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Community Health Centre
CASE STUDY: MEDICAL CAMP
operations. The Sayla Community Health Centre provided free X-ray, lab test services and required medication.
Additionally, the Club members had agreed to fund the cost of all required medical operations subject to Raj Saubhag paying the first Rs 5,000 of the cost. Raj Saubhag's London members had provided funds for 60
Multi-disciplinary Medical Camp Location: Sayla CHC Gujarat, India Date: 26th August 2012
Three ENT Surgeons, three Orthopaedic surgeons, a Plastic surgeon, Dermatologist, three Gynaecologists and a Diabetic Foot Surgeon totaled 14 medical specialists that donated their time and expertise.
Healthcare in Sayla is limited and for specialist medical services people have to travel to either Surendranagar or Rajkot at considerable cost that many can not afford.
Numbers: Total Patients: 439 Medical specialists: 14
Altogether 439 patients (from Sayla, Muli, Vadhavan & Chuda Districts) were examined and 27 were given dates for operations in Sayla. One lady requiring immediate treatment for uterine cancer was admitted to hospital directly from the camp.
To alleviate this problem, Raj Saubhag Ashram has started holding medical camps at the Community Health Centre. The first was held in 2010 and since then camps have become a regular event, funded by charitable sponsors. In August 2012 a major camp was held in conjunction with the Rotary Club of Rajkot Midtown who had generously agreed to provide medical specialists free of all costs.
Gujarat State Minister for Environment & Forestry, Shree Kiritsinhji Rana, President of the Rotary Club Shree Ashwinbhai Kamdar and various other State and local dignitaries attended and gave their blessings.
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2013 // Janhit 19
