Why Critical Care
A simple infection, snake bite, and any other easily preventable cause can have catastrophic occurrence for vulnerable families who face loss of income, stability, and have no safety net in the event of having to care for a permanently disabled family member. Additionally, the unprecedented surge of COVID-19 exposed the vulnerabilities in critical care facilities around the world and it brought to light how ill-equipped countries were for a health crisis and the dire need for hospitals to re-evaluate their ICU bed capacity.
Ground Reality
- India has 2.3 ICU beds per 100,000 people, ranking 17th among 23 Asian countries in critical-care bed capacity, according to a 2017 survey published by Critical Care Medicine Journal. Comparatively, the United States has 34.7 ICU beds per 100,000 people.*
- This shortage is more pronounced in rural areas, where the concept of critical care often does not exist.
- Types of infrastructure missing in hospitals especially in rural areas includes heart-lung machine, incubators, diagnostic tools, treatment equipment, and patient management systems.
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/icu-beds-per-capita-by-country
The cost for hospitals to establish a critical care facility ranges from $50,000 to $500,000 for a 10 bed ICU. The fact that critical care cannot rely on volumes to recoup expenses adds to the complications. For the vast majority of Indians, the prices charged by hospitals that provide life saving interventions are exorbitant. But the right to life is a fundamental one. Even those who are unable to pay for them should have access to life-saving interventions.
Our actions are motivated by this. We concentrate on the element of healthcare that gives every human being the right to have a fighting chance through life-saving measures. This is what critical care entails—life-saving rather than life-prolonging interventions. For Indians who live in rural and semi-urban areas of India, we aim to enhance accessibility to critical care facilities while reducing or writing off expenses. In the end, our goal is to provide India with the means to proactively address future healthcare crises through our efforts and those of others working in the same field.
We are cpr, for life saving interventions.
