ANNUAL REPORT 2016-17 About the Organization This Logo Symbolizes the Objectives of the Organization
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23rd ANNUAL REPORT 2016-17 About the organization This logo symbolizes the objectives of the organization. Ÿ The words in the outer circle are from the great Indian epic "Mahabharat", saying that "nothing is above a Human". This is also the motto of the organization. Ÿ The triangle in the inner circle symbolizes the hands of three people and stands for community development through participation. Ÿ The light from the lamp in the small hut in the centre symbolizes the development of the weakest and poorest person of the community. Founder trustees of the organization were inspired by Gandhian thinking and work of great men like Albert Schweitzer. They felt deeply the agony and hopelessness of poor villagers. They saw the plight of villagers and felt a need of medical services in these villages. Hence they brought like minded friends together and founded Gram Seva Trust, an organization dedicated to rural health and development. In 1994 the trust started a 30 bedded hospital with 5 staff members in an old dilapidated building, given by another trust. As the need arose the hospital was expanded to accommodate more patients and better services. Today the hospital can accommodate 80 patients and has all basic facilities required in a rural hospital providing health services at affordable rates and sometimes free of charge to the needy from nearly 200 surrounding villages of Navsari and Dang districts. The organization also wanted to improve health of the surrounding villages hence as and when need was identified different community projects were started in the surrounding villages with main focus on health and development of women and children. Immense efforts are put in to decrease malnutrition. Gram Seva Trust also reaches out to the tribals in deep interior villages of Vansda and Dang through satellite centers and general medical mega camps arranged every year. The organization has also started different projects for development of villages like Self Help Group project (a micro saving and micro lending project for women), trainings for income generation activities, adolescent girl project, tutorial classes to strengthen primary education and a Child Education and Development Centre to improve standard of education in children of landless labourers. Vision Ÿ Healthy, Happy, Self sufficient and Self-Empowered Rural communities. Mission Ÿ Cater to the Health need of every individual in the society irrespective of caste, creed or economic status. Ÿ Render special care to women and children of our society. Ÿ Promote curative and preventive measures in order to improve the general well being of the society. Ÿ Uplift social and economical status as well as rural development with scientific and rational approach. Ÿ Create awareness for healthy qualitative life and development. Governing Board Members Advisors No. Name Position In Board Address Shri Dhananjaybhai Desai Valsad 1. Dr. Ashwin A. Shah Managing Trustee Kharel Dr.Lataben Desai SEWA Rural, Jhagadia 2. Mr. Nalinbhai J. Desai Trustee & Hon. Secretary Surat Shri I.J.Desai Surat 3. Dr. Harsha A.Shah Trustee Kharel 4. Mr. Nalinbhai T. Desai Trustee Dhamdachha 5. Mr. Dipakbhai A. Vashi Trustee Dhamdachha 6. Mr. Moghabhai L. Naik Trustee Pipaldhara 7. Mr. Dinubhai R. Patel Trustee Khaparia 8. Dr. Anilbhai C. Desai Trustee Jhagadia 9. Mr. Chhaganbhai P. Naik Trustee (till 6/11/2016) Surat 10. Dr. Ratna Magotra Trustee Mumbai 11. Dr. Khushroo Patel Trustee Mumbai / USA Tribute Gram Seva grieves the sad demise of Shri Chaganbhai Naik (Trustee and Donor). Chagankaka has been a strong pillar of the organization. He has always strived for the betterment of the people of Kharel and Gandeva and has done many projects for their development. Chagankaka and his family also donated their ancestral land for construction of Parodh Balawas. We pay our homage to him and hope to continue his legacy and work for the surrounding poor and tribal communities as a tribute to him. Shri Chaganbhai Naik Annual Report : 2016-2017 Gram Seva Trust, Kharel Editorial ello friends, HWish you all a very Happy New year! Gram Seva has completed 23 years. Next year the organization shall be entering the silver jubilee year. Your support and well wishes have helped us in our work over these years. We are happy to present before you our annual report of activities. Gram Seva has continued its health and development projects in interior villages of Navsari and Dang districts. You may be aware of some of these activities through our newsletter “ Samvedan”. This year we have started dispensing generic medicines free of cost to all our OPD patients. We also conducted 3 mega health camps in interior areas of Dang and Vansda with the support of our donors. Free eye camps are being conducted regularly in the hospital. Parodh Balawas construction has been