 Programme:
Smile on Wheels
Partner Organisation:
Sevadham Trust, Pune
Sevadham Trust, Pune, registered
under Public Charitable Trust Act 1950, has been
of working in healthcare services provisions in
rural outreach for 27 years now. This partner
of Smile Foundation has also operating mobile
health services in rural outreach for the last
15 years.
Sevadham Trust is managed by
a group of competent doctors. It is headed by
its managing trustee, Dr. Shrinivas V. Gore (M.S),
an eminent surgeon and a well known name in the
development sector. The board members include
Dr. K. B. Wadhokar, Dr. S. K. Wadhokar and Dr.
Manoj Gore – all qualified and experienced
doctors in their respective fields.
At present Sevadham Trust has
got two hospitals and nine static clinics catering
to needy population in the rural and tribal areas
of Maharashtra.
Talegaon, near Pune, will be
the base for Smile on Wheels mobile hospital.
From there the mobile health van will cover 20
villages to start with. The villages are Sawale,
Malegaon (B), Pimpri, Malegaon (K), Shirgaon,
Salunbre, Darumbre, Godumbe, Parandavi, Dhamne,
Urse, Aadhe, Ozarde, Ambale, Nigade, Mangrul,
Badalwadi, Mendhewadi, Jadhavwadi and Umbare Navalakh.
Frequencies of visits vary between
4 to 8 times a month depending on the healthcare
need and population of the villages.
The visiting team in the mobile
van includes a doctor, a nurse and technician
during normal visit.
The services include OPD –
curative services (common ailments), ante-natal/post-natal
services, minor surgery and dressing of wounds,
BP examination, identification of difficult pregnancy
and referral for institutional care, immunization
– mother and children, basic pathological
services (blood, urine), distribution of IF tablets,
VIT-A prophylaxis, growth monitoring, distribution
of condoms and oral pills, insertion of IUD, X-ray,
ECG etc.
PROJECT
UPDATES
Sevadham
Trust has completed one year with Smile
On Wheels project . SOW is covering 20
villages, within a distance
12 to 60 km extending services to 26000
people in Talegaon and its outreach thus
uccessfully contributing towards object
of this programme.
CASE STUDY
-
Laxmikant Mahadeo
Birajdar, a 3
year old boy from Ambi village
near Talegaon was affected by Organophosphrous
poisoning. He was having shallow breathing
and required ventilator support . He
was shifted to Unique Hospital,
Chichwad through SoW with Intubator
support ,where the child recovered
completely after three days .
-
Maruti Laxaman Dhamanker
resident of Urse village was unconscious
due to cerebral Haemorrahage. He could
be given intubation
and life support facility available in
Smile on Wheels on his way to Ruby Hall
hospital , Pune where an emergency
operation was done to save his
life
Smile On Wheels
is not just a door step solution for
general health care and awareness but
also a life saver at times in the outreach |
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