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Rural Healthcare
Rural
Maternity and Child Welfare (RMCW) Homes
The
Foundation provides healthcare facilities to the rural
population spread over 18 villages in the coastal areas
of the Udupi and Karkala taluk. Over 85,000 villagers
are cared for through these programs. A network of 7
Rural Maternity and Child Welfare (RMCW) Homes located
in the villages, provide Maternal and Child Health
services under the supervision of the doctors of the
Kasturba Medical College.
The Dr.TMA Pai Hospital,
Karkala
In Karkala Taluk, a forty-bed hospital
provides mainly maternity and child care services
located in villages outside the Karkala
town.
Some of the services that are provided on a
regular basis include general out patient clinics,
maternal and child health services, immunization
clinics, school health services and other monitoring and
referral services. The hospital has X -ray, ultrasound
and other laboratory facilities.
Eye Care
The Dr. TMA Pai,
Rotary Hospital at Karkala, will provide ophthalmic
services including cataract surgeries with intra-ocular
lens implantation for the population of the entire
Karkala taluk and the adjoining districts of Chikmaglur
and Shimoga. Thanks to the stupendous efforts of the
Rotarians of Karkala, they received a US $ 250,000 grant
for the hospital. The Susheela Gopal Pai Memorial Rotary
Ophthalmology Unit is a part of the Dr.TMA Pai Rotary
Hospital. Thanks to the efforts of the Rotary Foundation
and the Rotarians of Karkala, a grant of US $250,000 was
secured for sustainable projects in the areas of Health,
Hunger and Humanity. Dr N D Joshi Department of
Ophthalmology, Manipal Teaching Hospital, Pokhara. was
presented with the ophthalmic equipment worth Rs. 44
lakhs by Dr N D Joshi. In gratitude for this donation,
the department is now known as the Dr N D Joshi
Department of Ophthalmology.
Cancer Care
Based on the
expertise of Manipal in the field of radiotherapy and
oncology, and with the assistance from the Shamdasani
Foundation, a modern multi-disciplinary cancer hospital,
was started in Manipal. With 298 beds, and advanced
diagnostic equipment, the hospital serves as a beacon to
cancer patients from within the state and
outside.
In keeping with the ideals of Sai Baba,
the hospital takes special care of the economically
weak.
The Cancer Patients Aid Association helps
with chemotherapy drugs for a number of poor patients
suffering from Cancer. Another organisation, "Shristi"
also supports and funds children with cancer, treated at
Manipal Hospital.
The Manipal College of Medical
Sciences has plans for setting up a modem Oncology
Department. The basic infrastructure for setting up a
sophisticated facility like the Linear Accelerator Unit
for cancer treatment was established by the college from
its own funds and a major grant of $1.8 million came
from the Kadoorie Charitable Trust.
Dental Hygiene For Rural
Population
The College of Dental Surgery
conducts over 800 Dental Camps per year, to promote
dental hygiene amongst the rural population. Regular
denture camps and free school health services are
provided. Oral cancer screening camps are conducted to
detect cancer amongst the population in the rural
areas.
Care Of The
Elderly
The Kasturba Hospital, Mangalore, has
taken the initiative of setting up the Ashraya Day Care
Centre for the elderly. Here, the elderly, who are in
good health and with the support of their working
children, get an opportunity to meet up with other
senior people at the hospital's day care center. This
center offers security, while allowing their talents to
be put to good use. The centre's activities which
generate added incomes, are donated to social causes.
Abhaya Ashraya at Kasturba Hospital, Mangalore, has been
running an old age home for the last 20 years, providing
free medical aid, drugs, diet and complete health
related facilities for the aged. At this center, the
sick and disabled are admitted and treated free of cost.
Separate wards are provided for women, and old people
are treated with complete dignity.
Child Care
Operation Smile
a US based organization, works closely with the Kasturba
Hospital's anesthetists and plastic surgeons and
operated on over 200 children with cleft lip and cleft
palate deformities, helping them smile again.The
children were all treated free of cost and many of them
were from rural areas. |
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