results. Angioplasty, pacemaker, closing of body holes, B. M. V, bypass, change of heart flap, treatment on heart diseases etc operation , in all 6,094 surgeries related to heart patients are carried out successfully in one year. Dietitian operations are also started. The expert doctors from Pune and Nasik perform these operations here. The noted doctors Dr.Anirudha Dharmadhikari, Dr. Manoj Chopra, Dr. Vinod Vijan, Dr. Abhaysing Walia, Dr. Rahul Kaiche from Nasik use to come to Shirdi's super specialty hospital on every Saturday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, Wednesday respectively. Dr. Rahul Patil from Pune use to come to Shirdi on every Monday. In addition to this Dr. Vidyutkumar Sinha is working as full time Cardiac surgeon. He has performed 604 open heart surgeries up til now. Dr. Harish Baj has performed 1322 operations of angiography, angioplasty and B.M.V. The patients are treated at the most reasonable fees.
In addition to this, daily about 1000 patients are treated in Sainath Hospital of Saibaba santhan trust.

                     This hospital was started in 1964. About 200 patients remain admitted daily. The patients of brain, kidney, cancer, bypass surgery get the financial assistance up to Rs. 20,000 after submission of prescribed form. Under this scheme, 26,037 patients have received total help of Rs. 36, 29, 24,148. This year, 5748 patients have received the financial help of Rs. 8,81,68,484. Sainath hospital is providing the medical services to the needy patients on payment of nominal charges. The santhan has appointed the sufficient doctors and nurses for the services of poor people. In view to get the proper treatment, this hospital has purchased all kind of machineries. Considering the increased number of needy patients, board of trustees has provided the advanced machineries. This hospital is made more and more service oriented by providing 3 dialysis machines,
2 artificial respirators, line cure system for dental department, ultra sonic scale, baby incubator, etc. This hospital also provided the Jaipur foots to the handicapped persons and organizes eye checking and operations camps at the free of cost.
Sansthan has also stated its own blood bank with all facilities. The blood is given to the needy patients at the reasonable fees. All kind of laboratories are established here. In view to make the availability of medicines, the medical store is also started in the building of the hospital.

         Shri Saibaba santhan trust, Shirdi spends Rs. 45 crores per year.Heart specialist Dr. Dharmadhikari operated 47 patients of angiography, angioplasty and installation of balloon in 24 hours in this super specialty hospital and made the world level record.

        In view to provide the maximum medical facilities to all kind of people, especially the poor class people, Chairman of Shri Saibaba santhan trust and MLA Jayant Sasane, vice chairman Shankarrao Kolhe, executive officer Kishor More, medical director C. S. Bobade and medical superintendent Asha Pendase etc trying to their level best. They all appealed the people having better financial ability to donate generously to help more needy people. The interested Sai devotees can send the D.D. drawn in favour Executive officer, Shri Saibaba Sansthan Trust payable at Shirdi. The donated amount is exempted from the income tax.