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Project - Comprehensive Trauma Care Service along the National Highway
The Challenge
Fatal Diseases and Road Accidents are increasing by the day. It goes without saying
that timely attention, professional diagnosis and modern treatment could make a
big difference in reducing the mortality rate. Recent studies have shown that the
National Highway # 17, which passes through Manipal/ Udupi has a very high accident
rate with the maximum incidence along the 90 km stretch between Mangalore and Kundapura
on the west coast of southern India. 'The Golden Hour1. Last year alone, about 750
accidents took place and 150 people died mainly in bus accidents. Many of them die
before reaching the hospital as no emergency healthcare could be provided in that
critical 'Golden Hour.'
The Opportunity
The Kasturba Hospital located in Manipal does have a Trauma Centre where on an average
of 3, 200 patients are brought in to the trauma centre at Manipal every year. Patients
with head injuries, abdominal injuries, chest and vascular injuries and other injuries
are treated by departments which include a department of Plastic Surgery, department
of Orthopedics dealing with hand, limb, spinal and similar injuries. Unfortunately
the Hospital does not have the facility/ infrastructure to reach the victim at the
site of accident. The patients are referred and transported by private agencies.
The present project is intended to address this need. The following infrastructure
requirements can be provided through the project Reaching the victim at the site
of the accident and rendering first aid and life saving measures. A set of 10 adequately
equipped Satellite Trauma Care Hospitals, will have to be provided along the highway
from Goa to Mangalore, with trained paramedical staff. Transportation of the victim
to the main Trauma Care Centre of the Kasturba Hospital. An Ambulance facility with
centralized tracking facility to be provided. The present trauma center has to be
shifted to a larger area nearer to the State Highway. Training of Medical and Paramedical
Personnel in Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) courses.
Project Deliverables
Provision of such a Trauma Care Service is expected to save the lives of at least
1,000 patients.
Project Cost
The proposed Comprehensive Trauma Care Service Network with 10 specialized ambulances
is expected to cost approximately Rs. 20 M (USD 0.44 M). Manipal has already made
a contribution of Rs. 10 M (USD 0.22 M).
Project - The setting up of a Comprehensive Hemophilia Care Centre at Manipal
The Challenge
Hemophilia is a congenital bleeding disorder caused by deficiency of specific proteins
in blood, which are required for normal clotting. Hemophiliacs bleed continuously
following an injury. If not controlled immediately, bleeding could be a threat to
life. There is no cure for hemophilia but episodes of bleeding can be controlled.
Infusion of Anti Hemophiliac Factor (AHF) during such episodes is life sawing. Unfortunately,
AHF is not easily available and is expensive.
The Opportunity
A large number of Hemophilia patients are admitted annually to the Manipal Hospital.
There is an urgent need to set up a Comprehensive Hemophilia Care Centre at Manipal
with the following objectives: To reach as many hemophiliacs as possible and to
educate them and their families about the disease and the treatments available at
the Centre. To make the treatment available at affordable costs and provide emergency
care. To create awareness among healthcare professionals and patients. To provide
Medical and Social Rehabilitation to the patients. It is proposed that the Centre
will be managed by the Manipal Hemophilia Society, which is associated to the National
and World Federation Hemophilia.The Society has currently 130 registered members.
The present Corpus Fund available to the Society is inadequate to provide free /
subsidized treatment to many of the needy patients.
Project Cost
To support the philanthropic activities of the Society, a corpus fund of Rs. 20
M (USD 0.44 M) needs to be set up.
Project - Modern Facilities for the Treatment of Cancer Patients at Manipal
The Challenge
The Founders of the Manipal group had visualized the need for providing medical treatment
to a large number of cancer patients coming to the Manipal Hospital. In 1974, a department
of Radiotherapy and Oncology was started in the Manipal Hospital. More than 400 patients
were treated in the first year itself at subsidized costs. In 1991, a modern multi-disciplinary
cancer hospital was started at Manipal. Since the inception of this Hospital, nearly 1,30,000
outpatients have been treated and over 2,660 surgeries performed by qualified and professional
staff at the Hospital.
The Opportunity
In order to provide financial assistance to economically backward cancer patients and also
to create awareness among the people about Cancer, a Cancer Care Fund has been started at
the Manipal Academy of Higher Education. A corpus of Rs. 10 M (USD 0.22 M) is expected to
be generated for supporting this objective. The number of needy patients is constantly
increasing and with improved and advanced technologies now available, the facilities at
the Hospital must be upgraded - now that more than a decade has passed since the inception
of the Hospital.
Project Deliverables
The objective is to provide improved and modern treatment to the increasingly large number
of cancer patients coming to Manipal and from nearby areas. The number of outpatients
expected to be treated will be nearly 35,000 every year, with the corresponding increases
in the number of surgeries to be performed using the newly created facilities and existing
professional staff. Interested Partner Organizations will be provided a detailed Project
Report and the feasibility study.
Project Cost:
The following facilities are proposed to be set up, for which funding is solicited: Linear Accelerator:
(with IMRT/Multi leaf collimators and radio surgery equipment) Rs. 75 M (USD 1.7 M) Mammography Unit for
Breast Cancer treatment Rs. 5 M (USD 0.11 M) Laryngeal Endoscopy (fiber optic endoscopy equipment)
Rs. 0.3 M (USD 6,604) 14- Seater Camp Van : with accessories (for camp teams and giving palliative care)
Rs. 1 M (USD 22,014) TOTAL (approx, USD 1.8 M) Rs. 81.3 M
Project - Orthodontic Treatment for Cleft Lip & Palate patients
The Challenge
A major problem of Dental Healthcare relates to providing Orthodontic treatment
for Cleft Lip and Palate Patients, particularly common amongst children. Very often
the treatment is expensive and cannot be afforded by the lower socio-economic strata
of the society. This deformity very often results in very severe psychological handicap
. The Department of Orthodontics at the Kasturba Medical College, attached to the
Manipal Hospital in Manipal, has developed expertise in several areas of Orthodontics
and has been serving the local community in this area of Dental Healthcare. More
than 700 Dental Camps have been conducted in the nearby area of Manipal . Our hospital
start is extremely competent in this area, but the expensive treatment cannot be
afforded by a large section of the patients. We would like to provide the treatment
at subsidized and affordable costs costs. Project Deliverable Cost: Rs. 5 M The
Hospital would like to raise an endowment fund of Rs. 5 M (USD 0.11 M) that will
be used to provide free dental service to a large number of patients during the
next five years.
Areas for Support
We have to give greater attention to Needy Patients' Care for those who are admitted
to our teaching hospitals but are not in a position to pay. We need to build more
"Healthcare Centres" at the village and district level in several of our villages
in the State. We would need to support "barefoot doctors" who would volunteer to
attach themselves to these. Manipal Academy of Higher Education's medical faculty
and the interns may be in a position to take up many more "Community Development
Projects" in clusters of villages, in collaboration with the local NGO groups. In
our ongoing activities to help the deserving, poor and needy from slums and from
the outlying villages, we are looking for Donors and Sponsors who will financially
support our endeavours:
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