November 2010: Health Team report

CONTENTS:

1. Overview

2. Medical Camps in November (4)

3. Referrals in November (188)

4. Sponsor a Patient

5. Doctors for Seva

6. Other Events

7. December 2010 plans

8. Appendix I – Overall status of referrals (June – Nov 2010)

To view reports of previous months and each camp conducted so far, please click here – http://youthforseva.org/our-focus-areas/health/report/

OVERVIEW
This month, the focus was on stepping up the process of completing referrals from camps conducted to date. In addition, steady progress was made on the projects undertaken at Mittur village and expanding the DFS network, among other things.

Following is a summary of Health Team activities in November:

MEDICAL CAMPS in NOV 2010 (4):

*click on the name of the camp to view detailed report

1.    Medical and Surgical camp at Chunchaghatta (near Konanakunte cross)– 14^th Nov.

This was the Health team’s first free Medical-Surgery camp for an adult population. Mahaveer Jain Hospital, Vasanthnagar, conducted the screening, and the camp, for people from villages in the immediate vicinity of the venue (Maruti School on Chunchaghatta-Kothnur main road). There were 414 people (children as well as adults) coming in from various other locations too. Mahaveer Jain Hospital shall be taking up the 123 marked surgical cases for free on specific dates before January 31^st, 2011. So far, 50 review consultations have been completed, and 15 free surgeries have been undertaken. Volunteers Ashok LK & Anand Baskaran coordinated the camp, and volunteers Praveen, Namitha, Shreedhar, Akshata helped on the day of the camp.

2.    Medical camp at Vyalikaval School– Nov 2^nd, 4^th, 6^th, 13^th, 20^th

Stage-I: General Medical check-up for 144 High school students (conducted by Doctors for Seva Dr.Vimochana and Dr.Jayalakshmi) and an Eye screening for 480 Primary and High school students (conducted by Narayana Nethralaya).

Stage-II: Appearance screening of 188 Primary and Middle school students (conducted by volunteers Pramod, Dhanush, Vikrant, Krishna, Sudha, Channabasava, Prema) and Medical check-up of 80 children (conducted by Dr.Lakshmi, Dr.Pallavi and Dr.Jayalakshmi).

3.    Hb testing at Basaveshwaranagar Schools– 9^th to 12^th Nov.

Padmashri Diagnostics, Vijayanagar, conducted Hb testing for 465 students of Saneguruvanahalli Primary, Middle and High school, Basaveshwaranagar, free of cost. The camp was co-ordinated and managed by Dr.Vimochana, and she has also prescribed and initiated an Iron/Folic Acid tablet regime for all the children that have a below-normal Hb level. Administration of these tablets is being monitored by Dr.Vimochana, Dr.Jayalakshmi and volunteer Vyjayanthi.

4.    Refraction and Cyclo-refraction testing at Ganganagar High School– 29^th Nov.

Sankara Nethralaya, Bellary Road, conducted refraction/cyclo-refraction tests for 40 students of BBMP High school, Ganganagar, who had been marked for further referral following a previous Eye check-up. 5 prescriptions for spectacles were prepared on the day itself, and the number of further referrals was brought down to 19.

REFERRALS in NOV 2010:

We can only count a Medical camp as successful if the children identified [by the screening process] as requiring treatment, do actually get the treatment needed. Hence, the vital process of making referrals (follow-up treatments/consultations) happen. Given below are the referrals undertaken in the month of November:

Total number of schools covered = 9

Total number of hospitals who helped with referrals = 9 hospitals  + 3 individual doctors

Total number of children given free treatment in November = 235

Total number of adults given free treatment in November = 50

The status of referrals in all our camps from June – Nov 2010, can be viewed at the end of this report – Appendix I

