Yashoda Hospitals

Yashoda Hospitals was established by Dr. G. Surender Rao in Somajiguda, Hyderabad (Telangana ) as a small clinic in 1989. He later teamed up with his brothers, Mr. G. Ravender Rao, an astute businessman and Mr. G. Devender Rao a Chartered Accountant, to expand operations and started Yashoda Group of Hospitals. Mr G.Dheeraj son of Mr. G. Ravender Rao acts as the CEO and Dr. G. Abhinav son of Dr. G. Surender Rao heads International Marketing and other support functions for the entire group.

Now, Yashoda Group of Hospitals is a major healthcare provider in Telangana (South India) with 3 independent, super-speciality Hospitals in Hyderabad at Secunderabad, Malakpet and Somajiguda with a nursing school and college attached to each hospital. The Group also operates 3 Cancer Institutes and 3 Heart Institutes all providing 24/7 emergency services with advanced equipment.

With a combined capacity of about 1200 beds, 600 specialists, 1,500 nurses and 6,600 paramedical and other support staff; Yashoda Group treats roughly about 25 lakh people annually. A slightly higher volume compared to other private healthcare organisation in Telangana .

Yashoda

Yashoda (Yaśodā), also spelt as Yasoda, is the foster-mother to the god Krishna and a wife of Nanda in the Puranic texts of Hinduism. Within the Bhagavata Purana, it is described that Krishna who was born to Devaki, was given to Yashoda and Nanda in Gokul by Krishna's father Vasudeva on the night of his birth, for his protection from Devaki's brother, Kansa, the king of Mathura.

Yashoda and Krishna

Various childhood episodes or Lilas of Krishna, growing in Yashoda's household abound in Hindu religious texts, important amongst them are, Krishna giving darshan to Yashoda with his Vishwaroopa or his Divine Form. Also it is stated by Ved Vyasa in Mahabharata, the main Epic which portrays Krishna as principal hero, that venerable sage Maharishi Narada once visited Krishna at Brindavan.

Krishna as usual was playing in sand and was swallowing it. Mother Yashoda, upon seeing it, was furious with Krishna for disobeying her and punished Krishna by tying him to a grinding stone. Upon witnessing this act a couplet broke forth Sage Narada "Enna Thavam Saidhanai, Yashoda" which in Tamil literally means: "What penance have You (Mother Yashoda) undertaken to be bestowed with the powers to punish the supreme (Narayana)". And also seen as a question to Naryana himself as to how he accepts all this. It literally means what penance Yashoda had undertaken in her previous birth to be bestowed upon with the powers to punish, love, and care for the Supreme Vishnu.