By Dr. Bhawana Rupani | Program Officer
Progression of Mobile Health Services Radhanpur, Gujarat
Access to healthcare services is critical to good health, yet rural residents face a variety of access barriers. Access to the healthcare can be achieved by the timely use of personal health services to achieve the best possible health outcomes. Our Medical Mobile Van is a technologically advanced medical van that provides reliable medical treatment, emergency assistance and patient care along with the selling of Sanitary Napkins. This medical mobile unit is equipped with patient examination service and overhead racks to accommodate medical supplies. Our MHU as per the designed route chart covers three different villages on daily basis from Monday to Saturday providing sufficient duration of time in each village.
In Quarter VIII, 4 Trainings viz; Infant & Young Child Feeding Practices, Introduction to Heat Stroke, Young Child & Critical Newborn Care and Menstrual Hygiene were conducted for health workers, Awareness activities on water conversation, Rallies, Cleanliness drive about health and hygiene, women empowerment were conducted in the village.
World Water Day Celebration: 22nd March, 2019
World Water Day is an annual (Internationally observed) day that highlights the importance of fresh water resources. The day is used to advocate for the sustainable management of fresh water resources. Some important knowledge on topics about the theme of Water Conservation and its effective consumption like avoiding leakage of water from taps, avoid unnecessary usage of hand pumps etc.were discussed with 120 children along with the distribution of Life Straws at Antarnes School.
Life Straw is a water filter designed to be used by one person to filter water for drinking. It filters a maximum of 40000 litres of water, enough for one person for three years. It removes almost all of waterborne bacteria and parasites. A portable water filtration system “LifeStraw” could drastically transform lives of the villagers as it makes it safe for them to drink water directly from any water body. This device will be used by the students of Antarnes School so that they can consume purified water.
Case Studies:
A special case of a 50 years aged women from Radhanpur who got a severe right leg injury with an iron rod in the farm. After she arrived at MMU with intense wound bleeding and pain from right feet, wound was cleaned with antiseptic solution Savlon and dressing was done. She was prescribed with PCM, Ibuprofen, Orifarm, and Ranitidine by the time and Amoxicillin and levozel later on. She was advised not to use soap and other irritants. She followed the instructions for a month’s time and her condition improved.
Ahir,resident of Jamvada village whose right leg got burnt as the hot container of milk fell on his right leg. After he arrived at MMU with acute rashes and burns, the ice packs were put and soframycin was applied over the burnt area. PCM, B complex, Soframycin were prescribed and was advised to stay away from dust, soap and irritants. With proper instructions and follow ups his condition was improved in a month’s time.
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