Doctors for You (DFY) is a humanitarian Organization based out of India, formed by doctors, medicalstudents and like minded people . For our work in the Bihar Floods, in 2010, in, we received the SAARC Award for 'Outstanding contribution to humanitarian works in the aftermath of the disasters."' More recently, we have won the prestigious British Medical Journal Group Award for the best 'Medical Team in Crisis Zone'
Friday, October 31, 2008
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Friday, October 10, 2008
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.
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
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.
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