Awareness programs and rallies

SEESHA team in association with the local administration at Chennai Vanagaram, organized a campaign creating awareness on keeping the surroundings clean & proper hand washing methods, educating the layman on the symptoms of coronavirus and urging them to seek early medical assistance.

Beginning at Karunya Nagar and extending through the nearby tribal villages, awareness programs are being conducted through educational posters and demonstrations. Staff nurses demonstrate safe hand-washing techniques to each village community volunteer and they take it to the communities. The method of mixing disinfectants in the right proportion to be used in the communities, is also taught to them through demonstration. Dos and Don'ts to create coronavirus awareness are made as banners and are placed at high visibility areas both in English and Tamil.

Screening and emergency care at SEESHA Karunya Hospital

Although 90% of the Indian population are advised to stay in their homes, the healthcare workers are toiling day and night for saving the lives of countrymen. SEESHA Karunya hospitals associates itself with the local administration in screening fever, early diagnosis and offering emergency care, during these trying times. The Team has boldly stepped out with necessary precautionary measures to fight the pandemic, risking their lives. The emergency care, pharmacy and diagnostics are open 24X7 with doctors, nurses and other paramedics.

Helping hand of the elders of OACH and SEESHA women's group

Listening to the concerns of the community volunteers, doctors and paramedics with regard to the demand of masks in the market and their rising prices, the elders of the OACH, despite their physical ailments offered to stitch cloth masks to be used by the volunteers, healthcare workers and the general public in the surrounding areas. Watching the zeal of the elders, the women's self-help groups also joined them in stitching cloth masks. They have rendered their helping hands to ensure that someone is safe through their small gesture of kindness. SEESHA took the responsibility of buying the raw materials for the masks. SEESHA also gave them incentives in order to encourage them to do the work joyfully. We are grateful for your constant support and we request you to continue your support and remember our healthcare team and volunteers in your prayers, as they serve the suffering. We are providing disinfectants & sanitizers and conducting free medical screening through our hospital , help us to serve many.

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We ensure community involvement in a range of our health programmes.

REACHING THE UNREACHED

SEESHA’s health outreach extends to remote rural and tribal communities where the access to advanced medical care is limited. As part of this programme, SEESHA organises medical and surgical camps, supporting local hospitals and helping people who cannot afford expensive surgical procedures.

SEESHA undertakes innovative, inexpensive surgical procedures and treatment methods, which has helped several patients recover completely. Research and development of new technology and medical equipment is undertaken by SEESHA in association with Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences (KITS).

Our health outreach extends to (but is not limited to) the following rural and tribal regions:

• Dimapur, Nagaland
• Jalukie, Nagaland
• Churachandpur, Manipur
• Bhalukpong, Arunachal Pradesh
• Aizawl, Mizoram
• Sattoli, Uttarakhand
• Gudalur, Tamil Nadu
• Sitlingi, Tamil Nadu
• Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu

Recognition from Project Management Institute (PMI)

In 2017, SEESHA has secured the honour as runner-up to the “Project of the Year” award in the NGO category for making modern minimally invasive surgeries available and affordable in rural and tribal regions through the SEESHA hospital. The award was instituted by Project Management Institute (PMI), a renowned International Institute that has trained over 3 million management professionals across the globe.

Each year, PMI evaluates and honours projects from a range of fields including global advocacy, collaboration, education and research. This award is in recognition of “project team that has achieved superior results through exemplary application of project management principles for projects, programs or similar initiatives implemented by Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs).”

COMMUNITY HEALTH FACILITATORS

Motivated women from the SEESHA adopted villages, who have a thirst for learning and a passion to serve their communities, are specifically trained by SEESHA to become Community Health Facilitators. They act as health ambassadors, promoting health and preventing disease in their own local communities.

Additionally, blood donation camps are organised jointly with blood banks, in aid of Thalassemia patients every year. These camps are conducted in urban setups and encourage donors to contribute towards saving human lives.