Services provided by the mobile clinic:
- Primary health care (with nominal token fees)
- Community health services (Free health camps incl. Eye and ENT)
- Training of community health volunteers (Arogya Mitra Yojna)
- Safe drinking water awareness
- Health education and awareness programs (poster exhibitions, presentations, video shows, de-addiction programs, and personal hygiene awareness, etc.)
- Community development programs (children development programs-jeevan drops distribution, women’s Self-Help Groups, and vocational trainings for youth)
Project Evaluation and Monitoring:
A project monitoring committee comprised of few trustees of organization, project coordinator, funding agency representative, etc., implements the smooth running of this project. They are responsible for periodic meetings, technical and financial reports and the maintenance of systematic patient records to evaluate the success of various programs.
Our partner organization has also trained and appointed health volunteers and people participation in every project area. Various events like health awareness exhibitions, poster exhibitions for school students, and video shows on healthy habits for children and adults, etc. are also organized on a regular basis.
Health Beneficiaries of Mobile Medical Clinics in 2019
| Types of Activities | January-March | April-June | July-September | October-December | Total Beneficiaries |
| OPD patients examined | 7,000 | 4,249 | 6,181 | 7,664 | 25,094 |
| Preventive Health Programs: health-exhibitions, video-shows, Jeevan-Drops distribution, anemia and de-addiction clinics | 1,048 | 694 | 1,499 | 318 | 3,559 |
| Free Health Camps: ENT, Eye and Free Cataract Surgeries | 451 | 43 | 60 | 718 | 1,272 |
| Training & Appointment of Health-Volunteers (Arogya Mitra) | 20 | 03 | 0 | 07 | 30 |
| Total | 8,519 | 4,989 | 7,740 | 8,707 | 29,955 |
Outcomes of the project:
- Primary health care facilities are availed by more than 24,000 slum dwellers per year.
- Cataract and micro-ear surgeries performed free of cost for poor and needy.
- Health volunteers selected and trained to carry out various health awareness camps leading to a healthier lifestyle among the slum-dwellers
- Increased economic productivity due to improvement in poor people’s health.
BHIM -Better Health Intervention for Reducing Morbidity & Mortality in Malnutrition (June 2017 –May 2018): Malnutrition is one of the most common causes of increased mortality and morbidity in children under 5 years, especially in developing countries like India.
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Vaidyakiya Pratishthan has started a community health research project with IDRF’s support, under which it is being studied whether small doses of antibiotics over a long term will be effective in reducing mortality and morbidity in malnourished children. This study is being done on about 5000 children living in 110 tribal villages in Maharashtra and Gujarat. The research team comprises of pediatricians, nutritionists, physicians, medical social workers and statisticians. This study will also help in improving the quality of life and survival of children with malnutrition.
Dr. Hedgewar Hospital: With IDRF’s continuous support and commitment for a noble cause, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Vaidyakiya Pratishthan has been able to spread healing touch through Dr. Hedgewar Hospital, a multi-specialty hospital in Aurangabad. This hospital serves the underprivileged with quality care that is easily accessible. The hospital has all the modern facilities and is at par with leading hospitals of the country in terms of latest technology and human resources. IDRF has been supporting a variety of their programs from time to time.
Shri Guruji Rugnalaya:
A program was started about 12 years ago, to sensitize and foster medical students while at medical colleges to work for the well-being of the poor and needy. At the Shri Guruji Rugnalaya in Nashik several such doctors are working who have given their lifetime commitment for this project. This hospital has achieved good faith and confidence amongst masses in providing excellent medical care at an affordable cost. More than 40, 000 patients in OPD, and more than 8,000 patients on In-patient basis have been treated here and more than 1,500 surgeries have been performed. Medical services are provided either free of cost or at subsidized rates to the poor people. With the support of IDRF, the hospital was able to buy equipment for the oncology laboratory.
