Asia's First Platelet donation & Awareness drive and Launch of Live savers club, Mumbai, 2007
In October, 2007, DFY teamed up with 'Think Foundation' to launch a noble initiative called the Lifesavers Club. This club is a network of willing donors and responsible citizens who can be easily reached in times of crisis. The initiative was such a success that in a span of 45-days, the platelet donation at KEM Hospital was doubled. The basic aim of this club is to rope in a decent number of donors that could help in taming the shortage of donors in Mumbai city to some respectable level. Each donor was given a bar-coded donor card that has information such as their name, age, date of birth, blood group and the last recorded donation by the cardholder. This was first of its kind of activity in Asia and it enables the best use of the platelet aphaeresis machine that had been donated to KEM hospital by the SBTC in December 2006. The organization plans to extend the sphere of this club to other metropolitan cities of the country such as New Delhi, Calcutta and Bangalore.
Mission Blood (March 2008)
Doctors for You strives to increase awareness about voluntary blood donation, and to achieve this objective, we launched Mission Blood on 9th March, 2008 by the hands of Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. DFY continues to organize such blood donation camps.
World No Tobacco Day Celebration, Mumbai
The fight against tobacco is set to get bigger with doctors joining the "quit tobacco army" in the city. Doctors for You and Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD) have pledged a year-long support for tobacco prevention through their campaign called "Don't stay silent, Doctor!" ahead of the world conference on Tobacco in March next year.
Operation Bihar (August 2008)
The DFY was one of the first organizations to respond to the SOS of people of Bihar. Armed with infrastructural support from the Indian Railways and in association with other NGOs such as Youth for Equality (YFE) and Mercy Malaysia, the DFY launched a massive medical relief, rescue & rehabilitation operation. Scores of volunteer doctors were mobilized from around the country. In the first phase of operation, the organization targeted the worst affected districts. In the second phase, the doctors undertook rehabilitative work after the floodwaters had recessed. In total, DFY organized around 300 mobile health camps over a period of 6-months where more than 1.3 lakh patients were treated. In addition, around food, clothes, medicines, waterproof tents, cooking utensils & water purification plants were mobilized through systematic awareness and information campaigns all over the country. The DFY also partnered with the media to create awareness against the possibility of an epidemic in the wake of the floods. The work done by DFY was highly appreciated by people, infact, Dr. Ravikant Singh, who spearheaded this operation was conferred the SAARC Youth Award 2009 for his outstanding contributions during the Bihar floods. Through this yeoman service, DFY demonstrated what a committed band of young doctors could accomplish for their country in times of need.
Biratpur Maternal and Child Health Center, Bihar, 2009
The Kosi region of Bihar witnesses annual floods, and as a result the health-status of the people here is very poor. The health centre in was established on 5th March, 2009 and is being managed by 2 doctors and 11 support staff from Doctors for You in collaboration with Mercy Malaysia and SEEDS, India. In one year, we have registered more than 950 pregnant women (antenatal care registration) and have treated more than 30,000 patients. The centre is still running, and conducts periodic health education fairs for women and special geriatric OPDs once a week.
Mankurd Slum Health Project, Mumbai, 2008
Doctors for you with the help of noted social activist Medha Patkar organizes weekly health clinics for the urban poor who are living in much worse condition than their rural counterparts. They are evidently more prone to health hazards than the rural poor. This was done every Sunday by volunteer doctors from Doctors for you and foreign Medical students. Now this project is integrated with Natwar Parikh Health Center, Govandi a project of MMRDA & Doctors for You.
Smoke free Mumbai Campaign Launch at KEM Hospital during College Festival Aavishkar, Mumbai, 2010
Doctors for you in association with Seth G.S.M.C & Smoke free Mumbai launched a special campaign at KEM Hospital to target Medical students across Mumbai. Through this programme the dissemination of increased awareness about dangerous effects of Second Hand Smoking was canvassed. The press release & launch function was organized on 27th jan 2010. Dr Sanjay Oak from KEM Hospital & Dr Surendra shastri from TMH were present for the launch and wall graffiti signature.
Lalbaghcha Raja Medical Center, Mumbai
Doctors for you established a special health clinic for around 1.5 to 2 lakh daily visitors of Lalbaghcha raja Ganeshotsav mandal during Ganesh chaturthi this year. We have treated more than 3000 minor & major cases over 11 days. This was the first time that such arrangement was made to provide medical help to devotee of Ganesha.
