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Sri Sathya Sai Central Trust (SSSCT)
MottoLove all, Serve all.
Founder(s)Sri Sathya Sai Baba
Established1972
MissionFree world-class health care facilities for the poor, holistic education, public welfare projects, spiritual transformation.
Standort
Puttaparthi
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Sri Sathya Sai District
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Andhra Pradesh
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Indien
Websitewww.srisathyasai.org.in Edit this at Wikidata

The Sri Sathya Sai Central Trust (SSSCT), is a registered public charitable trust founded in 1972 by Sri Sathya Sai Baba. They are known for charitable and humanitarian work,[1] including drinking water projects,[2] healthcare[3] and education.[4]

Sri Sathya Sai Institue of Higher Medical Sciences (SSSIHMS)[5] in Puttaparthi, inaugurated in November 1991 by the then prime minister of India, P. V. Narasimha Rao, is one of the famous hospitals set up by SSSCT.

In 2020, Sri Satya Sai Central Trust was granted Special Consultative status by United Nations Economic and Social Council.[6] In November 2021, the SSSCT was confererred with the YSR Lifetime Achievement Award, by the Andhra Pradesh government for outstanding contribution to public service.[7]

History

Sri Sathya Sai Central Trust was founded on 2nd September 1972,[8] with Sathya Sai Baba as the sole trustee, for carrying out activities in the areas of providing relief to the poor, medical relief, and education.

On 16 July 1975, the Trust was registered[9] under Section 12A of the Income Tax Act, 1961.

In March 2010, the Trust was reconstituted [10]to include apart from Baba,  former Chief Justice of India PN Bhagawati, chartered accountant Indulal Shah, former Central Vigilance Commission Chief SV Giri,[11] WS Industries Chairman V Srinivasan, and RJ Rathnakar.  At that time, the Trust's council of management also had lawyer SS Naganand, former Canara Bank Chairman JV Shetty, former Indian Overseas Bank Chairman TKK Bhagawat,[12] and K Chakravarthi [13](IAS retired).

After Sathya Sai Baba’s demise in April 2011, the Trust activities were collectively managed by the then-board of trustees[14].  One of the trustees, RJ, Rathnakar,  the son of Sathya Sai Baba’s younger brother late RV Janakiramaiah, had been shouldering the responsibilities of implementing the decisions, as he stays in Puttaparthi.

In January 2020,  RJ Rathnakar[14] was unanimously appointed as Managing Trustee, by all the trustees. The new post was created to further expand the service activities.

As of August 2023, there are seven members [15]on the Board of Trustees, including the Managing Trustee.

Board of trustees

Healthcare Projects

The Trust is responsible for the establishment, functioning, and management[19] of two super-specialty hospitals[20] - Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences,[21] Prasanthigram, and Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences, Whitefield[22],  Bengaluru. They are also responsible for two[23] world-class general hospital in Puttaparthi, built in 1954, and the second in Whitefield, Bengaluru, built in 1976, that provide primary healthcare.  Apart from that, in 2004, Sri Sathya Sai Mobile Hospital[24] was launched to provide comprehensive health care to neighboring villages.

The healthcare services offered by the Trust are in keeping with the principles[25] laid down by Sathya Sai Baba:[26]

  • Healthcare should be available to all, irrespective of caste, religion, nationality, or financial status.
  • Healthcare should be decommercialized and it should be delivered free of charge.
  • Healthcare should be driven by human values and services should be administered with love.
  • Healthcare should be combined with spiritualism and the goal should be to heal the patient in body, mind, and spirit, not merely to cure disease.

All healthcare services managed by the Trust are offered free[21] of cost, and the hospitals do not have billing departments.  Besides employees, volunteers [27]across various disciplines spend time, regularly with the aim of contributing selfless service to society.

As of August 2023, the hospital has conducted a total of[28] 4,119,380 consultations and  277,156 surgeries.

Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences, Prasanthigram

On 22 November 1991, a day before the 65th birthday[29] of Sathya Sai Baba, PV Narasimha Rao, the then Prime Minister of India had flown down to Puttaparthi and inaugurated[30] the 220-bed super-specialty hospital without much fanfare.  SSSIHMS, Prasanthigram is the first super specialty hospital in India to offer world-class tertiary care totally free of charge to all patients through state-of-the-art medical technology. It was built at a cost of Rs 300 crores in a record time of 10 months,[29] with the aim[21] of providing free medical care to the sick and ailing with dedication, commitment, love, and the best of skills, so that they will be cured in body, mind and spirit, consistent with the mission statement by Sri Sathya Sai Central Trust.

