Medical Equipment & Supplies for India
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On the 14th September 2019, twenty UQ students will embark on a month long journey to India to participate in volunteer clinical work within two hospitals.
The university has developed strong partnerships with St Philomenas Hospital in Bangalore and Ashwini Gungalur Adivasi Hospital, and each year the students and staff raise money and collect donated medical and hygiene items to hand deliver to these communities.
This year as well as collecting these items we have created this team gofundme page as an easy way of donating money. Our travel and accommodation is all sorted so ALL funds collected will go to the people in these communities. Any donation will be gratefully accepted.
A little bit about these places:
St Philomena’s Hospital was established in Bangalore in 1937 by a small group of JMJ sisters which was lead by an Aussie, Dr Sr Mary Veronica Pitt, a qualified gynaecologist. It began as a 2 bedded hospital in a very poor area of Bangalore and is now a 24 hour health care facility with 371 beds . Today, the hospital treats a huge number of patients and offers free and subsidised services to the weaker sections of society.
The Gungalur Adivasi Hospital is in the Gudalur Valley of the Nilgiri hills in Southern India and cares for the Adivasi (Indigenous) residents spread over 320 hamlets. This particularly vulnerable tribal community lost access to the forests and an entire way of life and were on the edge of being decimated by poverty, malnutrition and disease. Formed in 1990 to provide an accessible, effective and sustainable health system, it has now grown to a 50 bed hospital, with many regional centres and has a training program for health volunteers and nurses.
Most importantly, ASHWINI is in the hands of the tribal community.
Also within this hospital is a Sickle Cell Centre. Sickle cell disease is a debilitating autosomal recessive haematological disease that is a matter of significant public health importance in India, particularly within the Adivasi communities due to their location in areas which are prone to malaria. The sickle gene is an evolutionary and protective mechanism against the malarial parasite.
Money will also help pay for renal dialysis for those that cannot afford the weekly treatments and will help to provide scholarships for Indian students from disadvantaged backgrounds to study as nurses in India.
Please help us raise much needed funds for medical equipment and supplies for these communities. If you would prefer to donate items please contact one of us to find out how.
On behalf of these communities we Thank You!
The university has developed strong partnerships with St Philomenas Hospital in Bangalore and Ashwini Gungalur Adivasi Hospital, and each year the students and staff raise money and collect donated medical and hygiene items to hand deliver to these communities.
This year as well as collecting these items we have created this team gofundme page as an easy way of donating money. Our travel and accommodation is all sorted so ALL funds collected will go to the people in these communities. Any donation will be gratefully accepted.
A little bit about these places:
St Philomena’s Hospital was established in Bangalore in 1937 by a small group of JMJ sisters which was lead by an Aussie, Dr Sr Mary Veronica Pitt, a qualified gynaecologist. It began as a 2 bedded hospital in a very poor area of Bangalore and is now a 24 hour health care facility with 371 beds . Today, the hospital treats a huge number of patients and offers free and subsidised services to the weaker sections of society.
The Gungalur Adivasi Hospital is in the Gudalur Valley of the Nilgiri hills in Southern India and cares for the Adivasi (Indigenous) residents spread over 320 hamlets. This particularly vulnerable tribal community lost access to the forests and an entire way of life and were on the edge of being decimated by poverty, malnutrition and disease. Formed in 1990 to provide an accessible, effective and sustainable health system, it has now grown to a 50 bed hospital, with many regional centres and has a training program for health volunteers and nurses.
Most importantly, ASHWINI is in the hands of the tribal community.
Also within this hospital is a Sickle Cell Centre. Sickle cell disease is a debilitating autosomal recessive haematological disease that is a matter of significant public health importance in India, particularly within the Adivasi communities due to their location in areas which are prone to malaria. The sickle gene is an evolutionary and protective mechanism against the malarial parasite.
Money will also help pay for renal dialysis for those that cannot afford the weekly treatments and will help to provide scholarships for Indian students from disadvantaged backgrounds to study as nurses in India.
Please help us raise much needed funds for medical equipment and supplies for these communities. If you would prefer to donate items please contact one of us to find out how.
On behalf of these communities we Thank You!
Co-organizers (16)
Shannon Edwards
Organizer
Lytton, QLD
Kara Tomkinson
Co-organizer
Lily Caperon
Co-organizer
Maddy Engeman
Co-organizer
Sophie Simpson
Co-organizer