(July 22, 2019 )
The project was first launched in 2015 to address the primary healthcare needs of daily wage earners living in underprivileged communities.
NEW DELHI: Ericsson and Smile Foundation expanded their mobile health clinic program to other cities of the country like Noida, Gurugram, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Chennai and Pune to bring health services to the doorstep of people in need.
The project was first launched in 2015 to address the primary healthcare needs of daily wage earners living in underprivileged communities.
“Through this program, our intention is to bring quality healthcare at the doorstep of underprivileged communities. The program is having a significant impact amongst the communities and has so far benefited over 350,000 people,” Amitabh Ray, Managing Director, Ericsson India Global Services.
As part of the program, each mobile healthcare van is equipped to serve nearly 1500 people every month and the doctors and paramedics often spread awareness on lifestyle diseases, sexually transmitted diseases, importance of nutrition and sanitation among other things.
“The partnership with Ericsson therefore comes as a critical initiative to address the gap that exists in terms of healthcare needs and their availability,” said Santanu Mishra, Co-Founder and Executive Trustee at Smile Foundation.