To educate, screen daily wages labourers who in shelter home for COVID-19, medication, education about social distancing given to workers
Dr Mahajan’s Hospital, ITC (Stemrx) and Disha Foundation joined hands to organise a two-day social responsibility programme to educate and screen daily wages labourers who were in the shelter home for COVID-19. Likewise, basic free health check-ups such as CBC, and other routine tests were conducted, medication and education about social distancing was given to the workers. The ones with cough or cold were referred to COVID-19 centres at Vashi for further examination.
Dr Pradeep Mahajan, Regenerative Medicine Expert, Dr Mahajan’s Hospital and Trustee Disha Foundation said, “The outbreak of coronavirus has been labelled a pandemic by the World Health Organisation (WHO). To support the nation in creating awareness regarding COVID-19, free medical check-ups were conducted for more than 300 daily wage labourers who were in shelter homes, in CIDCO exhibition centre majority of the workers didn’t have any major health issues apart from joint pain.
Dr Mahajan added, “Those 4-5 patients who had symptoms of rhinitis (it is an inflammation and swelling of the mucous membrane of the nose, characterised by a runny nose, cough and stuffiness) were isolated, prescribed medication, educated about how the virus can be problematic, the importance of self-isolation, and were referred to COVID centres at Vashi for further evaluation. The aim of this joint initiative by Dr Mahajan’s Hospital, ITC (Stemrx) and Disha Foundation is to curb the spread of coronavirus by helping people to detect it at the right time, and reduce mortality rates.”