#	Type of referral	School’s name	Hospital’s/DFS doctor’s name	Referrals completed (Nov) /   Referrals pending (31 Oct)
1	Dental    (47 / 329)	Government Urdu school, Malleswaram	Ramaiah Dental college and Hospital, Mathikere	21 / 41
2		MES School, Jayanagar	Bangalore Institute of Dental Sciences, near Dairy Circle	26 / 288
3	Cardiac    (8 / 9)	Saneguruvanahalli Government Primary school, Basaweshnagar	Jayadeva Hospital	5 / 5
4		MES School, Jayanagar	Fortis Hospital, Bannerghatta Road	2 / 3
		Vyalikaval school	Fortis Hospital, Bannerghatta Road	1 / 1
5	Paediatric       (67 / 79)	Government Model Primary school, Saneguruvanahalli	Dr.Vimochana	53 / 65
6		MES School, Jayanagar	ShriKrishna Sevasharam, Jayanagar	14 / 14
7	Dermatology  (21 / 37)	Government Model Primary school, Saneguruvanahalli	Dr.Sathya Kumar	5 / 6
8		Shri Krishna Children’s Home, Uttarahalli	KC General Hospital, Uttarahalli	4 / 20
9		MES School, Jayanagar	ShriKrishna Sevasharam, Jayanagar	9 / 9
		Munichinappa Govt School, Adugodi	ShriKrishna Sevasharam, Jayanagar	3 / 3
10	Eye        (77 / 139)	Government Model Primary school, Saneguruvanahalli	Narayana Nethralaya, Rajajinagar	16 / 51
11		Government Urdu School, Malleswaram	Narayana Nethralaya, Rajajinagar	2 / 7
		BBMP High School, Malleswaram		5 / 11
12		Ganganagar High School, Ganganagar	Sankara Nethralaya, Bellary Road	38 / 47
13		Government Urdu School, Electronic city	Narayana Nethralaya, Bommasandra	2 / 9
14		MES School, Jayanagar	ShriKrishna Sevasharam, Jayanagar	14 / 14
15	ENT       (15 / 15)	MES School, Jayanagar	ShriKrishna Sevasharam, Jayanagar	7 / 7
16		Munchinappa Government school, Adugodi	ShriKrishna Sevasharam, Jayanagar	8 / 8
17	Multiple specialties (50 / 123)	From Medical/Surgical camp at Konanakunte cross	Mahaveer Jain Hospital, Vasanthnagar	50 review consultations done, 15 surgeries completed, out of 123 cases
TOTAL		9 schools covered	9 hospitals, and 3 individual members of DFS helped in this process	235 children and 50 adults given free treatment

SPONSOR A PATIENT (SAP):

• Rs.15,100 collected this month via donations; expenses of Rs.10,920 incurred towards the treatment of 3 patients
• Rajarajeswari Medical college and Hospital offers to to provide free treatment for inpatient cases; plans are in place to establish an MoU between Rajarajeswari Medical college and SAP/YFS

DOCTORS FOR SEVA:

In November, the following Hospitals have joined Doctors for Seva:

1. Rajarajeswari Dental College and Hospital, Mysore Road
2. Padmashri Diagnostic Lab, Vijayanagar
3. Sankara Nethralaya, Hebbal
4. Maharaja Agrasena Hospital, Banashankari

Talks are on with the following Hospitals to invite them to join the DFS network:

1. RV Dental college, JP Nagar

1. Manipal Hospital, Airport Road

OTHER EVENTS:

1. Progress at Mittur

In Mittur village (Mulbagal taluk, Kolar district), following the Hb tests done in October for children of the High school, an Iron/Folic acid tablet regime has been prescribed for those children with below-normal Hb levels. The teachers at the school are ensuring that this regime is being followed.

With one of the chief needs (as identified by analysis of the survey in October) being to address the Menstrual hygiene of the girls and women, sanitary pads were distributed on Nov. 14^th to the high school girls that have attained puberty, and a further 2 months’ stock kept at the school, to be distributed over the coming months. An awareness talk on Menstrual hygiene, coupled with a demonstration of using and disposing sanitary pads, was done on Nov. 11^th by volunteers. These sanitary pads were procured from a community-centric production unit at Mount Carmel college, Bangalore, and the plan is to set up a similar production unit at Mittur, for a more sustainable model.

1. Plans for Medical camp at tribal village

Rachiana Doddi is a tribal village in Kanakapura District. A group that has been involved in initiatives at Rachiana Doddi approached the Health team with a request to conduct a Medical camp there, and to see if there are other ways in which we could help out. Discussions have been on regarding the same, and we plan to do a door-to-door survey/needs analysis along with a preliminary Medical screening in December, and data from these will help us determine our next steps at Rachiana Doddi.