completed and is functioning well this year. State Bank of India has donated a mobile medical van which has been very useful in our outreach health projects in interior villages. The sad demise of Shri Chaganbhai Naik this year, our Trustee and big supporter of our activities, has been a great loss to Gram Seva family. Shri Chaganbhai has been our guide and support and has contributed a lot in the development of the organization. Our experience of 23 years shows that substantial work is required in health, awareness, sanitation, education and economic empowerment in rural areas. We hope to contribute as much as we can in these activities in the community, with your support and well wishes. And at the same time continue with our present work. We look forward to your opinions and suggestions and hope for your support as always. Thank you, Dr.Ashwin Shah (Managing Trustee) (on behalf of Gram Seva family) 1 Gram Seva Trust, Kharel Annual Report : 2016-2017 Long time Activities Hospital Services Dialysis Department Our hospital was started in 1994 to provide clinical With the increase in chronic diseases in the community services to the poor and needy in the surrounding villages. we are also seeing an increase in patients requiring regular It has been our motto that no patient should be denied dialysis. Dialysis sessions are expensive and available only health services for lack of money. In spite of the increasing in city hospitals which are far away. Our hospital provides number of private and trust hospitals in surrounding area, dialysis facility at low cost to the patients. This year 1447 the faith of the people in our services has not decreased. sessions were conducted out of which 917 sessions The hospital still provides clinical services in medicine, were done for free. Donations for these free sessions, by gynae, surgery, ortho, ophthalmology, ent, dialysis, our generous donors, have helped to increase the quality dental care and physiotherapy to patients from over 300 and length of the lives of many patients. surrounding villages of Navsari, Surat and Dang districts. Gynaecology-Obstetrics Department Sukhabhai Govindji Eye Department and Mamtaghar facility The elderly in the villages are suffering from many health Safe delivery services help decrease the maternal mortality problems due to old age. Cataract and blindness due to in pregnant women. Hence our hospital provides 24 hour cataract is one of their major health problems. Their health obstetric services. Our gynaecologists, labour room staff is neglected due to many reasons. Our eye department and operation theatre staff are working 24x7 to provide tries to provide services at very low cost to the poor safe delivery services. We also conduct free antenatal and elderly. Every month free eye camps are conducted clinics thrice a week so that antenatal care is also where patients are checked and operations are done for available to the women. This year 4463 women received free. This year 16 such eye camps were conducted in free antenatal care out of which 1535 were delivered. which 4342 patients were checked and 272 free cataract 1311 women were delivered for free. Mamtaghar services operations were done. 1653 patients were given free are also available where women from interior areas and spectacles. high risk pregnant women can stay 8 to 10 days prior to their deliveries for proper care. The pregnant women Table 1: Hospital Services Services 2015-2016 2016-17 Good fortune and Gram Seva saves young Bindiya OPD Patients (New) 24138 22718 Bindiya (name changed) was a resident of Nani Dabdar OPD Patients (Old) 44496 46484 village in Dang. She was 6 months pregnant and took Total Patients 68634 69202 antenatal services at Sakarpatal primary health centre Indoor Patients 7641 7328 (PHC). Due to lack of facilities she never had her sonography done during these 6 months. One day she suddenly started Consultation by Specialist 68618 69100 bleeding and her family took her to Sakarpatal Phc from Doctors where she was referred to Vansda cottage hospital about Total Surgeries 2112 2114 25kms away from Sakarpatal. Seeing her serious condition Total Deliveries 1660 1535 she was sent to a private hospital in Vansda by the cottage hospital staff. But Bindiya’s condition was so serious that Laboratory Invesg./No.of 142200/23700 145200/23500 even the private hospital was unable to manage her and patients she was sent to Gram Seva hospital at Kharel about 40 X-Ray 4229 3803 kms away from Vansda. On examination and sonography Sonography 1919 1469 our obstetrician and gynaecologist realized that Bindiya’s placenta (part supplying blood to the baby from the uterus) T.B.Patients treated 91 67 was lying near the opening of the uterus and hence she Snake Bite Patients Treated 94 119 was bleeding. She was immediately operated. Her bleeding Physiotherapy 2656 3096 stopped and her condition improved but the doctors could not save the baby due to the delay in reaching the hospital.