Community health Programme in Sundarban

Sabuj Sangha’s RHTC is situated in GP Nandakumarpur, South 24Parganas, West Bengal where underprivileged and downtrodden people from the Blocks of Patharpratima and Mathurapur II visit for the treatment and are advised accordingly by the expert general physicians, gynaecologists, optometrists, orthopaedics etc. Information about the OPD days, time and doctor’s availability, system of service delivery etc. are circulated by the health workers and supervisors during home visits and public communication materials are also used for disseminating health messages in the communities. Patients attend RHTC for diagnosis and treatment of ailments as well as pregnant & lactating mother care. RHTC works as a wonder in peoples’ life since they get such services 24 X 7 and therefore in emergencies too. Last year (April 2015 - March 2016), total number of 5269 patients received OPD service from RHTC, as per records.

Surojit, a 9 yrs old lad and son of Swapan, an inhabitant of Mahabatnagar of GP Nandakumarpur, belongs to asocio-economically marginalized family as his father is a daily labourer, for which there is unstable financial condition. He was brought to RHTC by the local health worker of Sabuj Sangha to avail the advice of specialised Orthopedic at OPD. His family was highly content to get a proper treatment for Surojit from a certified doctor against such a less registration fee. Surojit says, “I am feeling better now. Doctor advised me to visit again, to open the plaster after one month and take medicine on a regular basis.”