Is there Relief/Seva program organised for Mumbai floods

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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.

 

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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

 

 

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Devraj Kunder <devrajk

Thursday, August 4, 2005 1:20 am

[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