Al-Ameen Hospital

Today is World Malaria Day 2012, and we are excited to join global leaders in healthcare leaders to fight out Malaria from the world. We are celebrating  World Malaria Day 2012 with world’s leading hospitals, healthcare, nonprofit and charity organizations around the world to spread the awareness, resources and knowledge via the strong and effective medium of internet, technologies, social media and print media.

Creating awareness to Roll Back Malaria (RBM)

Rollback Malaria or Roll Back Malaria (RBM) is a special initiative by United Nations. Watch UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon delivering his message on the occasion of World Malaria Day 2012.

We just turned 26! And we celebrated Silver Jubilee Ceremony – 25 years of Helping Poor!

Al-Ameen Hospital ,being a nonprofit hospital run by a charitable trust, has always believed in helping poor and making their health and lives better. We have been providing free medical treatments to poor since our inception in the year of 1986 and we are proud to say that our mission of Helping Poor has successfully running the last 25 years, that’s all because of your throughout support….

At this auspicious moment, we also thank our expert doctors, our dedicated staff, our honorable trustees and of course, our humble donors. During the journey of these 25 years, we have successfully provided high quality medical treatments to the poor of the society at minimal cost and even at no cost – to those who even can’t afford our low fees, we offer absolutely free medical treatments. And we have been doing this since our first day, that’s what make us stand unique in our mission.

At this moment of celebration, we re-dedicate ourselves to the service of poor, to make their lives better and to give them a healthier tomorrow. If you feel we are doing something worth, come join us in our humble mission, donate to charity hospital ahmedabad.

View photos and video of our Silver Jubilee Event, connect with us on our official facebook page.

Union Budget for the financial year 2012-13 is out now, and the Finance Minister Mr. Pranab Mukharjee ‘s budget speech in the parliament is over now. And now, the analysis, the postmortem and the pro-cons of the Union Budget 2012-13 has begun! As a Charity Hospital in India, we try to analyze the Union Budget 2012-13 and brings you the latest updates of what the health sector/medical sector has got out of this Union Budget 2012-13.

The good news for millions of the poor and underprivileged of the country is Government has expressed its hope and confidence in improving the healthcare service and quality of medical treatments for the poor. The government is hoping to increase the spending on healthcare, child nutrition and rural health care areas. Below are some of the most important announcements of the Union Budget 2012 for the healthcare and medical sector.

Highlights/Important Updates:

• Improved medical treatments and healthcare services for the poor and underprivileged.
• Malnutrition to be one of the top five priorities.
• Eyes to increase spending on child nutrition and healthcare.
• Proposed free generic drugs, 2.5% GDP expenditure to be spent on healthcare.
• Tobacco taxes to be hiked.

• Overall Healthcare spending to be increased to to Rs 26,760 crore. (previous Rs. 24,000 crore)
• Service tax exempted from all healthcare services except for the hospitals with 25 or more beds and air conditioning rooms. 5% tax will be levied on the actual value of the services provided by these hospitals and diagnostic tests. Government hospitals to be excluded from the service tax.
• Proposed increase in allocation for National Rural Health Mission and launch of the National Urban Health Mission to meet the medical and healthcare needs of poor and slum dwellers.
• MGNREGA beneficiaries to be included under health insurance for the poor – Rashrtiya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY)
• Rs. 200 crore allocated to environmental management to launch environmental remedy programs.
• Allocation of Rs. 15,850 crore for Integrated Child Development Scheme.
• Rs.14,000 crore allocated for rural water supply and sanitation.
• Concessional basic customs duty of 5 % with full exemption from excise duty/ CVD to six specified life-saving drugs/ vaccines in this year’s budget.
• Reduced basic customs duty on soya protein concentrate and isolated soya protein to 10 per cent from the present 30 per cent or 15 per cent respectively. Basic customs duty and excise duty reduced on iodine from 6 per cent to 2.5 per cent.
• On probiotics, the basic customs duty is now 5 per cent reduced from 10 per cent.
• Multisectoral Plan to Fight Malnutrition in 200 High Burden Districts - hike of 58 percent in the budgetary allocation for this scheme compared to last year. Similarly he proposed to hike the allocation for National Programme of Mid Day Meals in Schools from Rupees 10,380 crores in 2011-12 to Rupees 11,937 crores in 2012-13. The Finance Minister proposed an allocation of Rupees 750 crores for Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Girls, SABLA.
• Government to achieve vaccine security - To keep the pressure up on disease eradication and prevention, the government plans to set up new vaccine units in the country and modernize the existing ones.
• Proposed plan to set up a new integrated vaccine unit near Chennai.
• Government confident of achieving vaccine security.
• The scope of Accredited Social Health Activist’s (ASHA) activities to include prevention of Iodine Deficiency Disorders, ensure 100 % immunization and better spacing of children.
• The Finance Minister Shri Mukherjee said that Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana is being expanded to cover upgradation of seven more Government Medical Colleges.
• Increase in excise duty to affect pharma sector

