July to September 2022

 This is normally the busiest period - the sowing is done; farm work is restricted to de-weeding and pest control. The festive season is still a few weeks away.

TOTAL: 4148

Adults: 4148 (1534:1787)

Children: 119 (60:59)

Elderly: 708 (419:289)

The crowds are more manageable now. Governmental initiatives have made a difference to doorstep health care delivery

April - June 2022

 Well, the COVID waned, and life got back to normal. The economy which was badly hit has slowly started recovering. Farm activity showed an uptick and there was a general air of optimism.

For us at the RHC the numbers slowly picked up.

TOTAL: 2532

Adult Male: 906

Adult Female: 1095

Children: 50 (19, 31)

Elderly Male: 298

Elderly Female: 193

May was a month of a holiday for the doctors, but the RHC was semi functional. A nurse and a pharmacist were available daily to ensure that no patient missed out on medications. 

Doctors were available for telephonic consults as and when required.

Jan to March 2022

 As the COVID epidemic waned, public services resumed. Most importantly the APSRTC bus service to villages restarted. This helped patients easily access the RHC. The curbs on gatherings were also removed, schools restarted and all this meant we saw an uptick in the number of patients accessing the RHC.

TOTAL: 3949 - slowly approaching the monthly pre COVID Figures of 1500 per month

Children: 105 (52 M : 53 F), Elders: 692 (407 M: 285 F)

Adults: 3152 (1452 M : 1700 F)

The COVID pandemic has had an impact on mental health too. A number of students had trouble readjusting to school / college after the long lay off. Difficulties in concentration, restlessness, somatization were all common symptoms. Counselling helped a great deal. A few of the students needs short courses of Anti Depressants.

Adults were similarly affected. Loss of income, loss of crops, working children being laid off all played a part. For many of them, they had exhausted all their coping strength over the years. Faces wore a sense of hopelessness. Many of them needed Anti Depressants and a lot of encouragement. The hope came back as the restrictions were removed, providing much needed income to the families.

Lets hope that the COVID pandemic peters out and is limited to small outbreaks only

July to December 2021

Its been a while since the blog was updated. Much has happened in the interim. 
 Six months is a long period of time. The waning of the epidemic, local outbreaks, the fear of the havoc wreaked by the DELTA all kept us on our toes.

The lockdowns in some form or the other continued and as usual people adapted, moving on with their lives. Framing, dairy, goat rearing and trade all continued. The tomato crops brought in good money. Above all, the copious rains

Total Patients: 8287

CHILDREN:  170; (M:F :: 94:76)

ELDERLY:   1284; (M:F :: 751:533)

ADULTS:     6883; (M:F :: 3189:3644)

INCOME: < 48000 pa : 8171

Masked Crowds at the Bus Shelter

ASHA Workers being felicitated for the yeoman work

 

New BPL 450 mRad X Ray machine

        

An old patient being loaded onto a make shift ambulance      

    

Retinitis Pigmentosa with T1D

   

Paddy - Transplanting, ripening and harvesting

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

                                                              GROUND NUT HARVEST                                                                                                

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

                                             BOUNTEOUS RAIN & THE LANDSCAPE CHANGES

A LOVELY TIME FOR THE GOATS & CATTLE

  

Here is wishing everyone a wonderful 2022