Outreach Health Programme in Madhakavarapalli Village, Karnataka State, India.

On the 17th of November 2012, Trinity Care Foundation conducted a Free Mobile Health camp in

Madhakavarapalli Village in the Government School in Bagepalli Taluk, Chickaballapura District, Karnataka, India.

This medical camp aimed at providing basic healthcare services focusing on Orthopedics, Gynaecology,

Dermatology, Diabetology, Cardiology, Dentistry, Pediatrics & Ophthalmology. Basic Medicines were provided free of

cost.

The Trinity Care Foundation worked in conjunction with government health officials, Gram Panchayath Members and

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited members in order to organize this event.

Health Workers from villages were directed in advance to escort patients to this camp. In order to spread the word

about the camp, the foundation organized press releases in local newspapers and also put up advertisement posters

in and around the village. Additionally local help was taken to cover the event.

A team of 27, including 14 Doctors as well as observers from HAL, Bangalore, set out from Bangalore early in the

morning and arrived at Madhakavarapalli Village Government School, the site of the camp at around 10:30 am. The

Village is 145 Kilometers from Bangalore City towards Devanahalli.

Once there, the team began examining patients – who consisted mostly of young children and Adults – to determine

the extent of their problems and decide on a possible course of action to correct these problems. Patients were

examined by our team of doctors

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Community outreach programs is an important vehicle for reducing the discovery-delivery disconnect

by bringing health education and Health screening services directly to community members. Such

programs are consistent with the priority areas of Trinity Care Foundation initiatives for reducing

health disparities.

Outreach programs are important tools for bringing health education and screening services directly

to community members and serve to contribute to reducing health disparities. They assist

communities and hospitals to reach mutually beneficial goals that would otherwise not be achievable

for promoting accessible and equitable care.

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The team distributed Medicines, conducted GRBS Tests and provided Dental Treatments on the Mobile Dental Unit .

Nearly Three Hundred and Fifty Three people were examined for various problems.

The doctors explained to each patient – and in many cases, parents and other relatives of these patients as well –

exactly what procedures needed to be done to cure them. While the team had anticipated a problem in co nvincing

patients of the need for surgery, there did not appear to be any such issue.

Each person examined was given a diagnosis and a prescription sheet, and some patients were also asked to come

into Bangalore for surgeries on a given date. The camp closed at 3:30 pm, after every single patient had been

observed. Fluoride is the main cause in Bagepalli Taluk. Problems caused by fluoride include Dental Fluorosis - a

disease of the teeth, weakening of bones and bone loss, bone cancer, kidney problems and hormone disruption.

Patients who require surgery will be treated at hospitals in Bangalore in the near future.

Trinity Care Foundation hopes to build on its successes by organizing such camps soon. This Mobile Health Camp

was conducted for Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), Bangalore as part of their Corporate Social Responsibility

(CSR) Initiative focusing on Community Health.

Trinity Care Foundation is a Non Governmental Organization focusing on Craniofacial

Surgeries, School Health Programs and Outreach Health Programs in Karnataka, India.

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