Project SWAYAM

Dr. Biju Ravindran, Senior Physiatrist & Founder , LifeCare Foundation.

Dr.Biju Ravindran is the Senior Consultant Physiatrist and Head of the Department of P.M.R at Indo American Hospital, Brain and Spine Centre Viacom. He is glorifying the position with his self less service for the past 16 years. He is one among the top Neuro Rehabilitation expert in South India. Within two decades of selfless service he has handled more than 80,000 cases. His patient list includes both National and International Patients. He is an exemplary figure in the medical field, who works with 100% dedication and compassion towards his profession. Dr. Biju is also rendering his service to Hestia Medicare Palarivattom as the Senior Consultant Physiatrist.

The Foundation is a reflection of the commitment and dedication of Dr. Biju Ravindran towards the society. Within the two decades of his service, he has come across a lot of people who are deprived of treatments because of financial problems. The faces of many helpless parents and acquaintance   of the patients is the driving force that provoked him to thought of a charity trust like “LifeCare Foundation” to facilitate free treatments to the needy class of the society.

To Dr. Biju’s word “My experiences from the past two decades assures that issues like CP and Autism can be cured to a great extent, if we can detect and start treatment at an earliest stage. The patience and the willingness of parents for a sustainable treatment and training is also having a vital role in the eradication of most of the associated problems and the behavior disorders.”

Objective

Statistics reveals that there are more than 5000 children in Kerala alone, who are facing serious neurological issues like Cerebral Palsy, Autism etc. Most of them are from a very poor financial back ground, for whom it is difficult to manage the treatment costs. These diseases need longer Hospital stays, regular training sessions and complete dedication of the parents. But in most cases even financially sound family finds it difficult to cope with hospitals stays and treatment procedures for such a long period. Either of the parents has to give a fulltime support to the child during the treatment period. So in majority of the cases the parents are forced to discontinue the healing session in between since they are incompetent to handle the heavy treatment charges.