The Sai Prema Foundation has assisted over 5,000 people through its “Health on Wheels” program in the past three years.
Project coordinator Namrata Tappoo says the project is about taking healthcare to those who are unable to access medical services because of their socio‑economic situation.
She says many people have taken for granted their relative ease at being able to go to a public health care facility or a private doctor. However, she says there are many less privileged in Fiji who are not able to enjoy this.
Tappoo says the foundation takes a well‑equipped medical team and a Mobile Hospital into the rural areas where they set up camp and encourage the entire community to take advantage of the free services available.
She says once a month, a team of doctors, medical professionals and volunteers spend an entire Saturday to serve.
The services offered in these monthly outreach camps include Triage and health screening checks, general medical consultations, dental services and procedure, eye checks and free reading glasses, dieticians checks, obstetrics and gynecological consultations, heart screening for children, prostate tests for men, physiotherapy, tuberculosis Screening and medicines are provided for free.
The Foundation has in the past three years conducted 71 free heart surgeries for the children, served 6,000 patients for free at the Sai Sanjeevani Medical Centre, 360 children have received free heart screening in the rural villages while 240 children have received free heart screening at the newly opened Sai Sanjeevani Children’s Heart Screening Centre.
Sai Prema Foundation has also provided 66,000 meals and groceries through their “Sai Annapoorna” project to underprivileged and needy families.
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