Our first big event was a Medical
Camp at Ramakrishna Mission Hospital in Haridwar, India. His
Holiness Swami Satyamitranand Giriji inaugurated the camp in
September, 2017. A team of doctors and nurses from the UK, USA and
India saw more than 750 patients over a 3 day period, including 150
eye examinations and over 80 spectacles were dispensed. Previously
unidentified diabetes, hypertansion, thyroid disorders, blood
conditions, heart disease and suspected cancer was
diagnosed.
We
established a partnership aith the Ramakrishna Mission Hospital
which will form a basis for future collaborative
projects.
More than £10,000 was raised from generous
donors. The sum was used for the expenses of the camp and as
donations toward the work of the Mission hospital.
All 17 volunteers paid for their own travel and
accommodation expenses. All donations were used directly to support
charitable purposes.
More than 150 patients were seen
by the expert doctors From London and Ahmadabad. Dr. Atul Mehta ,Dr
Ashutosh Wechalekar & Dr Sandip Shah participated and gave free
consultation on anemia, platelet disorders, bone
marrow.disorders,leukemia,hemophilia,bleeding disorders,sickle cell
anemia, lymphoma and different types of blood cancer.
Also a special conference for doctors was
conducted in which more than 30 doctors and other staff
participated.
The Ramakrishna Mission Sevashrama Hospital took
active part in creating awareness in the hospital among patients
and staff, also to promote the importance of screening to ensure
early diagnosis of cancer.Awareness should be inculcated which in
turn would result in a healthy society.
Thus the camp was a great success.
Media Coverage:
News reporters from various local papers were
invited to participate in the program & they wrote in their
papers “ The combined efforts from the doctors, staff &
management of RKM are truly appreciable as there is an absolute
necessary to create an awareness about the preventive measures to
be taken by the people in order to fight against the above said
diseases."
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