The first surgery[31] was performed immediately after the inauguration. Since then patients of diverse languages, religions, and cultures converge from the country’s underprivileged, marginalized social stratum. The specialties[32] offered include cardiology, ophthalmology, urology, gastroenterology, CTVS, and orthopedics.

Cardiology and Cardiothoracic  Surgery

In the first five-year period from November 1991 to November 1996, a total of[20] 5,345 heart operations were performed, 3052 of which were for open heart surgery (correction of congenital anomalies in children, valvular repairs, coronary artery surgery, removal of heart tumors, etc.). Some 4,572 procedures were carried out in the cardiac catheterization laboratory, of which 733 were percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasties, mitral or pulmonary valvuloplasties, and permanent pacemaker implantations. A total of 159,361 outpatients were examined and treated, while over 8,860 were admitted as inpatients for an average stay of 12 days. Those who had operations included 1,509 students, 744 children, and 1,055 housewives. Mortality and infection rates have been below 2%,[20] figures that are comparable to those in the best centers of cardiac surgery in the world.

Uro-nephrology and Ophthalmology

In the early four years (1992-1996), a total of 47,396[20] outpatients were examined and investigated in the uro-nephrology department. Over 5,652 surgical operations were performed, 4,286 kidney dialyses, and 71 kidney transplants.

The ophthalmology[33] department provides total eye care including vitreoretinal surgery, laser treatment, photo-coagulation, and cryosurgery. A sophisticated eye bank is being set up to serve the many cases of corneal blindness. In the two years since 1994, 28,245 outpatients have been examined, investigated, and treated; 2,525 operations were carried out for eye trauma, corneal transplantation, and vitreous and retinal diseases.

The Department of Plastic Surgery

The Department of Plastic Surgery[34] began functioning at the SSSIHMS, Prasanthigram, in July 1997. The first operation was conducted on September 15, 1997. The department is the only one of its kind within a 300 km diameter around Puttaparthi town. However, beneficiaries include not only patients from surrounding areas but also those from various parts of India and other countries.

Covid-19 Treatment Centre

During the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, around 420 hospital staff were involved in providing care at the hospital’s Covid-19 treatment center [35]including 53 doctors, 142 nurses, and 225 other paramedical and support staff.

The Trust donated or spent a total[36] of US$ 2 Million, including donations to the state and central government relief funds, medical supplies to 14 quarantine centres in the district, and to convert a facility into 125-bed COVID hospital with 5 ICU beds with ventilators. The Trust’s Central Research and Instrumentation Facility developed a rapid Covid-19 detection kit (SAIC-19 Ag Kit), which was validated and approved for use by the Indian Council of Medical Research. The Trust collaborated with UNICEF in creating public awareness programs on Covid-19 infection.

Recognition

The SSSIHMS, Prasanthigram was conferred [37]National Accreditation Board for Hospitals & Healthcare Providers (NABH) accreditation[37] on 11 July 2016 for quality patient care.

In June 2023, SSSIHMS, Prasanthigram received an award of recognition[38] from the Andhra Pradesh Government for their clean and green initiatives undertaken with best practices in environmental management. The hospital is dedicated to encouraging environment management and energy conservation within the campus with green initiatives such as a sewage treatment plant of 500 KLD capacity, solar power generation of 1.9 MW capacity, check dams for water conservation, tree plantation, biomedical waste segregation with proper color coding for ease of disposal, energy-efficient lighting, etc.

Architecture

Constructed by Larsen & Toubro, The hospital is also known for its magnificent architecture that makes it look like a temple or a palace. It was designed by Keith Critchlow, a British artist, lecturer, author, Sacred Geometer, professor of architecture, and a co-founder of the Temenos Academy in the UK.  Isaac Tigrett, who had founded the Hard Rock Cafe enterprise, had

sought Critchlow's expertise, and his use of sacred geometry played a major role in the architectural design of the hospital.

The Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences, Whitefield

Replicating the success of the super-specialty hospital in Prasanthi Nilayam, Baba announced a similar project[21] for Bengaluru. On 19th January 2001,[39] the then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee inaugurated the 330-bed hospital[40] in Whitefield, Bengaluru. An article in INSEAD Knowledge,[41] mentions the hospital is “set in a sprawling 52-acre complex, the hospital. The placid, contemplative atmosphere pervading the place is akin to that of a temple. Patients are greeted by volunteers who come to the hospital in the spirit of “seva”, or selfless service, one of the central values extolled by Sri Sathya Sai Baba. Here, medicine is practiced as pure healing with no profit motive.” The same article mentions “As of March 2015, 46,535 cardiology procedures and 20,720 neurology procedures had been performed at the Bangalore facility, with a mortality rate (0.87%) lower than the average for a hospital in the developed world, and far better than the dismal average rate for hospitals in India.”

