At the end of every year, several non-governmental organisations set-up multi-disciplinary health camps to offer free medical services in the remote villages of developing nations. To facilitate better treatments, they also provide free lodging facilities for both the beneficiaries and people tending to them in the inaccessible areas. The idea is to make the healthcare facilities available to one and all by increasing its outreach.
There are a number of experienced and reputed medical practitioners who tend to the ailing patients at a free-of-cost health check-up facility. They offer medical diagnosis as well as impart information about different diseases and their treatment options. One such health facility may cover a number of villages at a time. Here, the patients do not just avail medical services but also get surgical operations done.
The Most Common Ailments
The surgery cases registered at rural diagnostic camps in developing nations are generally associated with eye, appendix and hernia problems as they quite common now-a-days. The doctors pay special attention to the gynaecological issues of women. A specialized team of medical practitioners conducts the health examination of all individuals living in the rural areas and offers them medical advice regarding ailments and existing treatment facilities.
What Do Beneficiaries Get Out of It?
The beneficiaries are provided with facilities related to the diagnosis and cure of illnesses both at diagnostic health camps. They do not just include pathological investigations but gynaecological check-ups, ENT treatment, sonography and X-ray and dental and eye care is also provided. The services are inclusive of OPD and distribution of medicines other than surgeries and treatment. The surgical interventions specifically cover minor orthopaedic surgery, gynaecological operations, ENT surgery, cataract surgical procedure, Appendicitis and being operated on hernia.
Importance of Quality Healthcare
These camps are extending beyond just focusing upon the examination and treatment of patients and relying on health awareness and good health seeking behaviour too. This is because they believe that it is the only thing that can only contribute to the socio-economic development of the country. In the absence of such quality healthcare in the rural and remote locations of developing countries, setting up a regular camp for it seems to be the most viable option.
Medical guidance is necessary in the areas where hospitals and doctors are scarce as there are many people in the world who die in the need of healthcare services. This also includes the maternal mortality rate with many mothers dying during childbirth making medical supervision important for them. Such women are actually ignorant of their bodies and have little or no knowledge about hygiene. Hence, these camps help doctors investigate the cases and make them informed about the real conditions.