Hospital and NGO join hands for needy patients

Wockhardt Foundation,along with a city-based NGO,will soon start a screening programme to restore vision of poor patients in North Mumbai.

Under the programmes — Right to Vision (RTV) and Mobile Health Reach (MHR) — over 10 ophthalmologists from the foundation will cater to people from Malad to Dahisar once in a week through three mobile medical units. “Government initiatives do not reach these areas. Our ophthalmologists will diagnose patients,distribute medicines and spectacles free of cost to patients in these areas,” said Satya Brahama,COO of Wockhardt foundation.

“While RTV is into diagnosing preventable blindness,MHR caters to various medical needs of the poor,” said Huzaifa Khorakiwala,CEO,Wockhardt Foundation. He added,“Presently,we have nine vans operating across the country and our efforts to serve the poor has so far benefited over a lakh patients.”

This initiative will kick off in Borivali from Sunday. “The target is to treat five lakh patients in 52 weeks,” said MP Sanjay Nirupam,who runs the NGO Sanjay Nirupam helpline. Another seven vans are already catering to poor in the city for the past two years.