An encouraging report was celebrated at Doctors For You Today.

According to a joint report released by UN food agencies this month , India saw a 6.5% DROP in the number of people who suffer from chronic hunger. During the 2008-2010 period as many as 22.86 crore people were undernourished in this country , and today this number has fallen to 21.38 crore. These statistics only prove that we are on the right path and that all hard work eventually bears fruit. DFY is committed to achieving the UN Millennium Development Goal of “eradicating extreme poverty and hunger” as we believe good nutrition lays the foundation for good health. Much work however remains to be done if we are to achieve this goal by 2015 , and we thank all our volunteers and donors for having supported thus far. We urge you to contribute in any way you can.

Readers can find the article here: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/indicators/number-of-undernourished-people-in-india-down-6-5-fao/articleshow/23604040.cms

Join Us for Joy of Giving Week

For our contribution this year, we have chosen to focus on

Medical equipments donation drive – You can collect medical equipments like BP instrument, Stethoscope, Glucometer, Nebuliser, Thermometer, portable medical equipments and any other medical instrument in working condition.
It will be used during disaster relief work, for rural / tribal / slum health centres, distributed among ANM’s, ASHA’s & other health workers across India.

To know more about the drive and to join us in this drive please do call us on 09920713717 / 09969523055 or
email us info@doctorsforyou.org

We request all our members / volunteers across INDIA to participate, support and volunteer for this drive

Doctors For You celebrates The Joy Of Giving!

Doctors For You celebrates The Joy Of Giving!

The Joy of Giving Week represents a landmark event for Doctors For You , as it embraces the spirit of giving and helping those less fortunate than us , a cause that we have championed since our very inception as an organization.
The Joy of Giving Week will be celebrated from Oct 2nd – Oct 8th ; the week will be marked by numerous outreach activities conducted by several NGO’s and likeminded inviduals.
For our contribution this year, we have chosen to focus on Deworming and Vitamin A Supplementation for children.
Both of these are essential for the healthy and normal development of a child and are absolutely crucial to building immunity .
We will be conducting health camps at several different locations throughout the week , wherein we will educate all attendees on the importance of following a rigorous and timely deworming and vit A supplementation routine for their young.

The dates and locations are as follows :
Lallubhai Compound , Govandi – 2nd October
Ambedkar Nagar – 3rd October
Natwar Parikh Compound , Govandi – 4th October
Rafiq Nagar – 5th October
Shivaji Nagar – 6th October & 7th October

We invite all our members and volunteers to participate. More information can be found at www.joyofgivingweek.org

Uttarakhand relief work 2013

11 doctors, 8 support staffs and 10 weeks period
Doctors for You treated 3437 patients so far and Trained >900 ASHA’s Join us @ Ukhimath block, Rudraprayag district..!
Here is the First look of DFY New Jacket for on field staff

‘Beauty lies in the eyes of beholder’

A very rare case of Heterochromia Iridis with hearing loss (probably case of Waardenburg syndrome…?) found in Usada village during the medical camp at Uttarakhand…!
(DFY involved in flood relief work at Uttarakhand since 2.5months)

DFY Salutes Dr. Bhushan

Dr Bhushan from Pune, Maharashtra volunteering for DFY since 2 weeks at Ukhimath block Rudraprayag district Uttarakhand.
DFY thanks him for his outstanding work at Uttarakhand.

To Volunteer with us.
Call us on 08473093237 / 09899797734 or email info@doctorsforyou.org

Doctors For You completed 85 days of Flood relief work in Uttarakhand.

Dr. Ajinkya from Pune volunteering for DFY since 2 weeks at Ukhimath, Rudraprayag. He is leading the Team for provision of comprehensive Health care in 25 villages in Ukhimath block.

 

31st Aug – 1st Sep 2013 , Chunni Mangoli (Uttarakhand) Health Camp – 25 patients treated

We established our next camp within the village of Chunni Mangoli , in the Ukthimath Block of the Rudraprayag District . Our team of Dr. Prasant , Dr. Aditya K Kalyan , Mr. Isfakur Rahman & Mr. Kishlay Kant , travelled 15 km for over 4 hours to reach the site.

The activities of the camp were overseen and managed by Dr.Prasant & Dr. Kalyan.
We registered and tended to 25 patients , 16 of which were male (13 adults & 3 children) and 9 of which were female (8 adults & 1 child) within our morning OPD service.
We also established an interactive mini camp at the local school in Chunni Mangoli . This gave us a chance to speak to the children there individually and conduct thorough MUAC ( mid arm upper circumference ) tests and check for malnutrition. Reassuringly , not a single case was found.
We also gave the children in attendance a demonstration of the 6 step hand wash technique , and answered questions they had on personal hygiene.
Interviews with the local school teacher & ASHA worker (Ms. Meena Devi) revealed that most parents were meticulous with observing immunization schedules for their children.

Become a volunteer… you might live longer!

Those who regularly help their communities ‘are 20% less likely to die prematurely’

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2400546/Become-volunteer–live-longer-Those-regularly-help-communities-20-likely-die-prematurely.html

DFY Health Camps

Doctors For You is conducting health camps in following villages of Ukhimath block in Rudraprayag district. ASHA, Trainings are also going on in the Chamoli district. Till now >600 ASHA’s were trained
Village list
1. Dunger Simlea
2. Kimana
3. Hudu
4. Phaphanj
5. Pali
6. Mansuna
7. Griya
8. Gaid
9. Gudgu
10. Pathali
11. Sarigaon
12. Uniyani
13. Raulake
14. Burva
15. Papjakhpuda
16. Makku
17. Parkandi
18. Paldwadi
19. Sari gaon