DR. V. G. Vaidya. M.S. (General Surgery).
Managing Trustee. Lokmanya Medical Foundation And Research Centre
Dr. V. G. Vaidya, M. S. (Bombay), the visionary Founder, Managing Trustee of Lokmanya Medical Foundation & Research Centre , Lokmanya Hospitals is widely acknowledged as the architect of ultramodern healthcare, Medical Research and Emergency Medical System in Pimpri Chinchwad & Pune. He is best described as a compassionate humanitarian, who dedicated his entire life to bringing world-class healthcare within the economic and geographic reach of millions of Poor Patients. Lokmanya Holistic Cancer Care and Research Centre that he envisioned and built,steered a health revolution and marked the beginning of the integrated Holistic healthcare system.
Lokmanya Hospitals opened its doors in 1974 and introduced international quality standard healthcare in this region, at affordable and reasonable cost.He harnessed newer technology and Health insurance scheme ( Aarogya Kawach) to take healthcare to the masses. He also envisioned innovative “Reach the Unreachable” a community Health model that takes high quality healthcare to the doorstep of the poor vulnerable population from semi urban, Urban slums and rural geographies. This was Lokmanya ’s first act of social responsibility and it underscored the intrinsic social conscience of the organization’s Ethical business model.
A tireless advocate for preventive healthcare is the key to good health, Dr. V.G.Vaidya passionately propagated it through Lokmanya Medical Research Centre , Occupational Health Services with the concept of Annual Health Checks and over million health checks have been performed by Lokmanya group of Hospitals and Company Health Centre, He recognized that the battle against disease had to go beyond hospitals.