Programme

Smile on Wheels

Location

Chennai

Area of Operation

6  slums [initial phase]

Target Population:

75,000 approx

Implementing Partner:

Lifeline Group

Institutional Support:

Lifeline Group

Services Offered

Smile on Wheels  mobile hospital is equipped with ultra modern medical facilities providing necessary services such as OPD, Ante-natal, post-natal services, identification of difficult pregnancy and referral for institutional care, Immunization - mother & children, minor surgery, BP examination, ECG, First Aid, Distribution of Iron Folic tablets, Vit-A Prophylaxis, Treatment of mal-nutrition cases, etc.

The mobile hospital is fully air conditioned with a dark room and X-ray machine.

About the Implementing Partner

Lifeline Group is the implementing partner for Smile on Wheels in Chennai. In less than a decade, the Lifeline group has grown from strength to strengths. From primary to tertiary healthcare, it has carefully planned the accessibility to ensure that speciality care is available at the nearest, when patients need at the earliest. The purpose is to provide superior healthcare services to more people and in many regions.
Started in 1997, the group today has 15 corporate medical centres, one tertiary care hospital and three secondary care hospitals to its credit with several other projects in the pipeline. The group is one of the largest referral centres in southern part of India, particularly Tamil Nadu state.

About Chennai Smile on Wheels

The mobile hospital was launched on June 10, 2008 by Ms. Renuka Chowdhury, Union Minister for Women & Child Development, Govt. of India. Smile on Wheels is operational in Chennai where it will cover areas like Perungudi village, Madipakkam, Sholinganallur, Perumpakkanur, Uthandi, Kouzami and many more.
The unique mobile hospital has a team of specialised doctors, nurses and other medical staff along with all possibly required medicines from distinguished laboratories to be distributed to the diseased. The patients are charged either nothing or minimal amount for the treatment, prescription etc at Smile on Wheels. 

The project running currently in its initial stage is organising on the spot healthcare camps in different slum communities surrounding the city of Chennai. With a special focus on women and child health, Smile on Wheels also aims to spread awareness and knowledge about preventive measures and health and hygiene education than only helping slum communities by curing and treating their diseases. In the process the goal is to make the people realise the importance of sound health and drive them to their nearest health centres on an immediate basis when a need is felt.

Lifeline Group, displaying an exemplary social responsibility, has contributed towards the capital cost of the Chennai Smile on Wheels project.