Health Initiatives
Health care services at the Government level are highly inadequate in Sundarban area because of its difficult accessibility and lack of transport. People suffering from deferent diseases are deprived of the treatment of qualified physicians and only the quacks are available who can provide only primary medicines. Our organization made it very important to intervene in the health care sector in view of the above circumstances and therefore made elaborate arrangement for taking different health initiatives as under.
- Health Checkup Camp: We made a door to door to survey of the SHGs members regarding their health status and suggested for the remedies from diseases. We also supplied primary medicines at low price from the wholesale and retail medicines store maintained by the organization.
- Medical Checkup Camp: We also organized 5 health camps where qualified doctor examined the patients in situ and prescribed medicines / remedial measures. Some of the patients suffering from critical diseases viz- kidney, pthysis, dengue and cancer diagnosed by the doctor were refer to specialist/hospital in Kolkata.
- Blood Donation Camp: Apart from this we held blood donation camp where more than hundred percent donated bloods in collaboration with national blood bank in Kolkata. We also offer facility for consultation of qualified physician our medicine store at nominal cost.
- Eye Checkup Camp: We held one eye camp in a very remote village of Sundarban area where more than 100 patients took advantage of checkup by expert specialist and were provided spectacle free of cost and 12 no of cataract patients were operated in the eye camp. The eye camp was organized with the Rotary eye foundation.
- Financial help for medical treatment: For very poor SHG members and their family we provided financial help as donation for purchasing of medicine and diagnostic test and small operation in hospital / private. Some of the beneficiaries are named below Mrs Sankari Das of Jivan group.