Under the SRRHP Project SRH has taken ambitious initiatives to improve the basic health conditions of needy people unable to reach the hospital as they lack the means of transport to do so. SRH will provide them accessibility by reaching out to them and taking care of their health needs.

The SRRHP programme was started in August 2005. In the first phase, a team of doctors, nurses and social workers visited 25 villages each month in the Dharampur and Kaprada talukas. These areas are largely populated by adivasis, most of whom are economically backward. The patients were examined and treated free of cost and those who required further medical care were referred to SRH.

Details of the activities during the first phase - from August 2005 to June 2006 are as follows:

Month Patients Benefited Patients Referred to SRH August '05 214 9 September '05 321 14 October '05 479 22 November '05 392 51 December '05 1281 70 January '06 799 58 February '06 1062 77 March '06 1045 108 April '06 1729 130 May '06 609 22 June '06 658 58 Total (11 months) 8589 619

In the second phase - from July 2006 onwards - SRRHP decided to concentrate its focus in order to provide more effective services. Five locations which had no medical facilities were identified and the SRRHP team now visits these locations every week. A sixth location was introduced in January 2007 in association with the Bhansali Trust. The activities in the second phase comprise of:

• Weekly visits to each village centre by our medical and paramedical teams
• Onsite treatment and referral services
• Preventive health care measures through awareness campaigns on nutrition and hygiene

The number of patients who have been examined and treated are as follows:

Tumbhi Makadbandh Khanda Pangarbari Chondha Sahuda Total (Monday) (Tuesday) (Wednesday) (Thrusday) (Friday) (Saturday)   Total Patients Benefited Patients referred to SRH Total Patients Benefited Patients referred to SRH Total Patients Benefited Patients referred to SRH Total Patients Benefited Patients referred to SRH Total Patients Benefited Patients referred to SRH Total Patients Benefited Patients referred to SRH Total Patients Benefited Patients referred to SRH July`06 347 29 196 2 135 10 252 10 166 26 - - 1096 77 Aug`06 297 24 224 17 434 25 294 5 242 13 - - 1491 84 Sept`06 290 7 160 8 320 17 210 5 289 16 - - 1269 53 Oct`06 104 7 77 5 143 2 183 7 86 4 - - 593 25 Nov`06 212 7 196 10 257 14 164 2 114 8 - - 943 41 Dec`06 123 2 129 4 127 1 152 3 126 1 - - 657 11 Jan`07 365 19 355 10 470 8 258 7 164 1 457 102 2069 147 Feb`07 387 14 390 19 431 17 520 26 466 14 485 126 2679 216 Mar`07 133 10 201 5 315 25 345 10 137 9 497 68 1628 127 April`07 338 17 300 14 420 23 367 15 292 19 484 41 2201 129 May`07 284 11 421 10 578 17 347 4 361 22 244 46 2235 110 June`07 269 6 291 7 354 19 388 7 409 10 231 45 1942 94 July`07 499 10 627 16 401 7 497 14 441 5 441 69 2906 121 Aug`07 456 4 362 7 477 6 456 11 607 12 922 142 3280 182 Sept`07 546 25 543 34 705 46 764 22 588 17 1913 259 5059 403 Oct`07 609 18 631 23 776 10 708 34 627 12 1246 114 4597 211 Nov`07 573 12 312 7 364 8 393 8 475 3 3303 154 5420 192 Dec`07 499 7 356 16 561 11 591 11 561 11 1223 69 3691 125 Total 6331 229 5771 214 7268 266 6889 201 6151 203 11446 1235 43756 2348