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Community
Medicine Programme, Sunderbans, West Bengal
Supported the Association of Conservation and Tourism (ACT) in setting
up more than 68 medical camps in remote villages on the island of Bali
in the Sunderbans Tiger Reserve benefitting 18,000 villagers, primarily
women, children and the elderly.
Initiated a para professional health workers training programme in
collaboration with Child In Need Institute (CINI), Kolkata. 15 volunteers
of ACT, 10 semi-skilled practicing dais, 10 Rural Medical Practitioners
from villages of Sundarbans will be trained to address health care needs
of the village.
Seamen's
Ward, St. George's Hospital, Mumbai
The seamen's ward at St. George's Hospital in Mumbai, established in
the pre-Independence era, was in dire need of renovation. The Vasant
J Sheth Memorial Foundation upgraded and equipped the ward with modern
equipment and enabled the hospital to engage an excellent panel of doctors
and nurses.
Indian
Red Cross Society Hospital (IRCS), Alang, Gujarat
Funded an orthopaedic and burns ward in 1997; donated two ambulances
to the Indian Red Cross Society Hospital in Alang for accident victims
from the hazardous shipbreaking industry. Also contributed towards an
auditorium for the Gujarat Maritime Board's Safety, Training and Welfare
Centre.
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