Disclaimer: The opinion and views mentioned here about the Union Budget 2012-13 are purely pertaining to author’s understanding, belief and analysis of the Union Budget 2012-13, they are in no manner, connected with Al-Ameen Hospital’s official views or comments.

To know more about Free Medical Treatments, we provide to poor people of the society, visit our website or join us on Facebook in our mission to Help the Cause.

Keeping alive its tradition to HELP THE POOR and CARING FOR THE POOR, Al-Ameen Hospital – a non-profit and charity Hospital for Poor is organizing its annual Free Medical Camp. The Free Medical Camp 2012 is being organized in association with Late Ravishankar Dharmada Hospital, Shree Ishwar Prarthana Samaj, The National Indian Association and the Al-Ameen Hospital.To avail the free medical treatments at the camp, patients need to register themselves at any one of following partnering hospitals/charity organizations:

• Camp : Free Medical Camp / Medical Diagnosis Camp
• Date: 22nd January, 2012 (Sunday) From 09:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
• Place: Late Ravishanakar Dharmada Hospital, Shree Ishwar Prarthana Samaj, Raikhad Cross Road, Ahmedabad-1.
• Description: Eminent Doctors of the Hospital will be treating the patients at the Camp.
• Registration: Those who wish to avail treatment at the camp needs to register first.

Registration can be made at any of following venues before closing dates & timings :[NOTE: REGISTRATION WILL ALSO BE MADE AT ON THE SPOT.]

• Al-Ameen Hospital, Khanpur, Ahmedabad – 1.
• Late Ravishankar Dharmada Hospital, Raykhad Cross Road, Ahmedabad -1.
• National Indian Association, Bholanath Sarabhai Bldg., Khamasa Gate, Ahmedabad -1.
• Ishawar Prarthana Samaj, Raikhad, Ahmedabad -1.

Al-Ameen Hospital is truly founded on the basis of humanity for the society. The hospital is indeed a Hospital for Poor since it is providing free medical treatments to the poor and underprivileged of the society. Our efforts towards abolishing the fatal illness from the poorest part of the society rely on donations that are made by gentle humankind like you. To sustain and spread our efforts, we request you to kindly donate us some part of charity money. Donation made to Al-Ameen Hospital are 50% exempt from Income Tax under section 80G of Income Tax Act, India.

Let’s create a healthier society together!

We read every year in the news about injuries/deaths of hundreds during Uttarayan due to many reasons be it their mistake or someone else’s. Reasons include accidents, eye cut, neck cut, collapse from terrace while flying kites or coming under vehicle while trying to catch kite on the road. Not just this, even innocent people and birds too do become victim of careless attitude of kite fliers. Since this cause in lose of even human and birds lives, many NGOs, Government bodies, Police issue safety tips and warnings to make people aware about this. Hence, to spread the word, Al-Ameen Hospital also joins the hand and present you some useful tips that will ensure you of celebrating a happier and safer Uttarayan and will also help you in keeping road walkers, bikers and birds safe! Have a look!

Tips for Kite fliers

Some of kite lovers fly kite with so craziness that they forget about their safety and become careless to their own body, skin and health. So if you are one of the crazy kite lover (it’s really good to be!huh!) take due care for yourself and we bet, you have best ever Uttarayan.

• Eyes are the diamonds: Take proper care of your eyes. Wear sunglasses/goggles while flying or even standing at the terrace. Make sure you have covered up your body well.
• Because Uttarayan come in January, there is always cold wave in the air, so cover your body especially head, ears and chest.Wear sweater, scarf, muffler and hat. Don’t think you’re capable of fighting with wave. It’s really foolish assumption, this is not me, my experience saying
• Be aware and alert every time, even at the time of final war with your opponent. Your billion dollar worth life is much more costlier that a two rupees kite. Don’t rush here and there to catch kites. Don’t fly kites by standing in narrow spaces or near the terrace borders.
• Take regular water in-take and fruits and routine food, don’t neglect it in joy of kite flying. It will really help you in flying even higher. (I promise!)

