Community Healthcare

Our Village – Our Clinic | आपले गाव – आपला दवाखाना

While having physical setup of a clinic could have been ideal thing to have at each of significant village/hamlet, it definitely is not practical approach to expand. Hence, we came up with an idea of आपले गाव – आपला दवाखाना (Our village – Our clinic) – in which we would have bare essential medical facility being made available with one of the qualified female from the village. She would be trained by us and would be able to help with very basic illness (with over the counter medicines) and also with dressing the simple wound etc. Like our clinics, these medicines would not be given for free, but patients would be charged a token amount. There would be continuous learning process for these health-workers on monthly basis, where our doctors would take their training at one central location. We would be able to propagate more health related awareness in the village and can look for driving any specific awareness drives in future.

Khandeghar CHC – Our second Community Healthcare Center

Khandeghar Community Healthcare Center – our second CHC, was an unfinished task of our Masi, Ms Susmita Tembe. Though it got delayed due to pandemic restrictions her untimely exit from this world, finally it has been formally inaugurated on 19th Dec 2021 and would be starting operation of the same on 1st Jan 2022.

Masi, when visited Khandeghar in month of Feb 2021 as a routine medical visit, she spoke to teachers of the school and also local village folks about medical facility available in the region. When she realized that there are lot of challenges for them in the region, she proposed to have a medical center established (similar to one started in Kaspada) in Khandeghar as well. with the help of teacher from Khandeghar school, a meeting with villagers was called on 7th Mar 2021 in school premises. We explained the model in which we have established a Community Healthcare Center in Khandeghar. Villagers from Khandeghar liked the idea and wished to have the setup at Khandeghar as well and were open to lend the space for the same. Community hall (Samaj Mandir as they call it), was given to Suhrid Foundation to set up the center.