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Ensuring Access to Healthcare and Water

For lakhs of people in our operational communities, access to basic healthcare and safe drinking water continues to be an area of concern even in this day and age. We are actively working towards augmenting health and water facilities in our target areas.

Objective

Healthcare

To provide for the community’s health needs besides strengthening existing medical care facilities, to bridge the gaps in the rural public health system.

Water

Provide potable drinking water in Rajasthan, which lacks adequate ground water, and free women from the arduous task of walking long distances to fetch water.

Description

Our ‘Swasthya Sewa’ health programme is a complete package of health support initiatives across 179 villages, 7 locations and 6 districts in 2 states.

We are also working towards ensuring accessibility and availability of clean drinking water to the community through establishing RO/ATMs or by providing water tankers across 6 locations and 5 districts in Rajasthan.

Impact

Patients reached through healthcare initiatives

200,000+

Company-run hospitals and rural health institutions

6

Beneficiaries of various water initiatives

229,000+

Heroes of the Vertical

Addition of an oncology vehicle to the fleet to demonstrate our commitment towards the health of our local communities, and strengthen the medical infrastructure for early detection of various cancers like lung cancer, breast cancer and cervical cancer by providing the vehicle to Rabindra Nath Tagore Medical Institution
53 ROs and filters with UV system installed at Government schools, colleges, hospitals, and hostels across the tribal block of Kotra, Udaipur, that benefits a population of 28,000+

Health, Water & Sanitation Programmes

Major Activities & Achievements During FY 2022-23

Swasthya Sewa

Providing preventive & curative healthcare services by strengthening medical institutions and healthcare centres
Mobile medical health vehicle that provides door-to-door health facility for the community, and used during mega health camps, raising health awareness and connecting residents with doctors for telemedicine services
190+ health awareness sessions conducted during No Tobacco Day, World Breastfeeding Week, World First Aid Day, World Mental Health Day, International Girl Child Day, etc.
Focussed on strengthening various health institutions – by providing special support for heart-related ailments through Cath labs in Rabindranath Tagore Medical College, Udaipur, besides supporting Shubham Seva Sansthan, Homeopathic and Naturopathy Centre

Mobile medical health vehicles

7

Patients treated and participants at health awareness sessions organised across 179 villages

93,000+

Outpatient Department (OPD) consultations conducted

1,600+

Partnerships with Smile Foundation, Shri Shubham Seva Sansthan, Deepak Foundation, Wockhardt Foundation

Drinking Water

Ensuring availability and accessibility of potable drinking water through 51 ROs and ATM plants established across 47 villages besides supplying water through tankers to 34 villages
Augmenting water supply in 3 villages of Dariba – 66,732 m³ water storage capacity enhanced, surface water harvested through deepening of ponds, achieved increase in ground water level, 1,500 livestock benefitted, undertaken recharge of 80 open/tube wells

Beneficiaries

229,000+

Partnerships with Toyam Technologies India Pvt. Ltd., Waterlife Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Neer Amrit, Ambuja Cement Foundation