In 2016, new equipment was added and various departments of the SSSIHM in both Prasanthigram and Whitefield were upgraded at the cost of Rs.100 crores.[42]

Sri Sathya Sai General Hospital, Prasanthi Nilayam

Much before the advent of super-specialty hospitals constructed by the Trust, and much before the Trust was founded, Baba had a general hospita[43]l constructed in Prasanthi Nilayam. It was in the mid-1950s, a time when there were no basic healthcare facilities to address even the primary healthcare needs of villagers and pregnant women, Baba laid the foundation stone[44] for Sri Sathya Sai General Hospital on his birthday on 23 November 1954. It was inaugurated on 4th October 1956.  Sri Sathya Sai Baba, also launched a ‘healthcare on wheels’[24] programme under the general hospital in Puttaparthi. A ‘medical van’ took doctors and nurses regularly to villages offering curative services and health education.

Under the aegis of the Trust, the hospital was expanded[44] in the 80s and the 90s to include operation theatres, labor wards, and post-natal wards. Primary healthcare, emergencies, normal deliveries, Caesarian sections, dental problems, and general surgeries are handled in the hospital. 

In October 2015,[44] a new spacious block was added. 10 million outpatients and 350,000 have been treated as of 2023.[45]

Sri Sathya Sai Mobile Hospital, Prasanthi Nilayam

Sri Sathya Sai Mobile Hospital[24] is comprehensive healthcare on wheels program offering advanced medical care [46]at the doorstep for patients living in remote villages. Other than surgeries that require general anesthesia,[47] all medical services are offered on a monthly basis.

In 2005, Baba commissioned[24] Siemens India to custom build a bus with a high-power supply generator on board, and the Mobile Hospital service was launched in Puttaparthi in 2006. The bus is equipped with an ultrasound with color Doppler,  2D echocardiogram, digital X-ray, biochemistry, and clinical pathology labs along with a pharmacy that dispenses a month’s supply of medicines to last until the next month’s visit. An article in The Week notes that “Baba also answered the wish of villagers who wanted the attention of ‘specialists’; he insisted that besides what villagers ‘needed’, what they wanted had to be provided, too.”

The Mobile Hospital at Prasanthi Nilayam serves[48] Bukkapatnam, Chennekothapalli, Nallamada, Obuladevaraj Cheruvu, and Puttaparthi Mandals.

Every month, for twelve days,[46] the mobile clinic with its team of doctors visits one village every day.  

Villages up to a radius of 50 kilometers[24] around Puttaparthi are covered. Patients from 30 to 50 villages converge at a nodal point on the scheduled dates. Dedicated volunteers prep the selected site, usually the rooms temporarily allocated to them in the village’s school building. They set up overnight a makeshift hospital that comprises the bus, classrooms, and tents. Tents and verandahs serve as waiting areas, classrooms serve as consultation rooms. Instant diagnostics are carried out in the labs on the bus. The whole activity is powered by the onboard generator.

Offering their services free and in a humanitarian spirit each month is a team of 30 doctors,[49] taken from a panel of 600 doctors[50] ranging from professors to junior physicians and including private practitioners. The emphasis is on holistic healing along with therapeutics.

The hospital offers medical services in the following departments:[50]

  • General Medicine
  • ENT
  • Ophthalmology
  • Dental medicine
  • Obstetrics and Gynaecology
  • Orthopedics
  • Pediatrics
  • Geriatrics
  • Dermatology

All services are delivered totally free of cost.[24] For complicated[24] cases, doctors take the responsibility for arranging for further treatment in the super-specialty hospital in Puttaparthi.  

By June 2017, the Puttaparthi Sri Sathya Sai Mobile Hospital had treated[50] 971,485 patients, and performed 411,269 diagnostics, including 26,724 X-Rays, 32,860 ultrasound scans, 9,652 ECG tests, 149,271 echo tests, 219,486 lab investigations - all totally free of charge.

The successful model was replicated[24] by Sathya Sai devotees in other states in India and also in Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Africa, and South America.

