Free Surgery camp at Seshadripuram (Feb-20)

Venue: Government Primary School, Platform Road, Seshadripuram (next to Krishna Flour Mills)

Number of people screened: 575

Number requiring further referral: 185

Screening conducted by: Bhagavan Mahaveer Jain Hospital, Vasanthnagar

A team of 21 (12 Doctors and 9 supporting staff) from Bhagavan Mahaveer Jain Hospital conducted the screening under the following specialties:

1. General Medicine

2. General Surgery

3. Orthopaedics

4. Paediatrics

5. Obstetrics and Gynaecology

6. Ophthalmology

7. ENT

Volunteers present: Ashok, Dhanush, Anjani, Sameer, Arpitha, Namratha, Anand, Nagaraj, Chandru, Vikrant, Pravin, Channabasava

Type of camp: Following the screening, wherever possible, Medicines were distributed at the venue. In addition, for those people marked as requiring surgery, the treatments shall be taken up for free at Mahaveer Jain Hospital (review cases- 185 in number).

The patients marked for review have been given specific dates on which they are to report to Jain Hospital for further consultation. YFS volunteers shall be tracking these follow-up cases, and ensure that these patients report for their consultation.

The table below lists the numbers of people screened and marked for review/further treatment, specialty-wise:

Thanks to Mahaveer Jain Hospital for their co-operation and excellent work in providing quality healthcare to this many people; right from the start, our association with them has been a very fruitful and pleasant experience.

A special mention is due to long-time volunteer Ashok, who co-ordinated the camp from YFS’s end. Involving arrangements at the venue, obtaining necessary permissions from the local authorities, co-ordinating with the area’s MLA and Corporator (to whose kind support and assistance in making arrangements we are grateful), ensuring that the Doctors’ requested arrangements were in place, etc., Ashok has done a commendable job in co-ordinating the entire effort; Great going!