Activity Report for 2010-11 Report on Jeevottam Medical Foundation : Vidyadhiraj Charitable Trust (VCT) is engaged in multifarious human activities such as providing mainly for the underprivileged, a centre of dignifed living for senior citizens, healthcare cum hospital facilities / medical aid as ell as educational facilities by setting up ne age !uality educational programs etc" The trust as founded on #ovember $%, $&&'" The trust has been instrumental in ma(ing the community vibrant and united to be a force to rec(on ith in elfare program" There are three institutions under VCT viz" )evashram *elief +oundation to carry out human relief activities and provide economic and psychological support to the elderly" ,resently -. senior citizens reside here" )ome of them are more than &/ years of age 0eevottam 1edical +oundation to establish comprehensive health care to provide health counseling, medical advice, treatment and nursing to the nearby villages" 2e have a rural eye clinic operating on the ground 3oor" )arasati 4ducational +oundation to underta(e spread and advancement of general, technical and vocational education in all branches 5 faculties" 2e have a 4nglish 1edium ,rimary )chool ith audio visual method of teaching so that children from the villages tal( 4nglish 3uently and get good !uality education li(e an urban child" The fund is registered and is non commercial nonproft charitable organization" 6 board of trustees supervises the a7airs of the trust" The trust has a 8oard of 6dvisors comprising of eminent persons" This report is to highlight the activities of 0eevottam 1edical +oundation for the past one year" Hospital Block The hospital bloc( as named formally by 99 Vidyadhiraj Teerth )amiji of :o(arn ; ,artagali 1ath on 6 hospital bloc( having an area of %$</ )! ft having three 3oors has been constructed to cater to the re!uirements of the old age home as ell as the surrounding rural villagers" =n brief the activities of the foundation have been as under > $" ?a@mi 4ye 9ospital > The :round 3oor of the hospital bloc( has been given to ?a@mi 4ye Trust, a charitable trust" This Trust is headed by Ar )uhas 9aldipur(ar has been carrying out a yeomen service in eye care not only for the villagers in the immediate vicinity, but also in far o7 villages aay from ,anvel" Typically, a vehicle goes to villages ithin a radius of around $B/ Cms and pic(s up patients ho are in need of eye care" #ormally they are accompanied by a healthcare professional to identify those ho are needed to be ta(en them to the rural hospital" They are then brought to the hospital and after e@amination by a Aoctor, necessary medications are prescribed" Dperations, (mostly cataract) are conducted by !ualifed eye e@pert" Auring this process, the patients are given food and accommodation in the clinic" The cost of operation, medicines, food, accommodation etc is totally borne by ?a@mi 4ye Trust" #o charge of hatsoever nature are collected from the rural patients" atients !aitin" for t#eir turn $ye e%amination &peration '#eater ictures The number of operations conducted by the hospital are as under > The good or( of the Trust has been ell appreciated by everybody not only in the vicinity of the 6shram, but also of *aigad Aistrict" Ar 9aldipur(ar as given Carma Eogi puras(ar" (r )u#as Haldipurkar "ettin" *amayo"i uraskar %" 1edical care of the residents of the old age home The doctor caters to the re!uirements of the old age home patients three days in a ee(" The clinic is e!uipped ith essential instruments" for Chec(ing of 8lood pressure and blood sugar" )ome standard medicines are provided to the patients" 1r" # A )henoy, #i(ita 4nterprises, #erul normally contributes medicines to the Children and the 6shram" -" 1easurement of 8one density 6 camp as organized by *otary Club of #e ,anvel for measurement of 8one density for the old age residents of the 6shram ." 1edical care of school children The school children of *am Crishnaa 6cademy ,rimary school are e@amined every three months by a !ualifed doctor" 8esides, Ar )ilim(ar also gave prizes to the healthiest child of each class" 6 dental camp as also organized by the *otary Club for the children