Recognition

In 2013 , the mobile hospital received national recognition[51] when it was awarded the "Commendation for Innovation in Transforming Lives" award by CNBC-TV18.[24]

Water Projects

Among the public welfare activities undertaken by Sri Sathya Sai Central Trust is the provision of drinking water[52] to 1051 villages in the drought-prone districts of Anantapur, Medak,[53] and Mahboobnagar,[53] 452 upland and tribal habitations in East Godavari and West Godavari districts,[54] and the Sathya Sai Ganga[8] project for providing drinking water to residents of Chennai alongside helping irrigate three lakh acres of land in Nellore and Chittoor districts,[8] and water pruification systems.[55]

Anantapur Drinking Water Supply Project

A drought-prone district in the state of Andhra Pradesh, Anantapur receives the second lowest rainfall in the country after Jaisalmer in Rajasthan. The three major rivers Pennar, Hagari, and Chitravathi that flow in the district remain dry during the summer months. Groundwater is not only scarce but also high in fluoride content, causing physical deformities and ailments among people living in the region. People had to walk long distances to fetch water for their daily needs, resulting in joint pains.  

Sathya Baba announced in 1994 that the Trust would fund a project[56] for the supply of drinking water[52] to villages in Anantapur district.[57] Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao inaugurated[58] the Rs.300 crore project on November 18, 1995.[59] The project was formally handed over to the Government of Andhra Pradesh in October 1997.[8]

A private firm, Larsen & Toubro was contracted for project management and construction.[57] The community gave access to private property and workmen around the clock.

The project involved[8] laying of  2000 kilometres of pipeline of varying diameters. 43 sumps with capacities ranging from 100,000 liters to 2,500,000 liters were constructed. 18 balancing reservoirs with capacities ranging from 300,000 liters to 1,000,000 lakh liters were constructed on the top of hillocks. 270 overhead reservoirs and 125 ground-level reservoirs were set up. More than 1500 precast concrete cisterns of 2500 liters capacity were installed in various villages. Each cistern has four taps for people to collect water.

Overall, 731 villages[57] are provided free water under this project.

Recognition

The project has received much acclaim[8] from the Government of India:

  • The Ninth Five Year Plan document of the Government of India added a citation to the Trust in appreciation of the project, which read - “… Sri Sathya Sai Trust has set an unparalleled example of private initiative in implementing a project on their own, without any state's budgetary support, a massive water supply project, with an expenditure of Rs. 3,000 million to benefit 731 scarcity and fluoride/salinity-affected villages and a few towns in Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh in a time frame of about 18 months.”
  • On 23rd November 1999, the Department of Posts, Government of India, released a postage stamp and a postal cover in recognition of the pioneering service rendered by Sathya Sai Baba in addressing the problem of providing safe drinking water to the rural masses.
  • Presenting the Sathya Sai Water Project[60] at the third World Water Forum at Osaka, a spokesman described it as not just a case study, but a story that was also a love story.[61]
  • At the fourth World Water Forum in Mexico, the Project was adjudged as one of the ten[58] best local action programmes[62] in the world contributing to the millennium development goals set by the United Nations.  

An article[53] in Hindustan Times from April 2011 quotes 60-year-old Adilakshmamma Ontipi saying,  “We women had to walk to the wells and carry the salty, muddy water. Thanks to Sai Baba, we were freed from that hardship,” said Adilakshmamma Ontipi, 60. Chandravarna Choudhary of Kappalabanda on Bangalore highway was quoted saying, “As a child, Swami (Sathya Sai Baba) used to roam in our villages. Once we told him about the lack of safe drinking water, Swami sent us water.”  The same article also states mentions, “Joint pains and bone weakness once racked Beedupalli, a tiny village about 10 km from Puttaparthi. Today, “Swami neellu” (water supplied by the lord) has cured it.”

Water for Medak and Mahabubnagar

Following the success of the Anantapur Drinking Water Supply Project,  the Trust undertook similar projects[8] to provide safe and clean drinking water to people in the drought-prone and fluoride-affected villages of Medak and Mahabubnagar[52] districts of Telangana state (then Andhra Pradesh). Apart from excessive fluorine, the groundwater in these regions is polluted by industrial waste. About 320 villages are beneficiaries of the projects.

East Godavari and West Godavari

Tribes and poor people living in the upland and backward areas of the East Godavari and West Godavari districts of Andhra Pradesh were getting their water from bore wells and streams. Sourcing water from the perennial Godavari river and its tributary Pamuleru, the Sri Sathya Sai Central Trust[63] took up projects[52] to provide safe drinking water[8] to about 220,000 people across 212 habitations in East Godavari, and 470,000 people across 240 habitations in West Godavari districts. The projects in both the districts were completed and handed over to the Government of Andhra Pradesh on 15, September 2007.

