With the spirit of enterprise, innovation, social organization and social idealism, Warana a barren unproductive hilly tract 35 years ago is now flush with greenery, humming with industrial, agricultural and educational activities. Today it boasts of leading co-operative Sugar Factory, Dairy, and Poultry Co-operative, a Co-operative bank, Warana Bazaar Consumer Service, Arts Science and Commerce College, Industrial Training Institute, Engineering College, Physical Education and Children Orchestra. These activities have been acknowledged nationally and internationally and also have received National Awards for excellence in respective fields.

The vision, creative urge, genuine concern for common man, experience and single mindedness of this man has brought revolutionary & socio economic changes. The Warana Co-operative Complex has been a model of "Integrated Rural Development".

Health services were one missing link in this development process. People had to travel quite some distance by foot or any available mobile transport if possible to get better medical facilities, which were too expensive to afford. In critical stages, the need was acutely felt. The creative urge and genuine concern for common man lead to the vision of a medical complex, a center of excellence.

Study by "Health Consultancy Services" revealed prevalence of Communicable and non Communicable diseases, such as respiratory, Gastrointestinal, Parasitic, Tuberculosis, leprosy, Malaria, Cardiac related problems were common causes of sudden deaths around this area. There were also a high incidence of low weight babies, birth malnutrition and Anemia. These commonly occurring health disabilities and problems created awareness in the minds of the architects of this area, where finally the plan of building a well equipped; self-sufficient hospital was decided. This would be for the common human being in the surrounding area with all possible health and diagnostic facilities, which was only available in the surrounding towns/cities of this region.

Thus, The Mahatma Gandhi Hospital, at New Pargaon finally came into being to meet the precise medical needs of the rural population on the 2nd Oct 1992. It is a registered Trust under the Bombay Public Trust Act and Societies Registration Act. The hospital building is a modern design with plenty of space available for circulation. The total space is 1,10,000 Sq. ft. built on 27 Acres of land. The total expenditure of the building was around Rs. 281 Laks with equipments of about Rs. 80 Lakhs.

The hospital is located on Wathar-Kodoli road at a distance of 6 Kms from Pune - Bangalore Highway. Bombay is 400 kms and the nearest city is Kolhapur which is 25 Kms. The temperature of this area varies from 85 to 102 F. The nearest airport is Kolhapur.

It is a 175 bedded general hospital out of which 45 Medicine ( 15 beds for Emergency and ICU units), 30 Surgery, 20 allocated for ENT, and with two attached medical sub-centers of 25 beds each, about 10 kms from the base hospital, with all the basic services such as Medicine, Surgery, Orthopedics, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Pediatrics, Ophthalmology, E.N.T., Pathology and Radiology, which are rendering medical services at an affordable cost and also free for deserving poor and needy. It is being run as a non-profit charitable hospital.

The ground floor serves with the Out Patient Department, the Causality with Emergency Major Operation Theater & 5 beds day ward. Diagnostic facilities consisting of X-Ray, Ultrasound, C.T.Scan, a full fledged laboratory, ECG & Physiotherapy Section. There is a Medical Shop open round the clock.

A canteen with tea / coffee, snacks and light meals available is open for patients, their attendants and hospital staff as a mode for refreshment.

The paramedical department consisting of the Central Stores Department, Sanitary Department, Medical Records, Civil and Maintenance Department are floored at the basement. A block consisting of 14 semi private rooms is at present being used quarters for the resident doctors, paramedical and nursing staff. The civil department consists of the telephone exchange operators, electrician, plumbers, carpenters, field workers, etc. The sanitary runs an incinerator for abolishing all type of medical waste material.

The first floor provides a Operation Theater Complex consisting of two major operation theaters and a minor septic theater, a well equipped Intensive Care Unit, Neonatal intensive care unit, Private & Semi private rooms and large General Wards each of a capacity of minimum 60 - 70 beds & a maximum of 100 beds. The administrative blocks consisting of the office of the Managing Authorities of the hospital and institutes is also situated on the first floor.

The hospital has totally 4 operation theaters equipped with Operative Microscopes, Boyle's Apparatus, Central Oxygen, Nitrous Oxide and Suction Systems. The operation theaters and intensive care unit have been planned with internal ceiling ducts available for concerning a central air conditioning system in the future. A modern ventilator and other emergency besides monitors are available for the assessing the unstable patients.

The Shivaji University has recognized this hospital for posting of Interims for compulsory rural Internship. Similarly the Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sevagram, Wardha from Nagpur University has recognized this hospital for posting medical officers for the period of two years for completion of rural services under the rural placement scheme, which is compulsory prerequisite for Post Graduate selection in that institute.

Government of Maharashtra has recognized this hospital for completion of compulsory rural services for the period of one year for a pre P.G. & Post P.G. candidates. The G. R. No. is PGM-1098/909/CR-56/98 (Education -1) dated 9-9-1998, Mantralaya Mumbai - 400 032

The Government of Maharashtra recognizes Mahatma Gandhi Hospital as a Center for Medical Termination of Pregnancy.