Tips for Bikers/two wheel drivers

There is not such rule that only kite fliers get injured or dead due to their mistakes during Uttarayan, innocent road walkers, bike drivers also get punished for your mistake. So please please please be very much attentive while flying kite.

• Do not fly kites on road, nor in your gallery on the road site. Your one mistake can take someone’s life. So please be careful and show your awareness.
• Very Important for bikers and road walkers: If you are driving through road these days, make sure you wear helmet, scarf, muffler or at least neck protector.
• Go slow. Don’t drive fast. This can give you a miraculous chance to stop your vehicle even an inch away in case a kite thread comes to your way (which could cut the neck), also going slow will give you chance to stop an inch away from someone who is blindly rushing on road to catch the kite.

General Tips for everyone

• Do not over shout during kite wars, take care of your throat.
• Do not eat too oily food.
• Wear sunglasses, sweater, muffler etc. if its cold.
• Do not take risk in catching kites
• Do not cross terrace borders/galleries border to collect kites.
• Do not try to collect kite from electric poles.
• Keep drinking water and taking fruits and food whole day.
• Drive slowly
• Pay attention to your kids, do not allow them moving out of your observation.
• Take care of flying birds, try not to fly kite around their flying side, your kite thread could kill them immediately.
• In case of birds causality, contact immediately birds doctor. There are many NGOs offering immediate treatments to injured birds. Contact them.

Below is the contact details of one of the Ahmedabad’s NGOs providing medical treatments to injured birds.

• Sanjivani Group: Ahmedabad: +91 9429600108 OR +91 9825531108

• In case of human calamity/accident: Immediately call : 108 (An Emergency Ambulance service)

• Asha Foundation: For Ahmedabad: +91 98798 77281, 98253 17707

• Asha Foundation: For Gandhinagar: +91 9712722722, 90337 22722

• Navkar Animal Helpline: For Ahmedabad: + 91 79 6307007, 6302107

“Wish you all happy and safe Uttarayan”

World Heart Day

Hurray, it’s World Heart Day and we are back to make you a bit healthier. We all face most critical disease – the heart stroke. The Heart is the core of our body. But with the modernization of our lives and with advancement in our life style, we are giving big threat to our heart – the threat of Heart Attack.

If we can’t change our life style and if we can’t go back to the previous state of our life style, we can surely avoid the heart attack possibilities…how??? Just get into know:

On the occasion of  World Heart Day, the World Health Organization has disclosed a shocking fact that almost more than 17 million people around the world die of various heart diseases among which 80% is premature deaths. The reason is, unhealthy eating habits, lack of physical activity and consumption of tobacco cause the excessive number of deaths.

What’s the solution?

The World Heart Federation and its members on World Heart Day 2011 has asked people across the world to take charge of their family’s heart health and also advocate the healthy lifestyle for a healthy living. World Heart Federation has identified four actions that can keep heart diseases at bay :

Ban smoking completely at your home : By doing so, it will improve the health of the family members and also create a healthy environment to live in.
Healthy eating tips : It advocates that a healthy diet that is rich in vegetables and fruits can prevent cardio vascular diseases (CVD).
Be Active : Organizing outdoor activities such as hiking trips or simply playing in the playground can avert the risk of heart diseases.
Know your numbers : It is very important to know about glucose or cholesterol level, blood pressure and body mass index (BMI) as based on these facts an individual can develop a strategy that would help him/her keep fit and active.

So let’s take a pledge today to keep your heart healthy and happy – after all the World Heart Federation is with you – all the way!!!

World Heart Day

One World, One Home, One Heart – The tag line for World Heart Day 2011 !!!

Heart is the most important, most vital and most critical yet most power full part of our body. And hence it hold highest priority and importance when it comes to take care of our body. We live till our heart works, and our heart works till we live! Anyway, let’s move to the main topic, Today is World Heart Day!
Let’s see what’s happening around the world on this day, there are major events and seminars being organized by numerous associations and institutions including the World Heart Foundation.

The World Heart Day 2011 has something special to make you take care of your heart, yes it has vast and critical knowledge on how to take care of your most magical part of the body! Just read ahead!

World Heart Day 2011 has something special to share with you, it has:

One World

With the UN High-Level Meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) taking place in September, World Heart Day presents a great opportunity to communicate messages about the meeting outcomes, and the importance of elevating NCDs up the global health agenda.

