On International Women’s Day, we organised a free “Women’s Health Camp”. 147 women attended the free medical camp at Mangor, Vasco.
Dr. Reena, Dr. Amita and Dr. Shubhangi volunteered to conduct the health checks. We had a pathologist in attendance to conduct the blood tests. Dr. Kapil took charge of disbursing free medicines and explaining the dosage to the patients. Free vitamins, iron and protein supplements were disbursed, as were some OTC medicines. All patients were offered snacks. Abhay, Dr. Amita, Amit B, Amit T, Avez, Charuta, Dinesh, Jennifer, Dr. Kapil, Lalit, Dr. Shubhangi, Snehal, Vidya volunteered. Dr. Reena was invited by Dr. Shubhangi. Nikhil and Pramod of RC Vasco also visited the camp.
Also see: Health Camp Results.
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Behind every happy family is a healthy woman.
Coinciding with the International Women’s Day, we are organising a free “Women’s Health Check Up” on Sunday 8 March 2009 between 09:00 AM to 2:00 PM at St. Theresa’s School, Mangor Hill, Vasco da gama. The free medical check up will be conducted by qualified lady doctors.
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Our club participated in the Pulse Polio Immunization Programme by helping man the booth organised by the Rotary Club of Vasco da gama. Our guests – the visiting GSE Team from RID 7260 also lent a helping hand. Gwenn led from the front. Over 250 children were administered drops at the booth. Dinesh, Amit B, Snehal, Lalit, Dr Jen and Avez also visited the booth.
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The Rotary Club of Dabolim Goa participated in the Pulse Polio drive by helping staff the booth organised by the Rotary Club of Vasco da gama. Over 280 children were administered drops at the booth. Dinesh, Snehal, Lalit and Amit T attended.
Pulse Polio is an immunization campaign established by the government of India in 1994 to eradicate poliomyelitis (polio) in India by vaccinating annually all children under age five against poliovirus.
Every child receives a dose of Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV), a live, attenuated virus which colonises the gastrointestinal tract. This virus competitively inhibits the wild, disease-causing poliovirus. Not only does this prevent pernicious infection in the host, it precludes transmission of the wild poliovirus to other hosts. Since poliovirus cannot survive outside a host for more than two weeks, theoretically it would be eradicated, resulting in the eradication of poliomyelitis.
Also see: http://www.rotary.org/en/SERVICEANDFELLOWSHIP/POLIO/Pages/ridefault.aspx
Rotary
community, health, polio, projects
On International Women’s Day, we organised a free “Women’s Health Camp”. 147 women attended the free medical camp at Mangor, Vasco.
