Mobile Healthcare
for Urban Slums of Delhi
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-nutrient cases, etc. The mobile hospital is fully air conditioned with a dark room and X-ray machines. About the Implementing Partner Operation Blessing India (OBI) is the implementing partner for Smile on Wheels in Delhi region. Founded in November 1978, Operation Blessing International Relief and Development Corporation is a non profit, humanitarian organization that provides short-term medical aid, disaster relief and assistance to people in need around the world. Since its inception in 1998 OBI began humanitarian activities in India to make difference in the lives of the poor and needy. Since then OBI has touched more than one million people by providing medical care, bore-wells and by organizing literacy programmes in slum areas. When disasters strike, OBI is often one of the first organizations on the ground to provide and facilitate emergency relief assistance to those in urgent need of food, shelter, and medical care. OBI has been working at improving the quality of life of the undeserved and discriminated people living in remote and inaccessible villages of India. About Smile on Wheels in Delhi Launched on June 10, 2008 by Ms. Renuka Chowdhury, Union Minister for Women & Child Development, Govt. of India, Smile on Wheels is operational in Delhi aiming to cover minimum 30 slums with an approximate population of 1.5 lakh. 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 free of cost to the diseased. The patients are charged either nothing or minimal amount for treatment, prescription etc at Smile on Wheels. The project running currently in its initial stage is organising health camps in different slum communities across Delhi state. 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. Institutional Partner Rotary Club
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