DECEMBER 2010:

We plan to make the following happen in December 2010:

1. Rajarajeswari Dental college and Hospital have adopted two schools, and shall be conducting Dental check-ups at these schools, and also initiating follow-up treatments

• Government school, Vasanthpura (check-up on Dec 7^th and 8^th)
• Uttarahalli Government school (check-up on Dec 13^th and 16^th)

1. Dental camp at Nele, Laggere
2. Determine action plan for Medical camp and, if required, other initiatives in Rachiana Doddi; start off with a survey to determine needs of the villagers
3. Medical check-up at Primary/Middle School, Mittur village
4. First Aid course conducted by Nightingales’ Health Services, planned by Pallavi Kamat, for interested volunteers (Dec. 19^th)
5. Awareness talks at schools- General and Personal Hygiene, Nutrition, about the 108 Emergency services
6. Carry on the referral process; plan to reach near-completion stage at all schools by end of the month, since exam preparations begin early in the new year
7. Prepare content for Doctors for Seva website.

APPENDIX I

OVERALL STATUS of REFERRALS (June – Nov 2010):

Given below is the list of all the camps & referrals we’ve undertaken  till the end of November 2010.

#	Camp location & Dates	Type of camp	Total no. Screened	Total Referrals	Referrals completed  till November	Remaining  referrals
1	Govt Kannada School, Malleshwaram (June-10)	Dental	104	56	56	NIL
2	Govt Urdu School, Malleshwaram (June-10)	Dental	52	41	21	20
3	5 schools in Malleshwaram (July-26)	Eye	307	45	12	11 (remaining denied consent)
4	Mahila Mandali School, Basavangudi (July-27)	Dental	223	223	NIL (School not cooperating)	223
5	Gottigere Govt School, Bannerghatta Road (Aug-2)	Dental	332	270	40	230
6	Munichinappa Govt. School, Adugodi (Aug-3)	General, Dental, Eye	240	245 cases Pediatric (7) Dental (207) Cardiac (5) Surgery (1) Ortho (2) Neuro (3) Eye (10) ENT (9) Skin (1)	Dental (92), Others (38)	115
7	Ganganagar Govt School, Ganganagar (Aug-10)	Eye	262	47	38	9
8	Jakkur Govt School, Jakkur (Aug-13)	Eye	362	108	10	98
9	Saneguruvanahalli Primary & High School, Basaveshwaranagar (Aug 24, 25, 26, Sep-4)	General, Dental, Eye	486	General – 65, Dental – 181, Eye – 51	General – 53 Dental- NIL Eye – 16	189 (remaining haven’t offered consent)
10	Govt Urdu School, Electronic City (Sep-20)	Dental, Eye	Dental – 172, Eye-198	Dental – 160, Eye -9	Dental – 53 Eye – 2	114
11	Nele Narendra, Laggere (Sep-26)	General	47	21	21	NIL
12	MES Primary School, Jayanagar (Sep-27)	General, Dental	General – 196, Dental – 342	General – 49 Dental – 288	General – 49 Dental – 26	General – 0 Dental – 262
13	Mittur HIgh School, Mittur (Oct-2)	General, Hb testing	123	Anemia -83	Iron tablets being given	NIL
14	Sri Krishna Orphanage, Uttarahalli (Oct-3)	General, Dental, Hb	47	General-19, Dental-33, Hb – 43	General-7, Hb – tablets being given	General – 12, Dental-33
15	Konankunte Surgery Camp (Nov-14)	Surgery Camp	414	123	50	73
16	Vyalikaval Education Society, Vyalikaval (Nov-2nd, 4th, 6th, 13th, 20th)	General, Eye	General – 224 Eye – 480	Yet to be determined	–	–
17	Saneguruvanahalli School, Basaveshwaranagar (Nov-9th to 12th)	Hb testing	465	Anaemic – 136	Iron tablets being given	NIL
TOT	22 locations		4512 screened	2296 referrals required	846 referrals complete	1450 referrals remaining