10.83 Lakh Urban Poor Get Free Healthcare, Claims HHF
Nearly 45 per cent of the beneficiaries were migrants from other states
By : DC Correspondent
Update: 2025-12-31 19:01 GMT
Hyderabad: Hyderabad-based non-profit Helping Hand Foundation (HHF) provided free, integrated healthcare services to 10.83 lakh urban and peri-urban poor in 2025, reducing health inequity and saving an estimated Rs 101.06 crore in out-of-pocket expenditure (OOPE), according to its survey report 2025.
Nearly 45 per cent of the beneficiaries were migrants from other states, a group that remains socially excluded and highly vulnerable to health risks, said Mujtaba Hasan Askari of HHF.
The report further claimed that the organisation’s intervention led to 75 per cent of antenatal care (ANC) cases being linked to government maternity hospitals, while referrals to outpatient departments of government tertiary hospitals dropped by 25–30 per cent. During the year, HHF also facilitated over 1.5 lakh ABHA IDs under the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission and introduced AI-enabled breast cancer screening in rural areas.
It operated 20 community health centres and sub-centres, two rural health projects, a 10-bed free dialysis unit, 17 help desks in government hospitals, a 35-bed rehabilitation centre and a telemedicine command centre serving 200 residential schools across Telangana.
The foundation’s 14 community health centres alone recorded over 5.83 lakh outpatient consultations and provided antenatal care to more than 13,400 pregnant women, managing 84.6 per cent of cases at the primary-care level.
It also pioneered six non-communicable disease (NCD) sub-centres in urban slums, offering doorstep screening and follow-up care. HHF received Rs 24.16 crore in donations, largely through CSR and institutional funding.
The report further claimed that the organisation’s intervention led to 75 per cent of antenatal care (ANC) cases being linked to government maternity hospitals, while referrals to outpatient departments of government tertiary hospitals dropped by 25–30 per cent. During the year, HHF also facilitated over 1.5 lakh ABHA IDs under the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission and introduced AI-enabled breast cancer screening in rural areas.
It operated 20 community health centres and sub-centres, two rural health projects, a 10-bed free dialysis unit, 17 help desks in government hospitals, a 35-bed rehabilitation centre and a telemedicine command centre serving 200 residential schools across Telangana.
The foundation’s 14 community health centres alone recorded over 5.83 lakh outpatient consultations and provided antenatal care to more than 13,400 pregnant women, managing 84.6 per cent of cases at the primary-care level.
It also pioneered six non-communicable disease (NCD) sub-centres in urban slums, offering doorstep screening and follow-up care. HHF received Rs 24.16 crore in donations, largely through CSR and institutional funding.