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Smile on Wheels

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"The greatest disease is not TB or leprosy; it is being unwanted, unloved and uncared for. We can cure physical diseases with medicine, but the only cure for loneliness, despair and hopelessness is love. There are many in the world who are dying for a piece of bread, but there are many more dying for a little love."

- Mother Teresa

Working Model:

Smile on Wheels operates by taking well-equipped medical van along with specialized doctors, nurses, medical staff, equipments and medicines to the identified villages / slums in a systematic manner.

Smile on Wheels vans cover the rural or slum areas in the vicinity where either no governmental health care facilities exist or the same is not sufficient for the population. Each unit is covering the vicinity of up to 25 kms from its centre and visiting 2-3 villages a day on a regular basis.

The mobile hospitals offer preventive, promotive and curative medical expertise to the needy children and women in remote rural areas and urban slums.

In deserving and life-saving cases, it functions like a referral clinic and ambulance.

Each van is stationed in an urban centre usually with a static hospital, which acts like a referral medical centre. The team also carry out awareness activities on health and hygiene in order to achieve health seeking behaviour.

Vision Behind the Programme

Smile Foundation launched the programme as part of its endeavour to introduce healthcare awareness and contemporary healthcare services seeking behaviour among the rural masses and the underprivileged.

Health Services Provided

The services provided are OPD, Ante-natal/post-natal services, identification of difficult pregnancy and referral for institutional care, Immunization - Mother & children, Minor surgery, BP examination, X-ray, ECG, First Aid, Distribution of Iron Folic tablets, Vit-A Prophylaxis, Treatment of mal-nutrient cases, etc.

Children and Women's health is one of Smile's prime concerns. A referral service network for them also needs to be developed. Education and counselling on Health and hygiene, Family planning promotion with emphasis on condom usage for safe sex, spacing methods would also be imparted. The programme would also ensure organising regular health camps, including minor surgical interventions.

Future Outlook

Smile Foundation aims to run a fleet of 30 fully equipped mobile medical vans under Smile on Wheels programme reaching out to around 35-40 lakh beneficiaries in coming five years.

For more details on Smile on Wheels Programme Please write to:
Ms Manju Singh
Sr. Manager (Programmes)
spl_proj@smilefoundationindia.org
sow@smilefoundationindia.org

"This is a very ambitious and wonderful project which is going to benefit children and women in the outreach areas. I would congratulate Smile Foundation for that." She added, "Consistent follow-up and concentration in a particular are necessary in health programmes which would hopefully make this programme a success."

Ms. Sheila Dikshit, Chief Minister of Delhi

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