When the Bhagwan Mahavir Jain Relief Foundation Trust (BMJRFT) became a reality in 2009, it performed its first dialysis at the well-known Mahavir Hospital. Within months, however, the need to be in total control of the entire dialysis operation was acutely felt. Members of the Trust found that a corner of the District Hospital, King Koti, was under-utilized, and approached the Government. In appreciation of the Trust’s charitable intentions, the State Government eventually offered rent-free space in this hospital, in central Hyderabad. It was a magnanimous gesture, and it allowed the Trust to set up its very own, state-of-art dialysis centre with 24 dialysis machines. But Hyderabad was rapidly expanding, and patients had to travel long distances to reach the congested King Koti area, apart from the fact that more and more needy patients were approaching the Trust for assistance. The Trust had the foresight to plan centres in different locations of the twin cities, so that patients could get their dialyses done within a short distance from their place of residence, helping them save both time and money. In the course of the decade, various hospitals or medical centres generously offered space, within their premises, for the Trust to set up its dialysis operations.

The following pages recount the BMJRFT’s momentous journey year through year, with details of each new centre opened, as well as photographs of the memorable events that brought together innumerable well-wishers and distinguished donors. The year’s highlights and key statistics are offered on the opening page for that year. The nine Bhagwan Mahavir Dialysis Centres (and their extension facilities) are therefore frequently known by their location or host medical centre with 215 machines: King Koti Centre, District Government Hospital (2011); Ramdev Rao Hospital Kukatpally Centre (2012); Mahavir Hospital Centre (2013); Ramdev Rao, Kukatpally Expansion (2015); Bhagwan Mahavir Physiotherapy Centre (2015); Mahavir Hospital RVD Block (2015); Guru Nanak Secunderabad Centre (2016); King Koti Expansion (2016); Ramdev Rao Kukatpally Expansion 2 (2018); Mahavir Hospital Expansion (2018); ZOI Hospitals Attapur Centre (2018); Challa Hospital Ameerpet Centre (2019); Indo-US Hospital Malakpet Centre (2019); CHC Alair Centre (2020, in the Covid pandemic period), Suchitra, Kompally Centre (2022), Are Hospital, Jadcharla(2023).

 Another initiative of the BMJRFT has been to partner with the following local hospitals to facilitate the patients to go for dialysis closer to their residences, so that they could save time and money: C.C. Shroff Memorial Hospital, Barkatpura; Eashwar Lakshmi Hospital, Gandhi Nagar; Mohan Multispeciality Hospital,Sagar Ring Road, Lb Nagar, Hyderabad; Metrocure Hospital, Malakpet.

It is important to note how the Trust’s key achievements have unfolded over the years, thanks to unfailing support from our patients, donors, the Government of Telangana, and our well-wishers worldwide, finally bringing us to the incredible “One Million”.And the journey continues towards two million........