The Hindu Kerala (Kozhikode) 01.09.2016
Kudumbasree to launch health-care centre for poor
The Kozhikode Corporation Kudumbasree will launch a healthcare centre for the poor.
The
centre will be based on the old corporation office premises near the
Kozhikode Beach where the Kudumbasree office is also located. The
purpose of the centre is to provide medical support equipment such as
wheel chairs, air beds, water beds, walking sticks, stretchers and
commode chairs free of cost.
“The equipment we have
collected are new. People can return them after use, especially the
costly equipment such as aid bed,” said M.V. Ramsi Ismail, project
coordinator (in-charge).
The beneficiaries of the
centre will be patients from poor families whose annual income is below
Rs.50,000. Those who need the services of the centre should approach it
with a letter either by the ward councillor or the respective
secretaries of Kudumbasree Area Development Societies.
The
funds for the centre will be sourced from voluntary organisations.
“Many organisations have volunteered to provide their utility funds to
purchase equipment,” he said and added that their support was necessary
to ensure public participation in the project.
Drug Bank
The
Kudumbasree is also planning to revive its Drug Bank and attach it to
the centre. “We are planning to focus on medicines for diseases such as
cancer and renal failure. Other medicines will also be available,” he
said.
There are also plans to revive the counselling
centre which was launched a year ago. “Both Drug Bank and counselling
centre will be fully operational in a month,” he added.
