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MEDICAL EQUIPMENTS FOR RURAL COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER (RCHC)
Rotary Club of Poona West (RCPW)
• Rotary Club of Poona West (RCPW), one the oldest premier clubs, has built an enduring legacy of exceptional social and humanitarian service over the forty eight years since its inception in 1969. Its members are eminent professionals from diverse fields, and its vision is to be an eminent service organization addressing the community's contemporary needs by excelling in all avenues of service. The Club will be completing 50 years in June 2019 and shall be celebrating Rotary year 2018-19 as Golden Jubilee Year.
• The Club has successfully executed two Matching / Global Grant projects in the past. The first one was to provide medical aid / equipment and necessities to "Manvya", an organization working for HIV affected children. The second one was to provide Medical Equipment worth INR 2.8 Million to "Ramakrishna Math Polyclinic", a charitable organization running a polyclinic for the urban poor and low income group.
Ela Foundation
• Ela Foundation is a non-government registered charity headed by Prof. Dr. Satish Pande, MD, DNB, PhD, Fellow Maharashtra Academy of Sciences, Fellow of the Linnean Society of London. He is Director, Ela Foundation and OENSL, Editor, Ela Journal, Interventional Radiologist and Sonologist at KEM Hospital, Pune and Medicare Diagnostic Center, Pune.
• Ela was founded along with Bharat Ratna (Highest Civilian Award in India) Late Pandit Bhimsen Joshi. Ela Foundation owns well-equipped education and conservation center at Village Pingori,
NEED ASSESSMENT FOR MEDICAL CENTER
• Village Pingori is located around 67 Kms from Pune. It is located around 12 Kms Jejuri a small temple town. The Village along with its few colonies and villages like Daundaj etc are located in the surrounding area of about 10 km. Radius. These areas do have any basic medical facility as there is no doctor in the area. The village and its surrounding area is mostly hilly terrain.
• Dr. Pande, being a medical professional, is helping the locals in every way he can whenever he is at Ela at Pingori for last 25 years where he has carried his field work.
• The Villagers of the nearby areas invariably reach out to him for consultation whenever he is in that area. After discussions with Dr Pande on the difficulties faced by local community, a survey was conducted in the surrounding areas with a sample size of about 250+ persons to understand the present state of their health care and possibility of opening a health care near their village. The survey indicated willingness and earnestness of the local population to get the medical facility at concessional rates. A meeting with the villagers was also conducted to understand the community's needs and their participation. The survey also indicated that the villagers have to travel at least 5 -10 km. for basic medical facility.
• After establishing the need, Ela and RCPW went ahead to construct jointly a Rural Medical Health Centre on the Ela Foundation premises at Pingori at an estimated cost of INR 5.5 Million. The total area is around 2700 Sqft and 900 Sqft. The construction is being completed with own funds of ELA and RCPW and is progressing at fast pace, it will be ready by end of May 2018.
ABOUT THE RCHC
The center shall have basic health care and diagnostic equipments and facilities. It would include X Ray and modern diagnostic tools too.
Doctors shall conduct the OPD and laboratory analysis shall be done by technicians.
OPD of doctors shall be scheduled according to a defined timetable out of pool of resources for Doctors which has been identified and Doctors have already indicated their willingness to spend their time for such centre. Ela foundation has a team and panel of doctors and it is headed by a Medical Doctor.
OPD facility is proposed in the following areas.
• General Medicine, ENT
• Orthopedics
• Gynecology
• Pathology- Well Equipped Diagnostics Lab.
• Pediatrics
• Ophthalmology
• Dentistry
FUNDING REQUIREMENT FOR MEDICAL EQUIPMENTS
• The centre will have different Out Patient Departments housed in each separate room.
1. Present proposal is for seeking funds for purchase of Medical Equipments for this project. RCPW is proposing partnering with a foreign rotary club for a Global Grant Project. Equipments Ist Phase around Rs 35 Lacs
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