Bengaluru; January 20, 2025: Rotary Bangalore Gulmohar and Ramaiah Medical College Hospital (RMCH), Bengaluru, have signed a 2-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to provide comprehensive medical check-ups and treatment to BPL card holders, underprivileged, destitute, and senior citizens across Karnataka. Initially, for 2 years, the arrangement could be extended further on mutually agreeable terms.

Dr. Ramesh D, Associate Dean, Ramaiah Medical College Hospital and Rtn Dr. Murali Krishnan, Charter President, Rotary Bangalore Gulmohar signed the MoU in Bengaluru marking a new beginning to take comprehensive healthcare to the needy across Karnataka, thereby ushering in a new healthcare revolution.

This MoU covers medical treatment as and when required as in-patient and outpatient at free or subsidized costs for referral patients and periodical free medical check-ups for senior citizens in old age homes.

According to Dr. Ramesh D, Associate Dean, RMCH, “The Ramaiah group has been at the forefront of offering community health services for several decades. By partnering with Rotary Bangalore Gulmohar, we wish to take our comprehensive health services across Karnataka and ensure our contemporary services reach the underprivileged and senior citizens seamlessly.”

Thanking RMCH for partnering Rotary Bangalore Gulmohar in this healthcare mission, Rtn Dr. Murali Krishnan, observed, “We have been focussing on healthcare and reaching out to masses in a limited way for the last few years. Our partnership with RMCH will enable us to ramp up and further strengthen our resolve to provide comprehensive & affordable health care for the most vulnerable segments of society in a structured manner.”

Commenting on the deliverables, Dr. Sriram Ramalingam, Medical Director, Rotary Bangalore Gulmohar, said, “The healthcare campaign will begin from Tiptur, Turuvekere, Bellary, Urban and Rural Bengaluru & Gadag, and gradually it will be extended to other regions. The target is to reach a minimum of 2,500 beneficiaries by the end of the year.”

According to the MoU, RMCH will provide consultation services, diagnostic facilities, and hospitalization to the referral patients of Rotary Bangalore Gulmohar. As per the agreement, RMCH will waive the registration fee, re-visit charges, and offer a 25 % concession for diagnostic & radiology investigation. Further, patients who need hospitalization will be admitted to concessional wards.

While many routine investigations will be free of cost, a concession ranging between 25 % and 50 % will be offered in the case of special laboratory investigations. Also, Rotary Bangalore Gulmohar or their referred patients will have to bear expenses incurred for medicine and other consumables.

In addition, periodical eye check-ups and follow-up treatments will be done as required. Also, psychological examinations and interventions shall be done for the needy. Further, free annual/half-yearly medical camps will be carried out in the rural and urban areas through RMCH’s Department of Social Welfare. For, in-patients, the MoU provides scope for free bed charges, and free food for patients during their stay at the hospital.

Mr. Pradeep M Kulkarni, President, Rotary Bangalore Gulmohar, revealed that RBG has been conducting General Health Check-ups, Breast Cancer Screening, Eye Screening, Cataract Surgeries, Free Spectacle Distribution, etc. for multiple years. This partnership will help us to scale our services and make it more impactful.