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CONTENTS

A. Medical Camps in January 2011

B. Referrals

C. Awareness Talks

D. Sponsor-a-Patient

E. Other Activities in January

F. Plans for February

G. Appendix: Overall status of referrals

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A. Medical Camps in January 2011

i. Mantri Tranquil Apartments, off Kanakapura Road (Jan- 12th and 13th)

Click here to view the detailed Report of this camp.

ii. Primary-Middle and High Schools, Mittur village (Jan- 20^th)

A detailed report of the camp at Mittur can be read by clicking here.

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B. Referrals

The following table reflects referrals (Follow-up treatments) undertaken in January 2011. Appendix-I (Section G, at the end of this report) presents the overall status of referrals as of the end of January 2011.

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C. Awareness Talks

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Awareness Talks were conducted at 5 locations in January 2011:

A report of the Talk at Jalige village can be viewed by clicking here.

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D. Sponsor-a-Patient (SAP)

a. A 47 year old patient who underwent a leg amputation has been included under SAP to help him clear his Hospital dues and aid in his rehabilitation

b. Two patients requiring Eye consultations were taken to Minto Hospital, Chamarajpet; treatment for one has been completed, while the other has been advised a cataract surgery

c. Funds have been directed towards the treatment of patients Rajesh (re-imbursement of treatment- comatose)- Rs.1000  and Pradeep (Dialysis)- Rs.4000

d. Funds are being collected for Ashwini (aged 5 years), who requires a cochlear implant surgery (costing nearly Rs.10 lakhs)

e. A child, aged 12 years, who was suffering from fits, was taken to Mahaveer Jain Hospital, where he underwent treatment

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E. Other Activities in January

a. R.V Dental College and Hospital, J.P Nagar joined the DFS Network

b. Spectacles were distributed to 17 children at schools in Jakkur, Ganganagar and Malleswaram (to date, we have distributed spectacles to 76 children)

c. Another round of Sanitary Napkins distributed to High school children at Mittur (report can be read by clicking here); also, a few video clips were shot for a documentary on Menstrual Hygiene, while in Mittur

d. Supporting calipers (costing Rs.7,000) were sponsored for a 41 year old patient afflicted by Polio in her childhood

e. We also received a sponsorship of Rs.4,000 towards procurement of sanitary pads to be distributed to Government school Girls

Sanitary Pads distributed for free to date= 288 packets (procured at Rs.18 per packet from production unit at Mount Carmel College, Bangalore)

Govt. aided School (Mittur, Kolar District) - 57 girls (for 2 months)

Govt. High school (Jalige, Devanahalli Taluk) – 54 girls (for 1 month)

Govt. High School (Basaveshwaranagar, Bangalore) - 120 girls (for 1 month)

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F. Plans for February

a. Medical Camp at Bangarappanagara slum, Rajarajeshwarinagar by Rajarajeshwari Medical College and Hospital, Mysore Road- Feb 13^th

b. Medical / Surgical Camp at slum in Seshadripuram by Mahaveer Jain Hospital, Vasanthnagar- Feb 20^th

c. Awareness Talks- since exams are approaching, we have put a hold on Medical camps at schools; we shall look to make awareness talks happen

d. Talks are on to initiate a Doctors for Seva Clinic and Adolescent/Youth Counselling Centre at the new YFS office at Konanakunte

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G. Appendix-I: Overall status of referrals, as of 31^st January, 2011

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#	Camp location & Dates	Type of camp	Total no. Screened	Total Referrals	Referrals completed till January	Remaining referrals
1	Govt. Kannada School, Malleshwaram (June-10)	Dental	104	56	56	COMPLETE
2	Govt. Urdu School, Malleshwaram (June-10)	Dental	52	41	41	COMPLETE
3	5 schools in Malleshwaram (July-26)	Eye	307	45	25	COMPLETE (20 denied consent)
4	Mahila Mandali School, Basavangudi (July-27)	Dental	223	223	NIL	223 (School not cooperating)*
5	Gottigere Govt. School, Bannerghatta Road (Aug-2)	Dental	332	270	40	230
6	Munichinappa Govt. School, Adugodi (Aug-3)	General, Dental, Eye	240	Dental – 207 General – 38	Dental (167), Others (38)	Dental- 40 Others- NIL
7	Ganganagar Govt. School, Ganganagar (Aug-10)	Eye	262	47	47	COMPLETE
8	Jakkur Govt. School, Jakkur (Aug-13)	Eye	362	108	107	1
9	Saneguruvanahalli Primary & High School, Basaveshwaranagar (Aug 24, 25, 26, Sep-4)	General, Dental, Eye	486	General – 65 Dental – 181 Eye – 51	General – 53 Dental- 55 Eye – 24	106 dental (remaining haven’t offered consent)
10	Govt. Urdu School, Electronic City (Sep-20)	Dental, Eye	Dental – 172, Eye-198	Dental – 160 Eye -9	Dental –53 Eye – 2	114
11	Nele Narendra, Laggere (Sep-26)	General	47	21	21	COMPLETE
12	MES Primary School, Jayanagar (Sep-27)	General, Dental	General – 196 Dental – 342	General – 49 Dental – 288	General – 49 Dental – 65	General – NIL Dental – 112
13	Mittur High School, Mittur (Oct-2)	General, Hb testing	123	Anemia -83	Iron tablets being given	COMPLETE
14	Sri Krishna Orphanage, Uttarahalli (Oct-3)	General, Dental, Hb testing	47	General-19 Dental-33 Hb – 43	General- 19 Hb – tablets being given Dental – 33	COMPLETE
15	Konankunte Surgery Camp (Nov-14)	Surgery Camp	414	123	100	23
16	Vyalikaval Education Society, Vyalikaval (Nov-2nd, 4th, 6th, 13th, 20th)	General, Eye	General – 224 Eye – 480	General – 41 Eye – 34	NIL	General – 13 Eye – 8 (Remaining shall get treatment on their own)
17	Saneguruvanahalli School, Basaveshwaranagar (Nov- 9th to 12th)	Hb testing	465	Anaemic – 136	Iron tablets being given	COMPLETE
18	Govt. Primary School, Vasanthpura (Dec 7th)	Dental	247	166	NIL	166 (School not co-operating)*
19	Govt. Primary and High School, Uttarahalli (Dec 13th and 16th)	Dental	706	481	30	451 (Treatments dropped)*
20	Mantri Tranquil Apts. (For housekeeping and security staff)	General, Dental	355	General – 92 Dental – 306	General – 8 Dental – NIL	General – 84 Dental – 306
21	Primary and High Schools, Mittur (Kolar)	General, Dental	149	12	NIL	12
TOT	26 locations		5941 screened	2412 dental and 1016 other referrals required	540 dental and 755 other referrals complete	1741 dental and 160 other referrals remaining*

* Note about pending referrals: At the schools where Dental treatments are stalled (total of 840 children at 3 schools), we have informed students (via the schools) that they can avail of free treatment at the respective Hospitals by visiting these hospitals with their parents; we will not be able to directly track these treatments (Mahila Mandali, Vasanthpura and Uttarahalli schools).

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