One Home

After two years of focusing on heart health in the workplace, this year we call on individuals to reduce their own and their family’s risk of heart disease and stroke. We ask people to take charge of their home’s heart health by taking steps such as choosing healthy food options, increasing physical activity, and saying no to tobacco.

One Heart

As always, our emphasis will be on improving heart health across all nations.

Article Resources: http://www.world-heart-federation.org/what-we-do/awareness/world-heart-day/

Hi all, wish you all very happy and healthy Ramadan. The month of Ramadan is here and has finished its half tour! Well we are all heading towards its final phase quickly and are awaiting the fabulous day of Eid.

But when it comes to break the fast at the Iftar time, most of us get and behave like we are hungry since many years That’s true and sad for all of us (at least, for most of us). We believe that iftar time is the time when we have to eat everything that we have on our dinning table and we believe that iftar is only time that we get during a day to eat all that we can. But do we or any one of us think for a second what it costs to us? to our health? to our happiness? No, i think we don’t care about result, we don’t care about future we just think about present. So here we give quick guide about how to stay healthy and happy during the holy month of Ramadan.

First thing first:
Whether its Iftar time or suhoor time, don’t eat like you are going for it for the last time. Eat slowly and eat healthy. Avoid over-speed eating because neither iftar nor suhoor time is an eating contest

Food, food and food:
Whether you accept or not, its like the universal fact that almost all Muslims think Ramadan is all about food, food and food. But dear friends unfortunately its not about only food The holy month of Ramadan is all about fasting, testing and prayer. The almighty Allah has blessed us with Ramadan because the Allah wanted to shower blessings of both world to the Muslims by mandating them for fasting. Allah wanted to put the followers on testing by keeping them on fast for days and Allah wanted Muslims to pray as much as possible. That’s the reason of this Holy month.

Exercise is the Free Medicine! :
Exercise is the free medicine that is available to all of us at our own home! You even don’t need to go to gym. But what type of exercise? Well i personally suggest you go for push ups and walking! Walking is the best medicine (well you can google this if you don’t believe!). Push ups will help you stay fit and walking will help you in digesting your petrol..i mean your food!

Think about Life after Ramadan:
Well, we all know that Ramadan is all about an event of 30 days and this is the thing you need to remember throughout the month. But why? Because if you keep this fact in mind, then you will only be able to protect yourself against over eating. Keep the fact in memory that you will be continued to get eating even after Ramadan so don’t go like final time!

Finally, stay relaxed, happy and motivated and try to make others happy! That’s all the Ramadan is about!

Happy Ramadan!

Its Earth Day 2011 today! Yes, its day of the earth that we live on, and what’s more, if we really want to enjoy the true life we must keep our earth green and clean. And we will be able to live a healthier, longer and cleaner life. That’s why we insist on KEEP IT CLEAN, KEEP IT HEALTHY! Slogan, Keep it clean means keep your surroundings clean, Keep it healthy means keep your body fit! If you keep your earth clean and green, it will ultimately keep your life a bit healthier.

Its all about health! : If you keep yourself clean, you probably are going to live a healthier life. And if you keep your earth clean and green you are going to make yours as well as others life even healthier. So why not contribute to the cause and live with proud. If you can add some value to the life of yours and others, you will be a hero for others.

Here are some tips on how to keep your earth clean and green and live a healthier life:

Always use dustbin, don’t throw garbage here and there :
We directly or indirectly throw a big number of waste/useless things (often termed as garbage) on a daily basis. And many of us throw it in dustbins but many, many, and many! of us throw it away or around the way. Not using dustbins is a bad sign of bad manners, plus this habit is a dangerous cause of affecting public health as the viruses in the garbage damages human health. Therefore, we always should make it our habit to use dustbins and should throw such useless things/garbage in dustbins. Thus we will be able not just to keep our earth clean and green but we will be making public life a bit healthier!

Always try to use public transport: We commute very much in our life! And we use our own vehicles to move from one place to another, thus billions of people runs millions of vehicles and contributes to environment pollution on routine basis. But what if we use public transport system and make the environment pollution lesser. Not every time, but at least when it is possible for us to use public transport, we must use it so that we can contribute to green environment and we can set an example for others too!

