4th month of flood relief work

D4U, Mercy Malasia & Dept. of Social Studies(Delhi Univ)

D4U Team with Dept. of Social Studies(Delhi Univ.)

D4U Team works with TISS

Latest from Bihar flood relief efforts

Apart from continuing to work at Bhutahi, Kuseha & Jirva camps, in association with TISS & Delhi School of Social Work (Delhi University), our team toured the some still marooned villages, namely, Baisa, Batha, & Duvaniya. These villages are still cut off from main land, & they don't have any existing road link. Our team had to use local boats to reach these areas. People are still marooned over there for weeks now.

                     We carried out health check up, stressed the need for preventive measures to the local villagers & carried out treatment of the patients.

Our Associate team spends 3 weeks

Today, our associate team from SECL (Coal India Ltd.) returnd from the flood affected areas after working for almost three weeks over there. The team comprised of 11 medical & paramedical professionals, & was led by Dr. Arvind Kumar. Dr. Kumar is a renowned ENT specialist of Chhatisgarh, & he has the experience of conducting charitable surgical camps in the tribal areas of Chhatisgarh, Madhyapradesh, and Jharkhand for over 15 years.

Under his able leadership, our associate team treated 10,556 patients, conducted 26 deliveries and distributed over 81 cartons (worth lakhs) to the patients. Initially, the team worked at Simrahi, Raghopur from 20th september to 28th september, & then, at Katiya, Supaul from 29th September to 7th October.At Kataiya, they worked at the camp run by NGO, Punarwas.  

Flood Relief Work today

Continuing with the relief operations in Bihar, team of doctors from Doctors for You is currently working in the camps organized jointly by Tata Institute of Social Sciences and Delhi School of Social Works (Delhi University). There are 3 fixed camps and 1 mobile camp.

The fixed camps are at Bhutehi, Kushaha(place wheer the dam on River Kosi has broken), Jirva and a one near Dhuvania village in Sonbarsa block.

The team of doctors attended to 212, 275, 140 patients respectively.

130 patients were treated at the camp near Dhuvania. The team also conducted few deliveries, health prescription, chlorination of the water, distributed ORS packets and Vitamin A tablets to children.

The volunteers of Delhi School of Social Works have opened a school where they themself are teaching.

Bihar flood relief activities - A pictorial Story

BIHAR FLOOD REPORT - Doctors For You

Bihar Calamity 2008

Activity report by Doctorsforyou(D4U)

What we did??

1. Our team of 48+ doctors got subdivided to see patients in the following zones:

a) Araria & Purniya

b) Khagaria – Sadar Hospital & an NGO there

c) Saharsa Sadar Hospital OPD – on request of Civil Surgeon there

d) Saharsa Sadar Hospital Emergency – on request of CMO there

e) Katayia – Relief camp of Mr Prakash Jha of Mumbai

f) Supaul – with AIIMS doctors

g) Badgaon – a village with population of 10,000 where our team was the first ever to reach for any relief.

we started managing critical patients by bringing them into EMRI ambulance which had all the supports & paraphernalia but space.

1. Army Doctors were generous to offer IV fluids from there surplus stocks, if needed

2. Met WHO officials who briefed us about untouched areas and guided our thoughts regarding medical requirements there

3. Met AIIMS doctors who utilized us effectively in the medical relief camps identified by them and briefed us about the ground situations

4. Met MSF(Medicine Sans Frontiers) doctor, who is happy to consider for joint activity with D4U where the mobile team will go and serve in the deep interiors and stay there only for 5 days at a stretch

Help needed for Dr. Chandrkant Patil's family

We appeal to the citizens of the country, respective state govts., govt. bodies & corporate sector to come forward, & extend a helping hand to the family of Dr. Chandrakant Patil. Following is the address of his parents, & his account details, where crossed cheques or demand drafts can be sent or you can directly transfer money into his account.

We are also in the process of setting up a collection account in his father's name at a public sector bank.

Address:

Mr. Umakant R. Patil
Staff Quarters
Jawahar Sahakari Sudhgirni, Morani
(T.L.) Dhule
District - Dhule, Maharashtra - 424002

Account details:

Saving account no - 30430955764
Account holder's no - Umakant R. Patil
Bank - State Bank of India
Branch - Nimgul
Code no - 7779