Care On Wheels | Primary Healthcare Initiative by Impact Guru Foundation

 

Impact Guru Foundation's Care on Wheels program is its flagship program that provides free doorstep healthcare services through Mobile Medical Units (MMUs) at a person's doorstep. This involves home visits that may make access to healthcare effortless for people who live in remote parts of the country or may need help to travel to a suitable medical facility to get the treatment they need. A patient might not be able to go to a medical facility for many reasons. This could be because of mobility problems, lack of transport, financial problems, etc.

What is Impact Guru Foundation's flagship Care-on-Wheels program for?

The role of a Healthcare NGO is essential. Impact Guru Foundation's flagship Care-on-Wheels program is extended to those who live in the most remote parts of India so they can access affordable healthcare through this NGO related to health. These people may not be able to access necessary primary healthcare. Impact Guru Foundation's Care-on-Wheels program provides patients with health screenings, vaccinations, and testing for blood pressure, diabetes, and other illnesses and referrals for critical cases. 

The mobile medical units are aligned to Government of India's national urban and rural Health Missions', providing necessary access to affordable medical services to those who reside in remote or poverty-stricken communities across India. It offers medical services to those in need, benefitting many people.

What kind of medical professionals are present in every Care-on-Wheels program mobile medical unit?

Different medical professionals may be present in every unit of the Care-on-Wheels program that Impact Guru Foundation has initiated as a Healthcare NGO. 

Every unit of the Care-on-Wheels unit is equipped with the following:

• 1 Medical consultant who is an MBBS that is responsible for the examination of patients, prescription of the necessary medicines, and conducting health-related activities under the program
• 1 Health worker that is responsible for managing the patients, diagnosis of the health condition of the patients, any counseling that the patient may need, and also conducts any type of outreach and awareness activities that may be necessary
• 1 Pharmacist is responsible for issuing and explaining the necessary dosage of the medicine that has been given to a patient and also holds the responsibility to explain the different kinds of side effects that a person could experience when the patient consumes or takes the prescribed medicine.
• 1 Driver-cum-facilitator that plays the role of driving the Care-on-Wheels unit with all the medical equipment, medicines, and other equipment available in the vehicle 
  

What kind of Health awareness sessions are done through Care-on-Wheels?

There are different health awareness sessions that are done through Care-on-Wheels through Impact Guru Foundation, which is a Healthcare NGO. Using audio-visual Information Education and Communication (IEC) materials, people are educated about non-communicable diseases (NCDs), other health issues that one may suffer from, and how they must try and approach them. One may expand their understanding of these areas through different health awareness sessions that focus on various topics. Care on Wheels assists people that belong to diverse, vulnerable communities. Through this program, people residing in many rural regions of India can easily access the healthcare services they need.

How can I support the Care-on-Wheels program initiated by Impact Guru Foundation?

Impact Guru Foundation is an NGO related to health. At Impact Guru Foundation, we support people in need and are less privileged than us so that they can lead a healthy and good quality of life. You can help someone gain access to basic treatments, medicines, consultations, and referrals for critical cases that may be very important for a person in the long run and may even save someone’s life.

You may be able to support  the Care-on-Wheels program initiated by Impact Guru Foundation with a mere ₹1000 to ensure 10 people that belong to underserved communities can access different kinds of primary healthcare services.