Primary Medical Care for the Rural Communities

High-quality primary medical care can make communities stronger! Easy access to proper healthcare helps people recover quickly and successfully manage chronic diseases such as diabetes and high blood pressure. Primary care is a basic and also one of the most crucial parts of a healthcare system. Yet, the rural communities are often deprived of it. In underserved areas of West Bengal, there is a shortage of quality primary care providers. The high population in rural areas also results in overcrowding in the available units. Substandard care becomes common. It affects the communities' health, which then reduces their quality of life.

We make high-quality care easily accessible and affordable for the rural poor! We currently have 9 well-equipped healthcare centres operating in underserved areas. Our centres have general medicine, optometry, dentistry and homeopathy departments. Each of our centres also has a pharmacy stocked with high-quality generic medicines. Patients receive affordable medical consultation at Rs. 100 (a little over 1 USD) along with 1-week's supply of medicines for free.

We also provide patients with spectacles at low cost. Cataract and pterygium surgeries are also provided to patients in collaboration with Rotary. To strengthen our patients further, we also offer quick and low-cost blood sugar and haemoglobin tests at Rs. 10 and Rs. 20 respectively.

We also have preventive screenings and health education sessions for our patients at the centres.

Our centres are set up in areas with good connectivity to transportation. This helps us maximize the reach of our care. Each centre makes high-quality and low-cost primary care accessible to 40+ villages (with 9 centres serving 360+ villages).

We focus on empowering rural poor in West Bengal with proper healthcare services. At present we are treating 33000-34000 patients each month. We are also actively striving to expand our reach of care among the poor and underprivileged and are aiming to treat over 50,000 underserved rural communities every month.

Our goal is to ensure quick healing and recovery of patients suffering from common acute illnesses, effective management of long-term chronic diseases and better awareness about health and healthier lifestyle among the rural poor.