Friends, Today we went to Niloufer Hospital.
We spoke with the Director, an advisor and the President of JD Association in Niloufer. The Director said that purified water and social workers (counsellors in a sense) are the options if we want to help. He also opined that it would not be good if we start something and leave it in half way. He also said that it is not that govt. doesn't have funds but maintenance is a problem if modalities are not taken care of. After listening to us he put us to one Mr. Chakradhar, he is associated with Smaraami Foundation and TeluguOne Foundation. According to him: 1. Blood -- 30 to 50 units every week 2. Purified Water --- 20 to 30 ltrs a day 3. Social Workers -- 5 Blood The first and foremost requirement is blood. They require 30 to 50 units of blood every week. He said would be great if we people can go regularly and donate instead of giving 800 units of blood at a time. There is bound to be a wastage if donation is done in such a large scale. They are ready to come and collect if 25 people are willing to donate blood. Purified Water Small size water filters does not serve the purpose as such as they have to be changed every year or so and they do not cater to the actual requirement. If we have to think about providing purified water it should be in a large scale, Reverse Osmosis, technology. The cost would be around 2 lakhs to 3 lakhs. Byrraju Foundation, Naandi Foundation and GMR Foundation -- Only these three organizations are using this technology in the areas they work and if we can ask the inputs, we can get the details of the cost and maintenance. For maintaining the service, they make sure that they will charge for the water (as low as 25 p or one rupee). The reason is that anything free is bound to be received with irresponsibility. Social Workers Coming to social workers, there are some organizations who are providing social workers to guide people. But they do the counselling only for the people that they bring to Niloufer for treatment. They do not reside at Niloufer and guide the regular patients. So they require a minimum of 2 to 3 social workers and ideally 5. We need not even search for volunteers or for the process as there is some organization which do these things. They train the people, give them uniforms and then employ. Mr. Chakradhar is ready to come and give a Presentation in corporate companies representing Niloufer Hospital provided we can facilitate. After coming out, we met the President of JUDA, Niloufer. Actually Dr. Bala Sreenivas, Chaitanya and others met them earlier. He told that there is no shed (roof) for the patients outside. It would be good if we can contribute for setting up sheds. But this depends on the permission from the Director. This is just his opinion not the Hospital Mgmt. opinion. All in all we felt that it was a good and fruitful effort and we have to see how best we can help. The sad part is that Media is creating negative impact and suspicion in people, the more apt word is that instead of creating trust and hope in people they are encouraging disbelief. They are not ready to speak their hearts as any small miscommunication or general news also would be sensationalized and that gains attention for all wrong reasons. There are many groups in this forum and also most of us are working in MNCs. Why don't we organize blood camps for the hospital directly? Most important suggestion is 25 to 50 people one time instead of all the employees contributing at once. Think about it. Anyone who are interested to organize a blood donation camp in their company, can request Niloufer authorities to come and collect blood. Thank you. with regards, Prasanthi. prasanthi.wordpress.com
