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Every weekend - a medical camp is being scheduled at the PBS identified areas. To volunteer in one of these camps and enjoy the fun amidst these lovely children - drop us an e-mail.
Medical Camp 1
Date & Place: Feb 20 @ Oragadam village, near Thiruporur
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Volunteers: Sankar, Muthumadaswamy, Gopal, Theivajothi, T.C.Rangarajan, S.Suresh, Angaraj,
Mrs.Vijayalakshmi, Manjit, Srinand, Koteeswaran
Camp in-Charge: Senthil & Anusha
Background:
Tribal people (called as 'Irulaas'), dont have regular income or consistent means of work.
Only on need basis, they get work near by in the farm field, or in rice mill, or at construction sites.
Male labors are paid 100 Rs per day and Female labors are paid 35 Rs/day on an average.
Most of the children are going to nearby Govt school & Missionary school.
Referral NGO: Rural Development Trust  
All the children were subject to weight/height check followed by a medical screening. - Medication & guidance for minor health issues was administered.
- Children diagnosed with major syndromes, were directed to the nearest network hospital / health-care center under our Doctor's reference and a good treatment was thus ensured for the kid.
- Along with this medical camp, a survey (data collection) was also carried out.
- Other areas such as education & livelihood were also analysed to understand the current situation.
Inspite of all the problems these children are facing, they were never short of laughter :)  
Update:
No. of children screened is 45, out of which 9 children were identified for hospital referral. They were guided to S.R.M Hospital & Chengalpet G.H for medication. Skin infection was prevalent among the children, for which medication was provided and also the importance of health awareness & hygiene was campaigned to the community.
Click here to see the details of the referral children.
Quote: "It was truly a relishing experience. Love this wonderful & Lively team" - Gopal (Flsmidth, Chennai). You can view all the photos here
Medical Camps 2 & 3 Date & Place: March 6, 1) Manamathy & 2) Kunnapatti, near Thiruporur
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Volunteers: T.C.Rangarajan, S.Suresh, Koteeswaran, Raman
Camp in-Charge: Senthil & Theivajothi
Background:
Tribal people ('Irulaas'). Most of the people @ Manamathy are working in Rice mills (and living there too as families), whereas in Kunnapattu, the people are working for daily wages.
Referral NGO: Rural Development Trust  
Update:
No. of children screened is 77, out of which 10 children were identified for hospital referral. They were guided to S.R.M Hospital & Chengalpet G.H for medication. The importance of health awareness & hygiene was campaigned to the community. Also medication was provided at the camp for children who are ailed by anemia, iron / vitamin / nutrition deficiency and skin infections.
Click here to see the details of the referral children.
Medical Camps 4 & 5
Date & Place: March 13 @ 1) Arunkundram & 2) Kulakara Paguthy, near Thiruporur
Volunteers: S.Suresh, Koteeswaran, Gopal, Gajalakshmi, Mani, Angaraj, Tamilarasan
Camp in-Charge: Theivajothi & T.C.Rangarajan
Background:
Tribal people ('Irulaas'), working for daily wages in the fields or at construction sites.
Referral NGO: Rural Development Trust
Camp Update:
No. of children screened is 76, out of which 11 children were identified for hospital referral. They were guided to S.R.M Hospital & Chengalpet G.H for medication. The importance of health awareness & hygiene was campaigned to the community. Also medication was provided at the camp for children who are ailed by anemia, iron / vitamin / nutrition deficiency and skin infections.
Click here to see the details of the referral children.
Few PBS Contributors from H.P (Vimala, Saravanan, etc) also joined us for this camp.
Medical Camp 6 Date & Place: March 20 @ Periyar Nagar near Thiruporur
Volunteers: Uma, Dharmalakshmi, Sabeerkhan, Ranjith, Krithika, Koteeswaran
Camp in-Charge: Theivajothi, Anusha & Senthil
Background:
Tribal people ('Irulaas'), working for daily wages in the fields or at construction sites.
Referral NGO: Rural Development Trust
Camp Update:
No. of children screened is 43, out of which only one child was identified for hospital referral. The child was guided to Chengalpet G.H for medication. The importance of health awareness & hygiene was also campaigned to the community. Also medication was provided at the camp for children who are ailed by anemia, iron / vitamin / nutrition deficiency and skin infections.
Click here to see the details of the referral child.
Quote: "It was a wonderful experience. Kudos to the team work!!" - Krithika (a physiotherapist by passion and a software 'bug' at H.P by profession).
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