Hello Ratan ji, For Arogyasree, I think the people must pay a premium of Rs. 330 or so (for year most probably).
If at all the white card holders are ready to avail the scheme, our current case (of Priya) is a white card family. Discussion on medical cases in the sense, to discuss once for all among the local members/volunteers to know their views and see to that we are all on the same page. There shouldn't be any confusion. It is ok if we have difference of opinion. But for all the activities that we take up as a group, there shouldn't be any confusion on why we have taken up a case and why we act in a specific manner. Ofcourse Chaitanya mailed. He expressed his views and requested others to participate in the discussion. No one responded :( Discussions are not just to pass time but we are keen on exchanging information and share our views. We discuss a lot when a case is there and we talk about guidelines and all. But when we specifically request for a discussion, so that there will not be any confusion later, no one participates. This is what we discussed on campaign. (As usual most of the members are absent and very few participated in the discussion). 1. We will take the help of Red Cross in getting the publicity material, like leaflets or pamphlets. 2. We will select particular colonies (where our members reside, to start with) and invite them for sessions. We will arrange Thalassemia and Organ Donation sessions and distribute the leaflets. Based on the area, we will give a session on general health and hygiene as well. 3. To attract people, we can even conduct a FREE medical camp. Ofcourse we need volunteers and also careful planning. We can give the responsibility of mobilizing doctors to Dr. Sundar. For Allopathic Doctors we can take your help and also of Dr. Komala. We even know Arogya Bharathi, an organization which conducts medical camps in slums with the help of Medicos. As I mailed earlier, adopting NIMS is a very broad concept. We need to dig to the details. We should know from them on how we, the common public of help to them. I came to know that some of the doctors/administration staff in NIMS want to form a group and do social work (may be guidance or not sure on their support. But they are willing to help more rigorously). What we find is that most of the patients cannot procure blood donors. Also most of them do not know about different schemes available (other patients help them about CM Fund, PM Fund etc.,) Some people are too poor that they do not turn up for the surgery because of lack of money. (Take the case of Divena itself. They didn't come for the surgery. They took the estimate. Thats it). May be we can get a big list of needy people who need money/financial support for operations. We should think big in this area and on how we can help them. How can we procure financial support for them? How to take our individual help to next level? We should discuss more on it. I think we can make a very big difference in this area, where there is a real need and I hope we can tap people and can gain their attention to support these people. But to do that effectively, we need to have to have facts and figures with us. If we have a clear plan/idea with us in this regard, we can approach authorities for statistics. Once we have facts and figures, we can match our model (if we develop any by that time. I am sure we can) and convince people to come forward and help. This will be the task/effort that will help us in uniting people to come forward and join hands. I see a great potential. May be at this stage, this idea seems to be too ideal and unrealistic. But I remember a quote, some people can achieve great things because they do not know that such things are not possible. I think this is a real crucial stage for us. If all our members co- operate and seriously allocate time to discuss, give a thought to the problems, share their opinion and participate in the activities, we can definitely achieve. We can get the support of more and more people as well. We already have an active team. What we need is more seriousness and some regular time from them.
