October 23, 2008

Mobile hospital

From the very first beginning I was invited to accompany a new project the Manav Kalyan Trust had just started. Because of very bad health conditions and no medical support in nearby villages, people decided to provide the villagers with free medications. They also want to change minds and make the villagers more aware of food, health and hygiene, because most of them were suffering from lack of vitamins. Many of those people we went to had never been to a doctor, just because they couldn’t afford it to pay fourty rupees to got to a hospital etc.

At the moment I’ve been with the ambulance three times. First we went to some villages to see if medical support was welcome and to introduce the project to the people. The second time I went with the group from the U.K. and we saw in what poor conditions some of the people really were and watched the doctor providing them with medications. One of the villagers has had such a bad cancer for two years already that he’ll soon die of it and no doctor is able to help him anymore. – But most of the deceases were caused because of a lack of health awareness and nutrition.

2 comments:

Jeannette StG said...

Hi,
my son is teaching English in India, and I came there for a visit myself last year. when we live in the US it's hard to see poor conditions like that. Hope you have some friends/relatives who you keep in contact with, here - you may need it! Okay,I'll follow your blog, if you follow mine - just made a "come-back!" cheers, jeannette.
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Shaukat Hafez said...

Hi Avila, it's great that you've started a blog which informs us of the experiences you are having in India. We met in Huddersfield, UK during your visit here. I am pleased you are having a wondeful time and that people are hospitable and looking after you. Also you are learning a great deal of local culture and language etc so by the end of 6 months you will be fluent in Gujarati! It certainly is a life changing experience. Keep up the blog and give my regards to Maheshbhai, Nilesh and rest of team at the school.