Sathya Sai Ganga Canal

Chennai (then known as Madras), the capital of Tamil Nadu, is a bustling metropolitan city with a population of about 11.9[64] million. Dubbed “Detroit of Asia”, Chennai is a hub for industries in the area of automobiles, BPO, software, data centers, manufacturing, medical tourism, and fintech.

However, there was one problem.

Until December 2004, Chennai had a severe water shortage, with people queuing up at taps for water.  Since Chennai lies in the rain shadow region of the southwest monsoon, it has to depend on the fickle northeast monsoon for its water supply. No major rivers flow near the city. Thus, Chennai has had to live with the problem of water shortage from way back in the late nineteenth century. In the years preceding 2004, some areas of the city had to go without water supply for three days at a time during summer months. The city required about 750 million liters of water per day but had a supply of just 250 million liters.[65]

As part of the Telugu Ganga Project in the early 1960s for solving the Chennai water problem,  the Central Government had announced that annually 15 TMC (thousand million cubic feet) of water from the perennial Krishna river would be brought to Madras, with the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and Maharashtra contributing 5 TMC each from their share of Krishna water.

Through a 150-kilometer-long canal, the water from the Somasila reservoir in the Srisailam district was to be taken to the Kandaleru reservoir in the Nellore district, and from there to the Poondi reservoir in Tamil Nadu that supplies Chennai city. The Kandaleru-Poondi canal connecting Kandaleru and Poondi reservoirs was called the Telugu Ganga and was completed in 1996.

However, out of the planned 15 TMC of water, only a  measly 0.5 TMC of water reached the Poondi reservoir. The rest of the water was lost due to evaporation, seepage, and erosion of the canal walls. A few years later,  the canal was left dilapidated. To the despairing millions of Chennai,  it seemed there was no solution in sight to their problem.

On 19th January 2002,[8] Sathya Sai Baba announced that he was determined to resolve the plight of the thirsty millions in Chennai. He said, “Today I have made a new resolve. Madras is suffering from acute shortage of drinking water. The rich can buy water sold by tanker services, but what are the poor to do? They have been depending on rainwater that has collected in puddles and ditches, thus spoiling their health. I have therefore decided to work towards bringing drinking water to Madras, no matter how difficult and costly the task is.”

The Chennai water project[66] undertaken by Sri Sathya Sai Central Trust commenced in July 2002.[8] This would not only ensure adequate water supply to Chennai but also help irrigate about 3 lakh (0.3 million) acres of agricultural land in the Nellore and Chittoor districts of Andhra Pradesh.

As part of the project, the dilapidated Kandaleru-Poondi canal was renovated[67] and the capacity of the Kandaleru reservoir was enhanced. Sixty-five kilometers of the 150-km Kandaleru-Poondi canal were lined and three escape structures were built to divert water in case of flooding.

The project progressed at a fast pace using the most modern technology. About 4000 workers were employed,  and work proceeded round-the-clock. The project was completed in a record time of sixteen months.

Now it was only a matter of the reservoir at Kandaleru filling up before the water could begin its historic journey to Chennai.[8] Finally, on 23rd November 2004, the 79th birthday of Baba, the gates of the Kandaleru reservoir were opened. The gurgling waters surged 150 kilometers and reached the  Andhra Pradesh-Tamil Nadu border in a record four days as against the 8-10 days it used to take prior to the project.

27 November 2004, when the Poondi reservoir began to fill up with Sai Ganga water, happened to be Baba’s birthday according to the Telugu astrological calendar.[8]

The long-suffering residents of Chennai had finally found succor. A few days after the release of water, on the 11th of December, devotees from Chennai gathered at Prasanthi Nilayam to express their gratitude to Baba. On seeing them, he instantly enquired[8] if water had reached Chennai. When they confirmed, he was visibly happy and replied, “I am happy that water has reached my thirsty children.”

Recognition

The Andhra Pradesh Government, in appreciation and gratitude to Baba, rechristened the Kandaleru-Poondi canal from Telugu Ganga to “Sathya Sai Ganga”.[67]

Janmabhoomi Project in Chittoor

A Rs. 30-crore project was taken up under the Janmabhoomi scheme by the then AP government to improve drinking water supply to 1,000 villages in Chittoor district. The Sathya Sai Central Trust contributed 36 percent [68]of the cost and the AP government contributed 64 percent.

See also

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