Providing essential medical disposables and medicines to the poor patients in the Emergency Dept., which are not covered under any other govt/non-govt medical fund at PGIMER.
If you are a poor patient in medical crisis and facing financial challenges, we can help. You may also recommend a patient who needs financial assistance by using the project mediCATe forms given below.
IMPACT:
- Name: Jugal Kishore
- Age: 44yrs
- City: Distt Karnal, Haryana
- Profession: Temple Priest
- Father/Guardian’s Profession: Deceased
- Monthly Family Income: Rs.7,000/-
- Diagnosis: Kidney Damaged
- Treatment: Post kidney replacement medication
- Total Amount Approved: Rs.3,000/- per month
- Hospital: Silver Oaks, Mohali
Case Closed: Medicines provided for a month. Thereafter a larger fund collection was carried out through local newspaper appeal.
- Name: Neha
- Age: 15yrs
- City: Chandigarh
- Profession: Govt School Student
- Father/Guardian’s Profession: Deceased
- Monthly Family Income: Nil
- Diagnosis: Congenital Hole in the heart
- Treatment: Surgery
- Total Amount Approved: Rs.65,000/-
- Hospital: Fortis, Mohali
Case Closed: Surgery conducted under Rotary Heartline Project, hence no funds needed to be raised.
- Name: Sunny
- Age: 5yrs
- City: Pinjore, Haryana
- Profession: Primary School Student
- Father/Guardian’s Profession: Father Rickshaw Puller
- Monthly Family Income: Rs.3,000/-
- Diagnosis: Congenital Hole in the heart. Medical disposables required.
- Treatment: Surgery
- Total Amount Approved: Rs.900/-
- Hospital: PGIMER, Chandigarh
Case Closed: Surgery conducted and child went home to recuperate.
- Name:Manpreet Singh
- Age: 24yrs
- City: Punjab
- Profession: Fresh Engineer
- Father/Guardian’s Profession: Retired
- Monthly Family Income: Father’s meager pension
- Diagnosis: Complete paralysis waist down due to spinal injury
- Treatment: Physiotherapy
- Total Amount Approved: Rs.15,000/-
- Hospital: Fortis Mohali
Case Closed: Patient was able to make progress and start walking with the crutches.
- Name: Karan
- Age: 10yrs
- City: Ambala, Haryana
- Profession: Student
- Father/Guardian’s Profession: Autorickshaw Driver
- Monthly Family Income: Rs.7,000/-
- Diagnosis: LGBS
- Treatment: Injections to stem the virus
- Total Amount Approved: Rs.30,000/-
- Hospital: PGIMER, Chandigarh
Case Closed: Movement returned to the limbs and the pain reduced too. The child was discharged after a week and went home to make full recovery.
- Name: Jasodha
- Age: 32yrs
- City: Chandigarh
- Profession: Housewife
- Father/Guardian’s Profession: Industrial Worker
- Monthly Family Income: Rs.4,700/-
- Diagnosis: Blockage in heart
- Treatment: Valve needed
- Total Amount Approved: Rs.34,000/-
- Hospital: PGIMER, Chandigarh
Case Closed: Patient made full recovery and went home.
- Name: Anuradha
- Age: 27yrs
- City: Patiala, Punjab
- Profession: Housewife
- Father/Guardian’s Profession: Small time Tailor
- Monthly Family Income: Rs.6,000/-
- Diagnosis: Neurosurgery required
- Treatment: Post surgery expensive medication and injections required
- Total Amount Approved: Rs.55,000/-
- Hospital: PGIMER, Chandigarh
Case Closed: Despite all effort to provide timely medical aid to the pregnant patient, she passed away.
- Name: Manveer
- Age: 20yrs
- City: Punjab
- Profession: Student
- Father/Guardian’s Profession: Labourer
- Monthly Family Income: Rs.5,000/-
- Diagnosis: Hemophilia
- Treatment: Expensive injections in emergency
- Total Amount Approved: Rs.32,000/-
- Hospital: PGIMER, Chandigarh
Case Closed: Patient made full recovery and went home.
- Name: Yugmati
- Age: 20yrs
- City: Punjab
- Profession: Student
- Father/Guardian’s Profession: Labourer
- Monthly Family Income: Rs.5,000/-
- Diagnosis: Hemophilia
- Treatment: Expensive injections in emergency
- Total Amount Approved: Rs.32,000/-
- Hospital: PGIMER, Chandigarh
Case Closed: Patient made full recovery and went home.
- Name: Suresh Yadav
- Age: 20yrs
- City: Punjab
- Profession: Student
- Father/Guardian’s Profession: n/a
- Monthly Family Income: Rs.7,000/-
- Diagnosis: Mitre Valve Replacement
- Treatment: Surgery
- Total Amount Approved: Rs.35,000/-
- Hospital: PGIMER, Chandigarh
Case Closed: Patient made good recovery, went home. Unfortunately he passed away 2 months later.
- Name: Man Bahadur
- Age: 25yrs
- City: Nepal
- Profession: Farm Labourer
- Father/Guardian’s Profession: Farm Labourer
- Monthly Family Income: Rs.6,000/-
- Diagnosis: ASD (Atrial Septal Defect)
- Treatment: Surgery
- Total Amount Approved: Rs.15,000/-
- Hospital: PGIMER, Chandigarh
Case Closed: Patient made full recovery and went home.
- Name: Harkesh
- Age: 28yrs
- City: Uttar Pradesh
- Profession: Small Time Contractual Agriculturalist
- Father/Guardian’s Profession: Small Time Contractual Agriculturalist
- Monthly Family Income: Rs.8,000/-
- Diagnosis: Liver dysfunction
- Treatment: Liver Biopsy
- Total Amount Approved: Rs.15,000/-
- Hospital: PGIMER, Chandigarh
Case Closed: No malignancy found. Patient put on long term medication and sent home.