As much as India has progressed on spreading basic healthcare far
and wide, villages still seem a forbidden lot.
Some of them, like village Naiphal in Ghaziabad, still don’t have
facilities of their own and rely largely on facilities a fair distance off.
Rather ironically, the village that has lately been notified as an
urban body has no medicare facility of its own but hinges on the single
government setup in Dasna Tehsil for
its own health. This has made medicare hard to come by for villagers, many of
whom face signs of respiratory, joint pain, and vision disorders.
When Ponty Chadha Foundation zeroed in on this particular village,
it found many of the villagers warranted a medical prognosis of the signs they
had developed. The Foundation took cognizance of this and on the morning of
September 6th 2014, a large-scale health camp was organised at the
village temple premises.
Doctors and teams of paramedics from Dr. Ram Saran Garg Indo German
Hospital voluntarily stepped in as part of the drive to administer free aid and
advise the villagers on general healthcare. The event picked up steam quite
early as eager villagers made a beeline for the camp, and by 0700 hours, a
sizable gathering had queued up for making mandatory registrations.
Nearly 700 families attended the event which culminated around 1300
hours after every attendee had got medical aid and attention from the teams of
doctors and assistants. The temple premises aided coordination and order with
ample seating arrangements made in advance by the PCF teams.
The objective of the camp to provide aid and educate the villagers
on early diagnosis was successfully achieved as a number of the attendees with
signs of likely respiratory, vision, and joint-related disorders chose to
pursue further treatment at the Indo German hospital. PCF and the hospital also
pledged aid and support to these villagers pursuing further line of treatment.
