Medical care report
As a result the operating deficit increased to Rs 10.72 crores from Rs 8.36 crores last year. With 220 hospital beds, the number of occupied bed days during the year was 42,756, with 2,379 in-patients being treated.
Medical care for the community’s weaker sections is provided by the Indigent Patient Fund (Rs 1.7 crores) and Poor Patient Subsidy Fund (Rs 4.36 crores). Donations increased in 2014-15 amounting to Rs 3.23 crores as compared to Rs 2.59 crores during the year prior.
The free and subsidized medical care provided (Rs 1.96 crores) to community members by the Hospital included diagnostics, operation theater, physiotherapy and blood bank services as well as specialized investigation facilities at other hospitals for which PGH picks up the tab. PGH spent Rs 93 lakhs on free medicines in 2014-15, mentions the Report.
The number of deaths at the Hospital went up to 251from the previous year’s tally of 229, while births declined to 18 from 27, reflecting the community’s demographic curve.
Office bearers of the executive committee for 2014-15 listed are Homa Petit, president, Aban Petit, vice president, Hector Mehta and Zarir Bhathena, honorary secretaries and Ardeshir Vazifdar, honorary treasurer. Committee members are Sir Dinshaw Petit (Fifth Baronet), Keki Dadiseth, Jamsheed Kanga, Homi Khusrokhan, Yezdi Malegam, Sherina Petit, Homi Ranina, Hosang Sinor, Dr Behram Pardiwala, Pervin Jehangir and Noshir Kasad.PGH, which is largely dependent on philanthropic individuals and organizations, has also published a separate booklet of donations received during 2014-15, listing each donor and the amounts received.
The upper and nursing staff of The Bomanjee Dinshaw Petit Parsee General Hospital (PGH) will receive an increment ranging from Rs 3,500 to Rs 4,500 per month as per an amicable settlement arrived at between the Mumbai Mazdoor Sabha (MMS) and the PGH, mentions an email received by Parsiana from the MMS. The three-year wage settlement governing workmen, upper and nursing staff of the Hospital, signed on March 10, 2016, will be effective from January 1, 2015.
Negotiations were held between honorary secretaries of PGH, Hector Mehta and Zarir Bhathena (the latter is also a Bombay Parsi Punchayet trustee) and MMS president Chandbibi Zaidi and general secretary Dhunji Naterwalla. No agitation was resorted to, states the email.
Workers who have completed 12 years or more of service in one grade shall be promoted to the next higher grade. Mediclaim allowance has been increased by Rs 50,000 and free outpatient facilities are available for all employees and their family members. An ex-gratia payment (bonus) equivalent to at least one salary (with no ceiling) is part of the package, along with an enhanced number of holidays, notes the email.