Malnutrition is more common in India than in Sub-Saharan Africa. One in every three malnourished children in the world lives in India. About 50 per cent of all childhood deaths are attributed to malnutrition.

 

For over last 40 years, Shree Vithalarao Joshi Charities Trust is engaged in helping people in the Konkan region to meet their Socio-Economic needs. The basic Objectives of the Trust are - Health for all, Education for all & Self-Respect for all. The trust believes that the achievement of these will lead to Social & Economic transformation in the area.

 

As a part of this vision, B.K.L. Walawalkar Hospital provides state-of-the-art medical care under one roof at affordable rates. Thousands of families in Konkan have been benefited & scores of lives have been saved through this project.         

              

As a natural extension of this activity in Healthcare area, the trust has developed the necessary Educational infrastructure to train the manpower needed to spread the Healthcare initiatives in the rural area. Thus, today at Dervan, we have a Nursing College with Post-BSc Diploma courses being conducted in Paramedical subjects.

 

BKL Walawalkar Hospital will continue to evolve & implement such community-based programs in the quest for better health for everybody through community participation.