Commissioned in favour of the Sangha by the Sushila Birla Memorial Institute,
the Mobile Healthcare Unit has been working efficiently in the
Sangha's adopted rural areas since 1989. It is equipped with
the most sophisticat
medical gadgets like portable X-Ray machine, slide projector, pathological
meterials along with medicine and a generator set. A team of
mobile
staff comprising of a full-time Medical Officer, Pharmacist, Supervisor
and two lady volunteers, visits the rural centres taking these
sophisticated
medical aids at the door-steps of the rural people. A small car
accompanies the team to cover the interior villages. Thus, it
may
be compared with a well equipped Primary Health Care Unit on wheels
through which all the essential eight components of Primary
Health
Care Programme of WHO are being delivered to some cluster of villages
of rural West Bengal. Quite naturally, a major portion of the
Sangha's
service activities are catered through this Mobile Unit which visits
five rural centres by rotation every week and stays three days
at
a stretch at each Centre.
There, besides serving the patients, it renders the following routine services as well:
- Audio-visual slide projection on various health aspects
- Mother and child health care
- Immunization
- Nutritional supplemenatation therapy programme
- Conducting door-to-door home visits
- Imparting training/refeshers to Volunteers/Community Health Guides
  The
Mobile team meets every Thursday after return from a centre to report
to the Co-ordinator about the services so far extended. The Co-ordinator
in turn analyses and discusses the problems, if any, faced during
the previous week. The Sub-committee of the Sangha with the responsibility
of the Mobile Healthcare Unit meets every month with a view to ensure
efficient and effective running of the unit.
| Services
rendered through Mobile Healthcare Unit (April 2005 - January 2006) |
| Centres
& Sub-centres |
Number
of homes visited |
Number
of beneficiaries |
Number of patients treated |
| Slide
Show |
Mothers'
Meet |
Group
Meet |
| Bhangar - Naora |
1,065 |
3,208 |
1,901 |
994 |
3,364 |
| Gopalpur |
2,330 |
2,324 |
2,388 |
1,283 |
1,915 |
| Khanpur |
3,672 |
2,787 |
2,594 |
1,569 |
3,453 |
| Lalgarh |
1,159 |
1,973 |
1,442 |
900 |
1,786 |
| Somsar |
417 |
1,002 |
602 |
381 |
561 |
| T
o t a l |
8,643 |
11,294 |
8,927 |
5,127 |
11,079 |
| Source
: Data collected by the Headquarters |
|
