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A strong sense of social responsibility and the belief that cost should not limit the availability of good quality care to the poorer sections of society has always been integral to the philosophy of the founders of this institution. Therefore from its inception, this institution has provided free care to patients from corporation hospitals, government hospitals and charitable institutions in the city such as the Women and Children's Hospital, Institute of Child Health, Kasturba Gandhi Hospital, Kilpauk Medical College Hospital, Stanley Hospital, RSRM Hospital, Govt. General Hospital, Govt. Royapettah Hospital, ESI Hospitals, Sri Ramachandra Medical College Hospital and Military Hospital, Chennai. Over 60,000 free scans have been done over the years in the government institutions.
 
     
  Statistics  
 
Type 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
KUB / Pelvis / Abdomen 1864 2329 2447 2233 2875 2675 2269
OB 2062 3907 5100 5281 5281 5690 3456
Doppler 5 31 26 1 17 1 15
Others 0 0 6 26 2 1 358
Total 3931 6267 7579 7541 8275 8367 6098
Frequency /month 327.6 522.3 631.6 628.4 689.5 697.3 508.2
 
     
  Free scan unit - Frequency of cases from Jan '05 - Dec '11  
     
 
Between 1982-2004 an average of 1820 free scans per year were performed, adding upto more than 40,000 free scans in 22 years. Estimating conservatively, between 2005-2009 alone, about 1.5 crore rupees worth of free services have been provided to the less privileged sections of society by MediScan.