The Gopalpur
unit covers villages where the population earns an adequate income from agriculture and
related activities. However, health services are difficult to come by, with the nearest
healthcare centre located at a distance from the village. TSRDS, therefore, continued to
focus primarily on healthcare and empowerment activities.
Community Health & Hygiene
Population stabilisation, eye cure services,
maternal & child health, adolescent reproductive health and Tuberculosis control were
the healthcare activities undertaken by the Gopalpur unit in 2004-05.
Family
Welfare
As opposed to two or three camps annually, in 2004-05 nine tubectomy camps were organised
by the Gopalpur unit. Conducted in association with District Family Planning Bureau,
Ganjam District, this effort of TSRDS has gone from strength to strength each year since
2000-01, when it was started.
Mrs Anjali Singh the first lady of the district visits
the tubectomy camp |
As against a previous record of 227 tubectomies in a year, the unit achieved a total of
604 cases in 2004-05. TSRDS singlehandedly contributed 1% to the annual target of Ganjam
District. |
Project DRISTHI
The objective of this project is to prevent blindness due to cataract and to restore the
vision of the patient, as well as rehabilitate them into society.
Conducted by the Gopalpur unit in association with District Blindness Control Society,
Ganjam and ECOS Eye Hospital, Berhampur, the unit improved on its previous record to
achieve 271 operations in 2004-05. |
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Achievements
-6588 villagers treated for general ailments
- 680 children completed
their 3rd dose of
immunisation
- 604 tubectomy operations conducted Nine tubectomy camps conducted in 2004-05 Ganjam
District achieved 1% of its annual target through TSRDS.
- 271 cataract operations conducted |
- Mature cases of
cataract screened in
villages
- 271 cases operated
- Surgery and hospital
stay free of cost
- 12 AIDS Awareness
programmes held
-12 cleft lip/palate
operations conducted
Recovering the
joy of sight
At only 35-years-of-age Tarini Naik was affected with cataract in both her eyes.
Over a period of 18 months, her sight became limited and thus mobility restricted. She was
unable to go to work. What was worse, was that she also had to forgo the joy of watching
her four-year-old son grow up. Her husband, a daily wage earner, was forced to stay home
to look after his family. TSRDS encouraged Tarini to undergo a cataract operation. Within
a gap of a month both her eyes were operated on and Tarini is now delighted to be able to
watch the antics of her child.
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