Khandeghar CHC – Our second Community Healthcare Center
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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. Suhrid Foundation with the help of funding from sponsors, renovated and set up the center in first of December and opening was done. It is expected to help 7-8 villages nearby from this center.
As the name suggest, we do not intend to keep it only as a primary healthcare, but more of community healthcare center – where people would also be guided for all their health issues, all government programs related to health would also be handled from here (eg vaccination center). This center would also act as a support center for other community based activities such as training center for some of the activities like tailoring, embroidery making etc.
Suhrid Foundation has appointed a qualified nurse, who would be further groomed for the processes to be followed for operation. Our nursing staff from Kaspada would help the new nursing staff for initial few months. Our doctors would train them further on specifics in the initial period and also on weekly basis.
On long-term, we realize that to reach out to masses and also make a model easily and scalable, we plan to work on a model where medical facility would be made available in other 5-6 villages which we support. Instead of opening physical centers, we plan to appoint a health worker from the village. These villages would not have full facilities like this kind of center, but would be able to reach out to appointed health worked and get required primary medicines (over the counter) to take care of basic health issues. Village folks would have to pay minimal (nominal) charges for the same, but it can create awareness of handling health issues immediately rather than dragging the illness for long and/or spend lot of money further in treating them by going to Vikramgad or other larger centers.
We thank, our sponsors, Vastu Housing Finance to support this project and also work with us on our other projects too.
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