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Functions of the dispensary clinic 2004-2006

• The dispensary clinic treats between 20 and 25 patients a day.
• Both the Tibetan population and the local Indian population benefit from these services, since they can now receive treatment without having to travel long distances.
• The main diseases treated are: malaria, typhoid fever, asthma, hepatitis B, gastritis, high blood pressure, diabetes, arthritis, respiratory infections, skin infections, and accidents.

The monks, the majority of infants and children, and the population of the camp can be cured directly of the most typical ailments, including skin problems, malaria, typhoid fever, colds (rhinovirus), gastritis, pneumonia, diabetes, and tuberculosis, and can receive first aid for trauma injuries (cuts, blunt force trauma, fractures).

However, on numerous occasions throughout our experience working with the population of the refugee camp, we have felt the need for a new hospital in order to better attend to patients in this area.

We currently have two healthcare clinics, but still lack the adequate facilities for a hospital, and quite often patients die on their way to the hospital, since the nearest one in 90 km away (a torturous 6-hour journey). Newborn babies end up dying due to lack of emergency care, and mothers die due to the lack of adequate birthing facilities. Others die from blood loss, unable to receive emergency blood transfusions, and still others perish because they can’t afford to buy the medicine that is essential to their survival.

If we had a hospital with adequate facilities in the camp, many of these lives could be saved.

The New Hospital

For this reason, H.H. Gyetrul Jigme Rimpoché has decided to initiate The New Hospital Project, in order to save lives and reduce health problems, and in order to provide free medical treatment for families without the means to pay for it.

The recipients of this free healthcare will be those among the resident populations within the 30 villages and surrounding areas in the region of Jeerang, which is a total of around 15,000 people total, from both the Tibetan and local Indian populations.

Location

Due to administrative difficulties we’ve faced in attempting to construct a new building in the refugee camp, within the parameters of the Healthcare Project we have opted for the renovation of a building until now used for offices, monks’ quarters, and for the dispensary clinic, in order to provide the site for the new hospital.

Development phases of the Project

Phase 1: Continue to provide primary healthcare assistance.
Phase 2: Facilitate the professional healthcare studies of 4 students in the camps.
The duration of these studies is 3 years. Two students began their studies in August of 2005, and two students have received funding to cover the cost of their studies and housing for the three years of training thanks to the donations of numerous sponsors. In this way, these students will later be able to provide their services to their community.
Phase 3: Renovate the building that will house the new hospital and acquire the necessary medical equipment and instruments. The total area to be constructed is 10,000 sq/ft.

The project includes:

– Reconstruction of the hospital
– Providing a source of water and electricity
– Equipment - laboratory, radiology, ultrasound machine, dental instruments, hospital furniture
– Ambulance
– Salaries for the medical and administrative team working in Orissa

The coordinating team and medical team in Orissa are currently in the process of selecting the medical specialists that will be attending in the future hospital.

The functional inauguration of the hospital is anticipated to take place within a period of two years.

building that will house the new hospital

Urgent necessities

The purchase of equipment for RAPID DETECTION OF MALARIA: this would allow for the rapid treatment of those who suffer from this illness and would help to avoid the constant deaths caused by malaria in this region
– Cost: 4452.8 €
Currently we use simpler tests that cost 1.32 € per test
This is an urgent initiative that would allow us to begin rapid treatment of those who suffer from malaria and would help us to avoid complications of this disease among the exposed population. The most common disease in this region is malaria, since it is an endemic area.
The region of Orissa has the highest rate of cases of deaths due to malaria in all of India.
The purchase of an ULTRASOUND MACHINE: this would aid in diagnosis and would allow for constant monitoring of pregnant women and of certain injuries or conditions.
– Cost 33333 €
Maintaining the health of expecting mothers is of vital importance, and therefore it is essential that pre-natal care be available for these women without their having to travel to the city of Berhampur.
One AMBULANCE: cost 10526 €

Other projects of Padma Ling Humanitarian

We have also been in contact with collaborators from the San Juan de Dios Foundation in order to provide surgical operations for children in the camp, both to ensure their survival and to improve their quality of life.

Healthcare and population control for street dogs: it is of the utmost importance that the density of the wild canine population be controlled, and that the risks of communicable diseases carried by dogs be reduced (rabies, scabies, parasites...)

Healthcare education for the population of this region

How can we help ?

1- Donations:

a.- They can be occassional or periodical.
b.- They can be done on a personal basis or by companies or Institutions.

You can make your deposit into the bank account :
IBAN/BIC : ES42 2100 3002 0722 0034 2684
SWIFT : CAIXESBBXXX
specifying “ Clinic Project “.

2-Business Companies

a.- Sponsoring events to spread the project.
b.- Finantial support.
c.- Rendering free services such as printings, transport, medicines, materials...

3- On a personal basis :

a.- Collaborators in Spain, Europe and U.S.A.
b.- Volunteers in India

If you are interested in collaborating with us or would like more information, contact us at: dispensario@padmaling.org

Thank you for helping us help them

S.E. Gyetrul Jigme Rimpoche, H.H. Dalai Lama, S.E. Namkhar drime Rabjam Rimpoche

“Everyone has the possibility to shape the future of humanity.”