Ramakrishna Mission Mobile Medical Services

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The Practical Vedanta preached by Swami Vivekananda enjoins us to serve, in the spirit of worship, the "Living God in man", especially the poor, needy, and distressed.

Following two medical camps after the January 2009 floods, the Ramakrishna Mission Mobile Medical Services was started when the M L Pala Trust donated a medical van to the Mission.

The camps are conducted in remote villages on Saturday afternoons; bi-weekly or tri-weekly. Volunteer doctors, dispensary staff, devotees and well-wishers join the swamis in the camps. The camps are generally held in schools or community centres with the help of the local people.

All medicines and consultancy is provied free of charge. Medicines are racquired either through donations from pharmacies or purchased from the "Ramakrishna Mission Mobile Medical Fund." Proper records are documented for every patient. Blood tests are also carried out and we wish to expand the services. The number of patients range fron 60 to 130 per camp.
 
We plan to introduce health educational and awareness programmes during the camps by showing videos and slides using a multimedia projector. We need the support of a donor to acquire a laptop and a multimedia projector.
 
Our well-wishers can now send their donations online. We seek your generous support to take this service to as many people as possible.

You may see some photos of the camps in the photo gallery.
 
The following is a brief summary of the disease profile for the camps conducted so far.
 
Medical
Camp No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
Total
Cardiac problems
3
9
2

1

15
Kidney/ Urinary tract

4
5



9
Skin infections
16
13
12
18
31
31
121
Hypertension
20
19
22
6
3
13
83
Respiratory
6
9
24
5
1
18
63
Arthritis
17
18
30
2


67
Musculo-skeletal
10
22
38
3
13
23
109
ENT
1
2
7
3
1
4
18
Eye
1
11
8
2
1
14
37
Diabetes Mellitus
7
9
9
2
1
4
32
Gastritis
3
9
9
1

5
27
Anaemia
3
7
9
4
2

25
Gynaecological
1
1
1
1
1
1
12
Other
6
8
13
18
7
7
59








# Cases
130
130
130
65
61
126
642
 
The camps were conducted at the following villages/settlements:
  1. Moala Village:
  2. Nawaicoba Settlement :
  3. Mulomulo Settlement
  4. Yavuna Village   :
  5. Bavu Village  : 30 Jan 2010
  6. Natalau Village : 20 Feb 2010:     


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