Health Check Up Camp for Underprivileged

Many years have passed after we gained freedom, and India is yet to offer basic healthcare services to its population at large. Government sources state that about 45 kids die every hour owing to respiratory infections and at least one dies every two minutes after suffering from diarrhoea. Again, two million children in the 0-5 age group die every year owing to preventable diseases. All this happened because they were not able to get healthcare facilities on time.

Therefore, the situation calls for timely diagnosis and care to reduce the mortality and morbidity rate especially among women and children. So, what they required was healthcare services to cater to their immediate needs. Such facilities specifically focus upon the marginalised communities living in the rural areas, urban slums and the inaccessible parts of the country. There are several non-profit organisations across the country working in collaboration with the government to organise a health check up camp for underprivileged people in India.

Comprehensive Health Facilities

They extensively organise customized camps throughout the country to ensure comprehensive health facilities – preventive, curative, referral and promotive to a section of population in particular intervention areas. The multidisciplinary projects taken up by a health check up camp covers paediatric, gynaecological, surgical and ophthalmology along with other interventions of general nature. The duration of such camps commonly varies between 1-15 days with a frequency of one month to a year.

You may witness a unique thing about this model when you go to a rural health check up camp. It is with a view to promote and prevent health which are equally important while talking of curative care. In this regard, two types of camps are generally put up which include the general and multi-disciplinary nature.

General Nature of Healthcare Centres

The general nature of health camps are organised in various parts of the country depending upon the healthcare needs of a particular location. They also build awareness about the common ailments, propagate family planning methods and talk about nutrition, hygiene and sanitation. These camps offer special healthcare facilities to people without any medical fee. They are organised with help from civic bodies, corporate, NGOs, government and individual volunteers.

Multidisciplinary Health Check Up

Now, focus on a multi-disciplinary mega healthcare camp and notice the difference yourself. These are specially put up in the rural areas and act as an integrated multi-disciplinary centre for offering health facilities that cover surgical and investigative interventions. These camps are commonly set up at makeshift hospitals where a team of doctors are especially dedicated for treating them. The centre provides free accommodation, surgical care, food and medicines apart from diagnosis to the rural communities of remote and tribal areas.