Join Public Organization; spread environment revolutions:
Another good way to spread the green drive of the world is to join public and government organizations that drive environment revolutions and spread it across the globe. By joining NGO or any specific public organization (private or government) that take care of Green Earth, you can spread the word to the world. Off course, you can invite your friends and relatives and you can motivate them to join the cause and thus you can your world clean and green.

Control your needs and spending:
One way to control the environment pollution is to limitize/control the spending of yours. By controlling your needs you can help the world stop environment pollution and can make your earth clean and green.

Teach your children lessons of clean and green life:
Always teach your little ones to keep their body, and surroundings clean and thus teach them how to keep the earth clean and green. While they are growing up in their life, making a clean and green habit will help them grow as noble citizen of world and will help them make this beautiful earth even more beautiful.

Plant as much trees as possible:

And finally, grow habit of planting as much trees as possible. Because, today in the name of globalization, the world is getting deforested everyday and this is very harmful for the world health. So if you wish to enjoy the healthy life and if you wish your next generation be out of any shortage of green environment, grow as much trees as possible and make this earth GREEN EARTH in real meaning!

So come and join the Clean and Green Earth drive on this Earth Day 2011 and be different!

Lost your temper and hopes in trying to Loose your weight? Just chill down and try these weight loosing tips from Al-Ameen Hospital and get smiled with surprising results!

Although there are a plenty of ways to lose weight, but loosing weight too fast, like any sudden change to your body, can be dangerous for your health. While fad diets, diet pills, and fasting may seem to be effective solutions in loosing weight quickly but you could not able to determine the lose of your health by such methods! And because Big Changes don’t happen overnight, you have to be calm and patience to see the desired result! Let’s go off the ground and check out the Weight Lose tips from Al-Ameen Hospital; A non profit and charity hospital for poor.

First thing first:
What you really need to know first is to determine how much weight you wish to lose. Because if you are not sure how much weight you want to lose; you will be probably going to kill yourself! So seat down and take a deep breath and decide the figure of lose of weight you want. And yes, it is not a game, so don’t try to just assume this figure, calculate it using some mechanism and standards established by medical science. Use BMI (Body Mass Index) and other matrices. Calculating weight and height using BMI is the best way! So go on and check out your body figures according to BMI and set an achievable and fair target!

Planning is the key to success! :
Plan your weight lose program and follow it strictly. Decide what time you will be exercising, at what time you will be hanging with friends and so on. This will enable you to stick on your goal strictly. Moreover, this will always remind you that you are on a weight lose program. Like for example, if your plan says that you are not taking any heavy food on sunday, so don’t take it on sunday coz you are on a plan! So plan your entire routine, specially plan your diet for the week.

Keep healthy food in stock!:
Don’t laugh, this isn’t a joke, you need to keep stock of healthy but not heavy food in your kitchen. Throw away oily food and fat calorie contained food. And stock up fruits, juice and vegetables. Now use this healthy and light food to cook and eat, this will keep you away from eating the outside / restaurant’s heavy and oily food which make you fat.

Now comes important point :
Make a perfect workout and do it regularly. And don’t try it at your own, consult your doctor or gym professional and know what workout you need to carry on. Because, improper workout could lead you to injuries. Proper workout will lead you through your goal. Proper workout that stresses on muscle tone and increased heart rate will always help you lose weight and keep it off.

Move out, feel the change :
Exercising is enough, right? No, wrong! It isn’t enough to rely on an hour long daily exercise. Getting off the bed, going to office, and going back to bed is not a way of living a healthy life. Move ahead, go out, plan your weekend trips with friends and family and enjoy the parties, go on weekly drives, plan outings, and clean house once a week…the list seems to be an endless list. Do all this and feel the change!

Kill the stress, live out of tension :
Okay, we all are messed up with our personal problems and tensions, but don’t let them effect your body. Take it easy man! Learn the art of coping with stress, do yoga, meditation, deep breathing exercises.

Drink plenty of water :
Our body relies heavily on water for all important bodily functions, and yet you skimp on drinking adequate quantities of water every day. Okay its okay it you didn’t know this thing. But now, stop it and start drinking as much water as you can. Check out some exciting ways to make water interesting and you’ll be packing it away in no time. And do not forget to carry a water bottle to your workout, and take a few sips regularly in between your workout program.

Disclaimer:
Tips here are given on a general basis, therefore you are advised to consult your doctor before going on any diet or weight loss program. The author or the website owner shall not be held responsible for any kind of physical or mental damage….Thank you..Have a healthy life!