Surat : “Akhand Bharat Akhand Healthcare Foundation” of Dr. Milind Ghael has been silently transforming lives through his mission to ensure accessible and affordable healthcare for all, with a special focus on the most vulnerable – senior citizens. His mission is to ensure accessible and affordable healthcare for all, with a special focus on the most vulnerable – senior citizens. Explaining the unique initiative, he says that any individual or even organization can first register their name on the ABAH website or ABAH application, providing a few details. They are then issued a unique “Bharat Social Security Number” (BSSN), which is used for accessing various services.
Every month, 10,000 senior citizens across Gujarat receive free, essential medicines for chronic diseases delivered directly to their doorstep via postal department. This service namely “Bharat Social Security for Senior Citizens”, addresses a critical need, alleviating the financial burden of medication for countless elders who often struggle to make ends meet. Dr. Ghael advocates for a digitized healthcare system that delinks affordability from essential care.His foundation under the “Bharat One Nation One Medicine” service, offers medicines for chronic diseases at a 50% discounted rate to patients of all ages, regardless of their income. Registered BSSN patients aged above 60 years and below 18 years, admitted in general hospital wards,can get financial aid through crowd-funding under “Bharat Patient Connect” with the help of the user-friendly ABAH website or the dedicated ABAH application.