Is there Relief/Seva program organised for Mumbai floods

08-04-2005, 12:20 AM

Is there Relief/Seva program organised for Mumbai floods

This is in response to Devraj letter sent to Sai Baba News

Dear Devraj

The Sri Sathya Sai Org of Mumbai has been rendering yeoman services
without seeking any publicity. The details of which I am sharing with
you all in this forum. You can contact Mahesh Goklani cell
9867369243/9324104588 or Vishal on 9820224789 or Mahesh Hoklani email
id: saisatish@... The SSSO of Navi Mumbaui also conducted seva
camp giving reliefs to thousands of poeple by wayof food, clothings and
medical relief.

The Medical camp at Krishna Nagar concluded in a very satisfactory note.

6 Doctors saw 400+ patients and about 150 patients were injected with
TT Injections.

Bandra youth were in action on the second day too.
This camp will be for 7 days and we will be moving around in different
parts of the affected areas, therefore we need more youth volunteers
for volunteering.

Tomorrow we will be going to a slum near the Mithi River, on of the
most affected areas, where no medical attention has been given.

Our regular meeting point is at Dr Jankis Clinic at Kalina at 10.00 am:

Prasanthi Clinic,

CST Road

Kalina.

On Sunday we are planning to have a mega medical camp at the Mithi
river site with about 15 Doctors, who will be seeing Approx 2000+
patients. Distribution of Books and Gowns will be done.

*************

Fully Equipped Ambulance Service in Mumbai

www.1298.org.in
?1298 Dial for Ambulance? is an Ambulance Access for All initiative to
provide a network of Fully Equipped Advanced and Basic Life Support
Ambulances in the city of Mumbai. In case of a medical emergency, any
Mumbai resident may dial 1298 for accessing a fully equipped Advanced
Life Support (ALS) Ambulance within the shortest possible time.

1298 Dial for Ambulance has divided Mumbai city into 10 zones and the
service is being launched with one 1298 Ambulance stationed in each
zone. On receiving the call for the Ambulance at 1298 control room
which works 24hrs X 7days, the area to be reached is immediately
located on the GPS (Global Positioning System) enabled map. The nearest
free 1298 Ambulance is dispatched immediately and tracked on RTS
(Realtime Tracking System) to ensure that the Ambulance reaches the
patient / victim as quickly as possible.

The state of the art 1298 Advanced Life Support (ALS) Ambulance is
equipped with

Defibrillator
E. C. G.
Cardiac Monitor
Portable Ventilator
Suction machine
Resuscitation kit
Pulse Oxymeter
Oxygen
Emergency
Emergency Medicines

The Ambulance has air-conditioning, mild sound proofing and silicon
sealing in joints. It also has on board a collapsible trolley stretcher
and a stair chair. The Ambulance crew usually consists of a medical
consultant, driver and a helper.

The Mission

a.. Reaching the best quality Life Support Ambulance Service fastest
to the patient / victim
b.. Meeting the need of Emergency Medical Service under an easy to
remember emergency telephone No.1298
c.. Creating a breed of self employed youngsters with a passion to
save lives
The vision

To assist saving human lives by becoming the leading network of
Advanced Life Support Ambulances in India.

Ambulance access for All
1 / 105, Moti Manzil
Parmar Guruji Marg
Parel (E), Mumbai -12
Maharastra, India

Tel : +91 22 24181299
Fax : +91 22 24188187
E-mail : contactus@...

Also:

Sai Ram Brothers,

With reference to the Floods, we have decided to do regular medical
camps at Kalina/Kurla.
We have one Ambulance which will be travelling in various areas.
The doctors will be mainly injecting the TT Injections and distributing
the DOXYCYCLINE tablets.
2-3 Doctors will be stationed at Dr Jankis Clinic at Kalina.
The address is

Prashanthi
CST Road
Kalina.
Dr Jankis No 9892686474.

See if you can contibute by sending volunteers between 10 am and 2 pm.
Pls contact me on my cell 9867369243/9324104588 or Vishal on 9820224789.

Sai Ram
Mahesh

----- Original Message -----
From: Devraj Kunder
Date: Thursday, August 4, 2005 1:20 am
Subject: [saibabanews] Is there Relief/Seva program organised for
Mumbai floods?

