TRF’s Month November 2022
New RCB dialysis centre under TRF’s Global Grant
A new dialysis centre is being inaugurated in Charkop, on November 22nd, 2022, by Rotary Club of Bombay.
This dialysis centre is under the Global Grant of The Rotary Foundation in partnership with RC of Mumbai North End and RC Charlotte, USA.
This dialysis centre is supported by Mahansaria Group of our Rtn. Yogesh Mahansaria.
This is a 15-bed centre where Fresenious Kabi German dialysis machines have been installed. The project includes RO filter, beds and other moveable equipment and UPS batteries.
Dialysis will be conducted free of cost to needy patients. This centre has the best technicians, nephrologists, and
nursing team, etc.
Generally, a dialysis cycle cost varies from Rs. 1000 to Rs. 2500, and a patient requires a minimum of two to three cycles a week. This results in an economic burden of nearly Rs. 12000 per month along with ancillary medication, doctor visits transportation and dietary requirements.
The new RCB Dialysis Centre is expected to provide a huge economic relief to the needy patients.
The project cost is Rs. 1.25 crore.
Healing hearts across India
Rotary Club of Bombay-CSR INDIA GRANT (Paediatric Heart Surgeries)
Every year, more than 200,000 children are born with congenital heart disease in India, barely 2% receive optimal treatment. Even today, rural India is without the facilities required to handle such cases. So, Rotary has been funding these paediatric heart surgeries for the past few years.
Rotary Club of Bombay has signed an MOU with Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital & SRCC Childrens Hospital (both are top hospitals with world class amenities, doctors and equipment) to fund the treatment of such children.
Hospitals hold medical camps across rural India and, through them, identify the children who need this medical care. They are then referred to various NGOs including Rotary.
Our partner hospitals have extended special, reduced pricing for this noble and life-saving project without any compromise on quality. The initial follow-up, post-surgery and discharge for the patient is also at no cost to the family. Each hospital gets patients from all over the country. This includes children from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Kashmir, and Tamil Nadu to name a few. We have identified and operated on patients as
young as a few days old up to the age of 18.
HOW ROTARY CLUB OF BOMBAY HELPS:
1. Arrange preliminary screening of the children to ensure that those selected are suitable for the required surgical procedure (Open Heart Surgery).
2. Arrange for admission, surgery, and discharge. 3. Rotarians and their partners visit children at the hospitals and help in any way needed. All documents of each patient are screened and, after due diligence, RCB gives the go-ahead for the surgery and payment is released for the same.
We expect about 100-125 children (from newborn babies up to age 18 years) to benefit from this project. The exact number will vary depending on how many category cases are referred to us. We plan to do all category cardiac
operations and paediatric cardiac interventions like ASD/ VSD/ PDS device closures and balloon dilatations.
Through this grant, RCB will help mend hearts and bridge the gap for parents who are unable to raise funds for the full cost of operation for their children.
RCB: Aid Beyond Borders
RCB partners on international paediatric heart surgeries
Rotary Club of Bombay in partnership with Society for Rehabilitation of Crippled Children (SRCC) Children’s Hospital and the M&MA Foundation are working towards providing lifesaving surgeries to children from Uganda
suffering from congenital heart disorders.
These children belong to financially-backward families that are unable to cover medical costs including medicines and surgical interventions as well as flights and travel. RCB, along with its partners, steps in to bridge the gap and provide financial and other assistance to these families to offer lifesaving surgical interventions for children at no cost to the families. This provides the children with a second chance to live a long and healthy life.
So far, RCB has funded eight surgeries of patients from Uganda
at SRCC Children’s Hospital with RCB’s contribution of Rs 7,00,500/-. Each surgery was a success and patients have been discharged. Details of each patient is given above.
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