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Gitanjali Gems Ltd joins hands with Wockhardt Foundation for a cause |
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Gitanjali gems ltd provides funds to Wockhardt foundation for operating a right to vision van in Palanpur, Gujarat to provide free medical facilities and checkup for the underprivileged people suffering from problems related to vision.
Van operational since Jan 2011
The van covers the following villages and provides medical aid at doorstep to the suffering patients .
- Vadgam village - monday
- Kanodar village - tuesday
- Chhapi village - wednesday
- Virampur village - thursday
- Chitrasani village - friday
- Ratanpur village - saturday
Total human lives that have been benefited with the service 4581 |
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Lighting up Lives
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The Gitanjali Group is one of the major donors for the mega eye camps organized each year by the Bhansali Trust in remote areas of Bihar. The project works at the grass root level where every year Gitanjali undertakes to support the camps, which include free diagnosis and operations, cover approximately 2,000 villages. On an average about 45,000 people are examined and close to 10,000 people are operated every year.
The camps are mainly organized between October and March. A team consisting of ophthalmic surgeon, anesthesiologist, physician, para-medicals and volunteers visit villages and perform normal operations, IOL operations with lens and IOL operations for children.
Camps are equipped with the latest medical facilities, tents for the out door patients, dressing wards, kitchens etc. Big dharamshalas are rented with around 125 rooms for patients ward; operation theaters and stay of staff. Follow up camps are also organized to guide people with proper medication.
Gitanjali Group has also been a regular donor to various projects of the Cancer Patients’ Aid Association of India, Save the Children India and provided them with various support and assistance. |
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