Neat pics Ratan. I got a totally diff picture of Sundar's work thru these pics...than what I've seen through mails in the group before.
Like Suresh said...ur work is inspiring and motivating. Good JOB! Keep gng :) n let us know what we can do to help from here..if any. -Divya ********************************************************************* --- In [email protected], suresh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > your efforts are really commendable Dr.Sundar raj and team ! You are not only helping them but also are a great source of inspiration and motivation for all of us living abroad. > > great going ... > > cheers > > chandrashekar bommisetty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks to ratanji, uma garu, Dr.sundar raj and his > team in making the health camp to go on smootly. > > regards, > chandra. > > --- Ratan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Dear Friends, > > Yesterday, as per schedule, I called up Dr. Sundar > > Raj and found out the exact place and if anything is > > needed apart from human resources.he told me that he > > needs some paracetamol tablets. So I purchased 300 > > paracetamol tablets and reached the venue with Uma, > > my doctor wife.We reached at 9.25am as we were > > informed that the camp starts at 9am,but somehow > > there were no one and when I called Dr. Sundar, I > > found he is already on the way. After he reached > > with one of his doctor friends (another post > > graduate student in Ayurvedic Medicine), we > > organised the medicines he had brought with him. > > From him I learnt that the earlier three camps were > > a very good success. he had taken the snaps of the > > 1st camp and made a profile which he showed me. > > About the drugs, he said, he had approached the > > Principal of Government Ayurveda Hospital, Erragadda > > and after knowing the purpose of the camp, the > > Principal generously donated medicines (which were > > available with them).But one of the common ailment > > in that slum is CHIKANGUNIYA (I don't know the > > correct spelling, read as per your convenience) and > > for that he had to buy some drugs. A gentleman had > > promised him that he will sponsor the camps but did > > not show up for which the last week's camp was > > cancelled.This time Dr. Sundar again contacted him > > and he promised that this time he DEFINITELY is > > going to pay. Posing trust on him, Dr. Sundar has > > purchased medicines worth Rs.3000 and still the > > gentleman in question, is not in touch. > > Anyway, during this conversation, 2 other > > members(Dr. Sundar's colleague and would-be life > > partner, Dr. Kavita and one more PG student) > > joined.We realised as the camp deals with ayurvedic > > medicines, probably Uma won't be of any help, > > neither am I. Because even for dispensing the > > medicines, I need a little bit of knowledge on > > Ayurvedic medicines which I don't have. Then came > > the solution. Uma also will see the patients and > > will write the diagnosis. People sitting at the > > dispensing counter, will do the rest depending on > > the diagnosis. So I thought of coordinating at the > > registration counter. The first five cases were > > anticipating PREVENTIVE TREATMENT FOR CHIKANGUNIYA. > > We had to send them empty handed as we don't have > > anything preventive. We had only curative drugs. > > Then slowly patients started showing up. > > And also showed up a very very big team of under > > graduates and post grads of Ayurvedic College. > > Thanks to Dr. Sundar and his efforts, when I left at > > around 11.30am, there were more volunteers than the > > doctors. I have taken a few snaps with my camera > > phone, the resolution may not be that good, but that > > was the only option available to show the pictures > > to you all. > > What I personally feel that the medical camp will > > run smoothly under Dr. Sundar's captaincy as long as > > we can pay for the drugs.He has a tremendous reserve > > of doctors and students who can do the rest of the > > job like registration, dispensing and counselling. > > Probably he does not need any more non-medical > > volunteers. Still I have assured him that he can > > contact me for anything he feels necessary. > > The location is also good. It's a school building, > > so place is no problem and the area is predominantly > > inhabited by slum-dwellers. The condition is so that > > they know their names, no family name, no surname, > > no idea about their own age.Only complains and > > names..The major problems were Fever,joint pain, > > chikanguniya, anaemia, skin diseases. While for > > other diseases, Dr. Sundar has medicines donated by > > his Principal, for Chikanguniya, they don't have > > much. It has to be purchased from the market. We did > > a little bit of costing to find out that a > > full-course treatment of Chikanguniya cost between > > Rs.13-Rs.15.And every week, they get almost 25-30 > > patients for Chikanguniya. So on an average, Rs. 500 > > would be the cost of treating CG (as they fondly > > refer to Chikanguniya) alone. Other things can be > > taken care of by the existing stock and donations > > from the government hospital. I thought I will put > > this issue to the discussion forum for some > > solution. > > Regards, > > Ratan > > P.S. See the photos at > > http://photos.yahoo.com/qunal25 . What happened > > Raul? Why you did not come? You can come on any > > Sunday. > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > > I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still i can do something. I will not refuse to do something I can do . ( Helen Keller ) > Suresh > > http://bhookh.com > http://aidindia.org > http://www.giftofvision.org > http://foodindia.org.in/ > http://www.workingchild.org/ > http://studentsforbhopal.org/ > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs.Try it free. >
