IMA HQ MEDICAL RELIEF ACTIVITY
IN A COUNTRY --FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF
NEPAL
Nature’s fury,
no forecasting system combined with poor preparedness has left Nepal battling
its worst earthquake.
On April 25th
severe earthquake
caused havoc in Nepal. Many people have died. Property and infrastructure worth
billions of rupees have been damaged.
The
earthquake fury has overtaken the community of Nepal especially of interior
parts of it and left them numbs. There are huge losses of human life as well as
properties and need to help. It is our social responsibility towards our neighboring
country
to help in all ways.
Indian
Medical Association HQ ., immediately
came into action under the guidance of our Hon. Secretary General
Dr. K. K. Aggarwal. A line of action was prepared immediately and sent
to all IMA members along with” DO & DON’T During Earthquake”.
A monitoring
cell was established at IMA HQ. An
appeal was sent to all Working Committee Members , State Branch Presidents
and Hon. Secretaries of local branches
and IMA members to volunteer their
services reaching Nepal for help and to
contribute for medicines and financial contribution to the IMA President Disaster Relief Fund.
A request
was done to Indigo airlines to provide free tickets to go to Kathmandu. We received a positive response. We received
many request from our IMA members to go to Nepal at the service of affected
victims.
IMA HQ’s
unique initiative started to help the needy brethren of our neighboring country, which was affected by disaster, the
natural calamity of earthquake. The important aspect of this activity was that
all the doctors went voluntarily. Doctors were sent from different states like Chhattisgarh
, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Punjab.
Dr. Ahok
Gupta, Dr. Kanchan Gupta, Dr. Shashank shrigarpure, Dr. Sujit Adsol, Dr.
Mansukh Kanani , Dr. Anoop Verma, Dr. Roohi Deol & Dr. Dilip Sheth along with few
paramedical attended from 30th April to 9th May 2015.
Our IMA Team
worked together with the doctors of Vayodha Hospital, B.K. Eye Foundation Hospital and Bhaktipur
Civil Hospital. Along with seeing the patients in OPD , they assisted the hospital doctors in debridement of wounds,
dressings, anesthesia procedure , emergency cesarean section and emergency resuscitation of new born
also. Along with hospital doctors our
team rendered services in the periphery area of Kathmandu to the interior part
of Nepal.
Our team
examined about 300 patients of Charagadh village of Kirtipura Dist., about 250
patients at village Ranitar of Sindupalchok district ( at a distance of around 100 k.m. from Kathmandu
) and 60 patients in Karyabinayak Municipality area in a temporary OPD erected
in tent. In the Hospital OPD of
Bhaktipur Civil Hospital Dist. Bhaktipur, our team had examined about 500
patients including pediatric patients in three days. Around 1100 patients were
examined from pediatric to geriatrics patients by our team in 10 days.
The whole
relief activity was carried out with the support of Heart Care Foundation of
India.
Long Live
IMA
Dr. Marthanda Pillai ,
National President IMA
Dr. KK Aggarwal Honorary
Secretary General IMA
Dr Chetan N Patel,
Chairman IMA HQ DMC
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