Muli - diagnostic and curative Camps are regularly held. Camps are held at least 4 times in a year on the memorable days such as 26th January, 15th August, 2nd October and 13th December (On occasion of Late Hon. Shri. Tatyasaheb Kore's death anniversary).

Numerous number of patients are examined on outdoor patients basis and treated with some drugs free of charge. All investigations are done at a fixed rate concessional rate decided by the management of the hospital. The indoor facility charges depend on the economic status of the patient. Total free treatment including surgeries is also provided to the needy once in special cases.

Seminars and General Clubs are conducted in our institute by our consultant of various departments and their students with the open participation of the surrounding area local doctors, who are invited to attend them. Distinguished speakers have been invited specially to conduct these seminars from different places. Some of them are

1) Late Dr. T. T. Changlani, Prof. & Head - Surgery, LTMMC & LTMGH, Sion Mumbai had spoken on Upper Gastrointestinal bleeding disorders.
2) Dr. Vijay Deshmukh. Prof. & Hon. Surgeon, LTMMC & LTMGH, Sion Mumbai had spoken on preliminary care in trauma.
3) Dr. D. D. Shetty, Medical Superintendent & Head - Radiology K.E.M. Hospital Pune had spoken on Radiodiagnosis and Imaging in Radiology.
4) Dr. Ashok Naik, Prof. & Head - Radiology J. N. Medical College, Belgaum had spoken on Basic Radiology.
5) Dr. Dilip Karmarkar, Consulting Pediatrician, Sangli talked on Convulsions.
6) Dr. Vijay Sarpotdar, Consulting Pediatrician, Miraj talked on Asthma in children.
7) Dr. Bushan Lakkhar, Prof. & Head. Department of Radiodiagnosis K.M.C. Manipal
8) Dr. R. V. Karanjekar, Medical Superintendent. Krishna Cardiac Center. Ahmedabad.
9) Dr. Om Tavri, renowned Radiologist and Imaging Specialist, Pune
10) Dr. M. G. Tepan, renowned Orthopedics Specialist, Pune
11) Dr. K. H. Sanchetti, renowned Orthopedics Specialist, Pune

and many other distinguished personalities.

Health education seminars on AIDS, Hepatitis B, Tuberculosis, Family Planning, Immunization, Breast feeding, etc frequently carried out by our hospital personnel to our paramedical staff, patients and their attendants.

The moving spirit behind all these varied activities was one man Late. Hon. Sahakarmaharshi Shri. Vishwanath. alias Tatyasaheb Kore. The vision, creative urge, genuine concern for common man, experience and single mindedness of this man has brought revolutionary and socio economic changes. The Warana Co-operative complex has been a model of "Integrated Rural Development".

Late Hon. Sahakarmahrshi Shri Tatyasaheb Kore

The Ophthalmology Department is recognized by the State Govt. Association Blindness control for conducting free / paying Screening and Operative camps of patients of the surroundings talukas, districts, and treating and operating of all these patients free of costs. The main procedure is done is cataract extraction and intracular lens implantation. In the last once year already 52 camps have been conducted in which 8000 - 9000 needy patients were examined out of which 550 - 600 patients were operated successfully at the base hospital, under all necessary precautions.

In association with the above activity other camps also are organized which prove fruitful to the disabled and needy people. These activities include Dental examination and Treatment Camps, Blood Donation Camps, ENT examination and operative camps and Concessional rate Sonography examination camps. All the above rural health activities are receiving big responses by the poor and needy farmers / villegers who have been observed to definitely get benefited.

We are proud that the Governor of Maharashtra had directly nominated the Vice President of our Mahtma Gandhi Charitable Trust and Medical Director Dr. Sudhakar Kore as a member of the First Management Council of Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, Nashik.

The main aim of the founder regarding this hospital was to set up Rural Medical College attached to this multi-specialty hospital. However, the dream seems to be concidentally fulfilled by the origin of Tatyasaheb Kore Dental College and Research Centre, recognized by the Dental Council of India and the Central Government of India since June 2002.

A silver lining over this was laid by the Hob'ble Vice Chancellor of the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, Nahshik, Shri. Dayanand G. Dongaonkar in December 2002 on occasion of the inaugural ceremony of the First Academic Session of the Dental College, also by present Hon'ble Vice Chancellor Dr. Ravindra Bapat, in August 2003 on occasion of the Second Academic Session.

We are proud to announce that our first batch that approved in May 2003 exmination shown with a scintillating 75% with tree first class results.

We look forward to expand our services all over this region to the needy according to their economic status, with a sincere and true motive without keeping or creatign differences between people of respective class, creed or sex. Thus we aim of developing his institute as an explicit example of exellent, sincere service medically and socially, which is lacking in today's world.