Providing Access to Healthcare
Healthcare is a key focus area of ICICI Bank’s CSR initiatives. In order to meet this objective, ICICI Foundation has been actively supporting healthcare programmes for underprivileged sections of the society since fiscal 2020. It works on various projects to make affordable healthcare accessible to the people, particularly in the underdeveloped and remote regions of India. In fiscal 2024, ICICI Foundation’s healthcare initiatives were focussed on building capacity in curative care, including cancer care, cardiac care, eye care, trauma and emergency care, dialysis, and blood donation. These initiatives have helped 210,000 individuals to receive treatment in 500 hospitals during fiscal 2024, taking the total number of people benefitted till date to 2.1 million.
Supporting Cancer Care
ICICI Foundation’s cancer care programme supported 23 prominent cancer hospitals, including Tata Memorial Centre (TMC), in fiscal 2024. ICICI Foundation provided these hospitals with medical equipment and funds for surgeries, overall cancer treatment and care.
ICICI Bank committed ₹ 12 billion to TMC to set up three new buildings – one each in Maharashtra, Punjab, and Andhra Pradesh. Part of the funds is being used to equip the buildings with state-of-the-art infrastructure. Under this initiative through ICICI Foundation, advanced radiology and diagnostic equipment like CT scanner and Magnetic Resonance Tomography (MRT), a new facility for outdoor patients, laboratories, and a radiotherapy facility for inpatients are being provided at the centre at Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra. At the centres at Mullanpur, Punjab and Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, the facilities include advanced equipment and therapies required to treat paediatric and haematological cancer.
Providing Medical Treatment and Transportation
ICICI Foundation extended cardiac care support to 17 hospitals and medical institutions in 18 states in fiscal 2024. As part of the initiative, two high-end diagnostic machines were provided to Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences & Research in Bengaluru, Karnataka, in October 2023. The institute is one of the largest single centres for heart care in Karnataka, catering to 1,500 patients per day. The new equipment is helping in the diagnosis of 400 cardiac patients every day.
As part of its eye care initiative, ICICI Foundation provided ophthalmic vans and other eye care equipment to 15 hospitals, supporting nearly 4,800 surgeries benefitting over 8,100 individuals.
In another intervention, ICICI Foundation contributed first-responder medical kits to the Indian Railway Hospital for handling medical emergencies in trains and railway stations in Mysuru division, Karnataka. The kits have been kept at five railway stations and have helped in handling over 130 emergencies in six months of fiscal 2024. The kit contains around 80 items which includes emergency medicines, surgical items, portable oxygen cylinder, stethoscope, and an automated external defibrillator (AED).
ICICI Foundation continued to support hospitals and institutions with ambulances, mobile medical vans, and blood collection and transportation vehicles. It provided 65 vehicles across the country in fiscal 2024.
A first-responder medical kit donated to a railway station in Mysuru, Karnataka
Healthcare Interventions in AIIMS
In fiscal 2024, ICICI Foundation supported the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), a group of premier autonomous government medical universities, in eight key cities. AIIMS centres were provided with state-of-the-art cardiac care and dialysis machines, and NAT (Nucleic Acid Amplification Testing) lab equipment for blood screening. To facilitate seamless and sustainable transportation of patients within the hospital complex, ICICI Foundation provided 12 electric vehicles (EVs) —10 to AIIMS New Delhi and two to AIIMS Nagpur — during the year.
An EV donated to AIIMS New Delhi
Catering to North Eastern Region’s Healthcare Needs
As a step towards augmenting healthcare infrastructure in India’s north eastern states, ICICI Foundation has undertaken several initiatives. These initiatives aim to provide timely and quality healthcare services to be made available to the people in the region comprising eight states namely Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura. Supporting treatment of Tuberculosis (TB) and cancer, and providing dialysis machines and blood collection vehicles are the key initiatives of the Foundation. Over 60 necessary medical infrastructure and equipment such as video bronchoscope, ultrasound, dialysis units and endoscope were provided by ICICI Foundation. Infrastructure such as emergency patient trolley, blood collection vehicles, mobile medical unit, and ambulances among others have been provided in these states.
9,100
Patients benefitted
since fiscal 2023
Examples of ICICI Foundation’s initiatives in Meghalaya, Assam, and Nagaland.
Supporting TB Care in Meghalaya
ICICI Foundation provided a video bronchoscope to Reid Provincial Chest Hospital in Shillong, Meghalaya that faced challenges of drug resistant TB and the absence of timely diagnosis compounded the problem. The installation of the video bronchoscope facilitated accurate diagnosis for a wide range of respiratory conditions, including TB, lung cancer, and pulmonary infections. The initiative has also led to a significant reduction in morbidity and mortality rates through timely appropriate treatment.
Providing Dialysis Machines in Assam
ICICI Foundation improved healthcare accessibility for the local population in several districts of Assam by supporting installation of 25 dialysis units in the districts of Chirang, West Karbi Anglong, Dima Hasao, Hojai, South Salmara, Udalguri and Kokrajhar. The intervention provided patients suffering from kidney-related ailments access to convenient and accessible dialysis services.
Facilitating Blood Collection in Nagaland
ICICI Foundation has provided a mobile blood collection unit to Christian Institute of Health Sciences and Research (CIHSR) in Nagaland. The mobile unit increased the participation of voluntary blood donors, benefitting patients at CIHSR as well as in neighbouring districts. The unit is being used by five institutions to conduct blood donation drives. As a result, nearly 180 units of blood were collected, benefitting over 530 patients from January to March 2024.
A blood collection vehicle donated to the Christian Institute of Health Sciences and Research in Dimapur, Nagaland
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