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Manju, 8 years old, lives in Gulbai Tekra Vasahat, Ahmedabad. Only 5000 people live in this area, mostly comprising the Gadaria community, known widely for making idols of gods and goddesses. The people here suffer from respiratory tract infection, malaria, skin infection and stomach infection. Manju has two more siblings and her parents earn livelihood for the family with daily wages. She is the eldest of the siblings and helps her parents in their work and goes to school when she can. To add to the problems, the father is an alcoholic. When Manju’s mother first brought her to the mobile hospital she was suffering from severe weakness and fatigue. She had knots in her joints and could not even walk properly. She was also losing weight very fast. When the doctor first examined her, he put her through some pathological tests in the Smile on Wheels, and found out that she was suffering an advanced stage of Tuberculosis. The doctor asked Manju’s mother to bring her to a TB clinic where her treatment would be done free of any cost. Her treatment was done under the supervision of the SOW team. It took 4 months for this little girl to recover from her almost fatal condition. She is now getting back to normal conditions very fast and her family is very happy with the prompt treatment given to her at the Smile on Wheels. |
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Launch of 1st Mobile Hospital
Special Conjunctivitis Camp in Nagpur Aspecial eye conjunctivitis camp was organized by Smile on Wheels at Salaidhabad, Nagpur for the underprivileged. Considering the spreading occurrence of the infection, this camp was strategically planned, to make available to the people diagnosis and medicines. There were doctors, coordinators, paramedical staff and medical officers in this camp. 305 people were examined and 73 among them were found suffering the infection. Along with free check up and medicines, free services like ECG, X-Ray, blood test and sugar test were also provided. Health Camp with
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