Healthcare

Healthcare with Livelihood

IMAP thinks that one of the key components of a suitable livelihood facility is primary healthcare.  All of our livelihood programs eventually included this service. Medical professionals have offered assistance and cooperation to those in need. 

Since its inception, IMAP's medical arm, Arogya, has been associated with compassion and concern for the general populace. We have started offering services like the free distribution of medications, blood sugar and pregnancy testing combined with an ECG, and the hiring of trained nurses and pharmacist staff.

Arogya: The first Medical Centre

The purpose was entirely different when it opened its first medical centre in October 2005 at Gangche village, Chandrakona 1. We discovered that 42 villages were clustered together in this remote area along the Shilaboti River. The average distance between the closest government hospitals is 15 kilometres. The first 10 km of which are on the fair-weather road. There was little communication and poor transportation at the time.

Arogya on Wheels

The benefits of these medical services emerged alongside our livelihood projects in various locations. This medical service was instrumental in implementing our livelihood projects for the poor people of remote rural areas. The main requirement was to instil in them the notion that something positive would transpire.  We came to understand that a doctor's scalpel is more potent than any other tool for persuading people to live a good life. To help seriously ill patients get to the closest hospital, we added an ambulance to our regular services.

The second unit of Arogya was introduced in the Garhbeta Block of Paschim Medinipur. The employees of these livelihood projects never imagined that a medical facility would be so close to their homes. When a second facility was established in the tribal Block of Gopiballavpur in the Jhargram District, the sentiments remained the same. There was hardly any medical assistance available in these underdeveloped tribal communities. Their release from the shackles of long-standing depression was made possible by the introduction of a livelihood project supported by a primary healthcare system. A fresh dream began to take shape.

Arogya on Wheels

The benefits of these medical services emerged alongside our livelihood projects in various locations. This medical service was instrumental in implementing our livelihood projects for the poor people of remote rural areas. The main requirement was to instil in them the notion that something positive would transpire.  We came to understand that a doctor's scalpel is more potent than any other tool for persuading people to live a good life. To help seriously ill patients get to the closest hospital, we added an ambulance to our regular services.

The second unit of Arogya was introduced in the Garhbeta Block of Paschim Medinipur. The employees of these livelihood projects never imagined that a medical facility would be so close to their homes. When a second facility was established in the tribal Block of Gopiballavpur in the Jhargram District, the sentiments remained the same. There was hardly any medical assistance available in these underdeveloped tribal communities. Their release from the shackles of long-standing depression was made possible by the introduction of a livelihood project supported by a primary healthcare system. A fresh dream began to take shape.

Captured Moments

Doctor on work

Patient waiting at Jhargram

Patients Waiting

ECG at Garhbeta

Enrolling names

Advice to an old patient

Medicine distribution

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