Dr Sandeep P Sutar
Respected sir
I am a practicing graduate doctor. Day by day medical expenses in private or corporate hospital are going beyond limits for common people.
I have worked in Shushrusha Citizens Co-op Hospital, Dadar 16 years back. But I don’t know the requirements to register a co-op hospital. Please guide me.
I C Naik
To begin with what you have to do is to gather some people at least ten from independent families who are willing to join you in the formation of a health care cooperative. These people are called promoters and you are the chief promoter.
Second critical thing is preparing a health care project report which you want to fructify through this Health Care Co-operative proposed to be set up in Nasik District.
The Project should be viable for at least ten years as evidenced in its projected fund flow statement. You may need to conduct a survey of sources of funds and its use in health care and firm up numbers to be stated in Fund Flow Statement of Ten Years. The Project Reports needs to be approved by the people you have in mind joining you as promoters.
Having done this satisfactorily, the registration procedure is not very complicated. The main work after this is drafting Bye Laws for its day to day activities providing for all aspects of management as provided in the M C S Rules 961. A few matters for example are as under.
(a) name of the society and address of the society and its branches;
(b) area of operation;
(c) objects of the society;
(d) manner in which and the limit up to which the funds of the society may be raised.
(e) terms and qualifications for admission to membership;
(f) privileges, rights, duties and liabilities of members including nominal, associate and sympathizer members;
Objectives in the Bye Laws of the hospital could be as under.
To provide for the members and their families health care services at concessional charges
To give the citizens medical help at a reasonable charge
To render medical aid to the needy and poor free of charge or at subsidized charges
To enlighten the citizen about the care of his health