Charaka Samhita and Sushruta Samhita
by Nayana Sharma | 2015 | 139,725 words
This page relates ‘details of hospital management’ of the study on the Charaka Samhita and the Sushruta Samhita, both important and authentic Sanskrit texts belonging to Ayurveda: the ancient Indian science of medicine and nature. The text anaylsis its medical and social aspects, and various topics such as diseases and health-care, the physician, their training and specialisation, interaction with society, educational training, etc.
Appendix 2 - The details of hospital management
The details of hospital management from the Tirumukuḍḍal inscription:[1]
| HOSPITAL STAFF | ANNUAL REMUNERATION |
| Hospital in charge Savarṇan Kodaṇḍarāman Asvatthāmā Bhaṭṭan | 90 kalam of paddy and 8 kāśu (cash) in addition to a grant of land held in perpetuity |
| Surgeon Challiyakkṛiyai (= Śalya-Kṛiyai) | 30 kalam of paddy |
| Two herb collectors with additional duties of supplying fuel and preparation of medicines. | 30 kalam of paddy and 1 kāśu |
| Two nurses | 15 kalams of paddy and ½ kāśu each |
| OTHER OVERHEADS | EXPENDITURE |
| Barber | 15 kalam of paddy |
| Hospitalised patients | 15 nāḷi @1 nāḷi of rice per head per day |
| Lighting of lamps | 2 ¼ kāśu annually for purchase of 45 nāḷi of oil @ 1 alakku per night, |
| Waterman | 15 kalam of paddy |
| Medicines | 40 kāśu |
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
S. Basu Majumdar, “Medical Practitioners, Medicines and Medical Institutions in Epigraphs”, pp. 24-26.