Since 1998, AIMS and all the healthcare institutions run by Embracing the World have provided more than U.S. $50 million worth of free medical care.
Embracing the World's Project: Healthcare was born out of Amma's desire to provide outstanding and affordable medical care, regardless of one's ability to pay for treatment.
It is with this vision that ETW built a 1300-bed tertiary-care hospital in Cochin, Kerala (AIMS).
AIMS provides even the most highly specialized services free of charge to those in need.
Its pediatric cardiology unit is now recognized as one of the leading pediatric heart programs in India.
AIMS is home to Kerala's first-ever dedicated geriatrics department.
India is home to nearly half the world's blind population. 75% could see again with access to appropriate medical care.
1 in 6 children in the developing world will die before reaching their fifth birthday. Many of them would survive with access to appropriate medical care.
Over the last 10 years, ETW has treated more than 1.2 million patients free of charge.
AIMS is now recognized as one of the premier hospitals in South Asia.
ETW runs a special outreach program providing screening and outreach for cleft-palate defects. Here, a pre-operative patient with cleft-palate.
The same patient, post-op. These surgeries are provided free of charge for those in need.
AIMS also operates a Mobile Telemedicine Unit, the size of a city bus, bringing sophisticated medical care to remote areas.
AIMS disaster relief teams have conducted hundreds of medical camps during disasters such as the 2001 Gujarat earthquake, the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, the 2005 Mumbai floods, the 2006 Chikangunea epidemic, the 2008 Bihar flood and 2009 the West Bengal cyclone.
Every year AIMS conducts more than 100 free health camps in remote, impoverished areas. Eye camps screen for cataract conditions. Patients are sent to AIMS for free operations.
AIMS Mobile Medical Assistance provides free medical care to remote tribal villages. The villagers are screened for serious diseases and given free medicines. Serious cases are referred to AIMS.
According to the World Health Organization, a majority of the top 10 causes of death in India are both treatable and preventable.
The gap is not in our ability to treat, cure and prevent, but in our willingness to do so.
The Amrita Kripa charitable hospital at ETW's headquarters. This hospital provides care to the residents of eight coastal villages, as well as to
residents and visitors of Amma's ashram. 10,000 people are registered outpatients.
ETW's AIDS Care Center in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.