Kudos to RCBM Clan for making a difference to two lives by corrective surgeries. They are able to walk for the first time in their lives! Kindly find pictures of two operated patients - (1) Vipul - fitted with Left Side above knee Prosthesis and (2) Kanta - now walking with above Knee Caliper. The smile on their faces while taking the first step was worth witnessing!
BOARD MEETING
Venue - Residence of Rtn. Nilesh Patel
Date - 4th May, 2010.
Highlight of the meeting was the excellent attendance and presence of AG Alok. President welcomed everybody at 8.30 and after the opening remarks appreciated the hard work put in by many members under the leadership of Rtn. Nileshbhai for four camps of Atmanirbhar - (1) Pavijetpur, (2) Chhotaudepur, (3) Hansot and (4) Dashrath - all during last 10 days. More than 600 patients were seen. Vow! The total number of beneficiaries of the three camps are:
(1) Pavijetpur - 92
(2) Chhotaudepur - 118
(3) Hansot - 31
Some of the items like Hand Splints, Ortho Shoes are not covered in the Matching Grant and hence will not be accounted but all said and done, this is a big, big help to the real needy (Below Poverty Line). Also kits were given to make them earn their livelihood. All those who remained present thanked Almighty for giving us this opportunity to serve others.
Lessons learnt and suggestions received from all Rotarians who remained present were discussed in the meeting. They are as follows:
1. Involvement of General Practioner, Orthopaedic Surgeon, Physiotherapist and Specialist for differently abled children is a must as their technical input is a must for who needs which help.
2. Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for the camp should be finalized for recording General Number, Screening, Registrations and Measurements. Responsibility is taken up by IPP Rajan Bhatt. He is free to select his two team members to finalize this.
3. Involvement of Rotarians is very good as in every camp there were more than 8 to 10 Rotarians, but still everyone felt that visibility of Rotary and involvement of Rotarians is vital for the success of the camp with effective P.R.
4. Proper publicity required - at least six number of banners should be displayed at different places in the village / town (in order to avoid low turn out like at Hansot).
5. We can improve upon the quality of calipers and prosthesis with the help of our Technical Input from Engineers. A trial should be given at the earliest. 6. Everyone appreciated the efforts of Shroff Foundation Trust as they have excellent follow up as well as counselling after prosthesis and calipers are given to make sure that they use it.
7. A good suggestion was given that we should create a team consisting of our staff members and train them for technical work. 8. More than once it was suggested that better organization for registration and routing the patients is required.
9. C.P. Mentally Retarded Patients and Hemiplegic should be sent for Physiotherapy and not for Aids, which they are not going to use.
10. Everyone strongly felt that the camps have to be on Saturday / Sunday as during week days it becomes difficult to devote time and that too for one week.
11. We should make it a point to provide food for all patients as they are physically challenged and there are hardly any arrangements in these remote places. The causes were discussed and it was decided that this will not be repeated.
12. We should give printed cards with details (address and phone number) of Jaipur Foot Centre, Nav Durga Trust, Polio Surgery Foundation - Ahmedabad, Arpan School for Mentally Retarded Children and Dr. Manoj Desai's Hospital to patients while guiding them to the correct places.
At the end, everyone committed to the cause and decided to put their might into the next camp on 22nd / 23rd May at Godhra with Standard Operating Procedures. Three teams have been finalized:
(A) Pre-execution Team consisting of Pinky, Alok and Vijay.
(B) Execution Team for 22nd May - Manoj, Sharmishtha and Pratima.
(C) Execution Team for 23rd May - Manisha, Premal and Nandkishor.
MEETINGS DURING THIS MONTH
13th May - Business Meeting over Hi-Tea. 20th May - Family Dinner Meeting in which our GSE Team Member Ms. Niyati will give her presentation on her visit to Sri Lanka.
Dr. Manoj Desai
Bulletin Editor
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