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Facilities
And Services Offered |
Restoration of sight through cataract operations and providing
Intra Ocular Lenses
Restoration of
movement to polio and orthopaedically affected
persons by
surgery and provision of calipers
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Assessment of
curvature of cornea by a Keratometer
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Restoration
of hearing through surgery
and supply of hearing aids
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Correction
of clefts through surgery
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The
newly launched Dental unit
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Counselling and referral services
Follow-up of patients' progress through arrangements
with local authorities
Preventive services in the form of immunization, administration
of nutrients, and creating health awareness among the
deprived in the neglected rural and semi-urban areas
Opportunity provided to medical and other voluntary
personnel to work in a unique field situation
Teaching surgeons, working in smaller towns, the finer
skills of micro-surgery
Training health workers, doctors and other Non-Government
Organisations on various health issues
By ensuring access to such services for the needy and
the deprived in the remote areas, the Lifeline
Express not only renders a much needed service
but also raises the efficiency level of the existing
local government and voluntary health infrastructure.
It also ensures that the local bodies of the area, who
are involved in all aspects of the programme, provide
follow-up services after the Lifeline
Express has departed.
It leaves behind much greater awareness and a better
motivated administration for the disabled. At the macro
level too, the Lifeline Express
creates awareness and motivation for the cause of the
disabled, across a wide cross section to include Government,
business houses, voluntary organisations and individual
volunteers .
The extensive media interest which the Lifeline
Express invariably generates also aids this process
and consequently, the impact is beyond the medical services
provided by each individual Lifeline
Express project.
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