We currently have 2 medical camps, Ludhiana and Admedghar and a hospital in Chamba. These medical camps are run by a Dr and a team of nurses from the local hospital. They see between 300 and 500 patients in one day who would not otherwise have any access to medical care. The type of medications delivered include antibiotics, ear and eye drops, cough medicine, diarrhoea and sickness tablets and medication for skin allergies. For major illnesses, patients are sent to the local hospital and are treated either for free or at a very discounted rate. Over the past few years Transforming Lives has also been able to deliver Typhoid, Hepatitis B and Rota virus vaccinations to those living in the slum communities. The role of the medical clinics is to medicate the local community and ensure the health and wellbeing of the local people, in order to prevent the spread of sickness and disease.
Dr Rajesh is the director of Garhwal Community Development and Welfare Society Hospital in Chamba, situated in the mountainous area of Uttrakhand. The hospital has expanded and been developed over the last 20 years and provides medical care for the community of Chamba and the surrounding outlining rural villages. Dr Rajesh and his staff are incredibly industrious in the effort to provide the best care possible for their patients. The hospital can care for up to 50 in-patients and has a huge number of out-patients visiting each day. Due to mountain terrain of the region Dr Rajesh and his team travel from the hospital to outlining villages to provide care for those who are unable to make the journey to Chamba. Transforming Lives Today has been working in partnership with Dr Rajesh for over 6 years supporting; nurses to provide care for children with disabilities, vaccination programs and developing a mobile pharmacy.
