Hospital for training the Mentally Challenged

There are several hospitals for the treatment of the disabled which offer the convenience of replacing limbs when lost. However, hospitals which can equip intellectually challenged children with needed life skills are lacking. The present medical establishments for such children may admit the child for treatment, but may not rehabilitate or train them. In such places, even admission may be limited to a fifteen day period and not on a long term basis. Such hospitals again, can only take in a few such children, even though they try their best.
 
Upon admission to the hospital, treatment for the children with intellectual disabilities ideally must involve equipping them with education or self sustenance skills, instead of mere admission. The service involving training such children has provided the nurses (including male nurses) with a job opportunity, for which they charge a fee.
 
Given these state of affairs, a Centre was designed to provide a permanent solution for the intellectually disabled. This hospital would not just treat the children but also train the caregivers who would then be fairly equipped to train such children. The caregivers would even extend their services beyond the hospital, by traveling to the surrounding villages to offer support to the needy. The affected families would then not need to travel all the way to the hospital for the child’s treatment. The caregivers are also appropriately compensated for their efforts creating an employment opportunity for them. This concept was devised purely keeping the convenience, safety of the disabled children.
 
In line with the same concept, Dr. AVK, even established a three-floor building specially for handling the intellectually disabled. But securing construction space within the Niloufer Hospital premises was no mean feat. When he approached the government for permission, they asked if he could build 35 schools in return for permission for the hospital construction. Undaunted, he completed the schools as well as the building with 15 rooms for the purpose. Prior to this hospital, in 1990, he had constructed a hospital in his parents’ name in Jadcherla. Currently, the government has taken over this hospital.
 
Soon after, Dr. AVK was moved by the plight of cotton farmers in Jadcherla area and donated his land for the construction of a market yard for their benefit. This market yard was named after his parents (Sri Purnachandra Rao, and Smt Nancharamma) and their statues were duly erected there. The market yard has greatly benefited farmers in Mahbubnagar district as well as nearby regions. From the success of the market yard, the impact created by Dr. AVKs visionary endeavours is evident.
 
Serving as the District Governor of Lions Club, Dr. AVK has established schools, bus shelters, and hospitals, along with ambulance services, benefiting the public in the region. Vijay Kumar’s services have been remarkable, with him organizing blood donation camps, collecting 20 units of blood in a single day in 1997. Such service programs have since been going on tirelessly.