> SAIRAM
>
> IS there any seva dal activity to be carried in mumbai
> in flood affected areas?
>
> It has been a real major disastor on 26th of July 2005
> and caused real agony/pain to most of the people of
> the city.
>
> Here too is an example of modernisation without
> visualisation by human beings i.e. City is
> expanded/developed without rationale thinking about
> the bare necessities needed for the city to breathe
> freely for example like closure of drainage for
> expansion of roads/reclamations etc...
>
> We have gone against nature and are now facing the
> consequences.
>
> Lets come together to help people during time of
> distress and contribute our bit for fast recovery of
> all affected.
>
>
> Loka Samastha Sukhino Bhavantho.
>
> Jai Sairam
>
Also an important messages for all those who had waded deep in the
water:

Dear All,

Heavy torrential rain in Bombay for the past 48 hrs. has created a
flood like situations where water related diseases can cause a near
epidemic. Please make sure that you all read this small write up about
this major impending problem and take all preventive measures. Water-
related diseases are a human tragedy, killing millions of people each
year and preventing millions more from leading healthy lives.

While water-related diseases vary substantially in their nature,
transmission, effects, and management, adverse health effects related
to water can be organized into four categories:

Water-borne diseases, Water-based diseases, Water-related vector
diseases, Water-Scarce diseases

Water Borne Diseases

Water-borne diseases are "dirty-water" diseases-those caused by water
that has been contaminated by human, animal, or chemical wastes. Lack
of sanitary waste disposal and of clean water for drinking, cooking,
and washing is to blamed for this group.

Water-borne diseases include cholera, typhoid, shigella, polio,
meningitis, and hepatitis A and E. Human beings and animals can act as
hosts to the bacterial, viral, or protozoal organisms that cause these
diseases. With the present flood situation lots of people have little
access to sanitary waste disposal or to clean water for personal
hygiene.

Where proper sanitation facilities are lacking, water-borne diseases
can spread rapidly. Untreated human and animal excreta carrying disease
organisms wash or leach into freshwater sources, contaminating drinking
water and food. The extent to which disease organisms occur in specific
freshwater sources depends on the amount of human and animal excreta
that they contain.

Water-Based Diseases

Water-based diseases are caused by aquatic organisms that spend part of
their life cycle in the water and another part as parasites of animals.
These organisms can thrive in either polluted or unpolluted water. As
parasites, they usually take the form of worms, using intermediate
animal vectors such as snails to thrive, and then directly infecting
humans either by boring through the skin or by being swallowed.

Water-based diseases include guinea worm, tapeworms, roundworms and
tissue nematodes, often collectively referred to as helminths, that
infect humans. Leptospirosis is another problem which is caused by the
spirochetes, leptospira, which is found in the dirty flood waters, the
source being rat or mice urine. These organism get in to the body of
human beings through any cuts and wounds on the skin or transmitted
through mucous membrane of eyes, nose, throat with contaminated waters
or tissue of infected animal

Water-Related Vector Diseases

Millions of people suffer from infections that are transmitted by
vectors-insects or other animals capable of transmitting an infection,
such as mosquitoes that breed and live in or near both polluted and
unpolluted water. Such vectors infect humans with malaria, yellow
fever, dengue fever, sleeping sickness, and filariasis.

Water-Scarce Diseases

Many other diseases-including trachoma, leprosy, tuberculosis, whooping
cough, tetanus, and diphtheria-are considered water-scarce (also known
as water-washed) in that they thrive in conditions where freshwater is
scarce and sanitation is poor. Infections are transmitted when too
little fresh water is available for washing hands. These diseases, can
be effectively controlled with better hygiene, for which adequate
freshwater is necessary.

Preventive measures:

Avoid bathing and swimming in contaminated waters
Wear protective clothing's and shoes
Cover all the cuts and wounds with water proof dressings
Disinfections must be 100%
Early reporting to doctors and hospitals
All attendants at home or hospitals must wear protective clothing's
Thorough washing of hands before eating
Immunization of pets
Report all cases
Wash hands thoroughly after exposure to flood waters
Keep children away from floodwater.
Don't expose your wounds to the contaminated water.
Avoid eating outside food.
Boil the water for atleast 15-20 mts. filter it and then use it.
Avoid eating all unwashed raw food.
All salads and raw food must be kept in the pot.per.solution for 15
mts. then it should be washed in running drinkable water before
consumption.
All food items in the house must be kept covered to avoid flies.
All food handlers working in the house must keep their nails and hair
trim at all times.
Avoid eating stale and exposed food.
Check the date of expiry before buying any canned or tinned food.
All anti-mosquito measures must be taken.

Vaccinations: Typhoid, Hepatitis. A, Meningitis, Polio, Tetanus, are
suggested.

Rgds.

Love & Light

Deepak