SBI Sanjeevani-Clinic on Wheels moves on at Villages

29 May 2022, Bodhgaya: To address health care need of people in remote villages, NBJK commenced SBI Sanjeevani – Clinic on Wheels from 4th April 2022 across 20 Gram Panchayats from Bodhgaya block of Gaya district in Bihar. SBI Foundation supports the project to provide health services at people’s doorstep in remote rural areas through a Mobile Clinic Van equipped with diagnostic facilities.

The unit is accompanied by a medical team with a doctor, lab technician, pharmacist and health assistant-cum-driver. It will cover a massive population of 87916 through 23 camps in a month and completed health profiling in 20 villages.

In the month of April, it organized medical camps in 17 villages with total 405 OPD. Most of the patients were found with diseases like viral fever, typhoid, malaria, blood pressure, diabetes etc. They avail diagnostic facilities on the spot and got free medicines as per advice of the doctor.

Also the patients contribute as registration fee of Rs. 20 and actual charge for diagnostics consumables. SBI Sanjeevani-Clinic on Wheels is speeding up gradually and more people are coming to its camps.

Community Awareness and Household Eye Screening at Remote Villages

28 May 2022, Giridih-Deoghar: Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation supported & NBJK run Vimla Ramkrishna Eye Hospital, Deoghar is putting hard effort to access people suffering from eye diseases for their treatment.

On 23 May 2022 at Sarath CHC, it provided orientation training for 32 Sahiya (ASHA) Didis over commonly found eye diseases and their preventive as well as curative measures.

Through Vision Centres of Giridih & Bengabad, VREH has mobilized community awareness and household screening at villages like Ghutiya, Chuchundro, Madhwadih, Bhandradih, Sonbad, Keshotand, Herla, Vijiya, Dewatand of Ganey, Bengabad & Giridih Sadar blocks of Giridih district under Netra Vasant-Rural Eye Health Program with support of Sightsavers. Also it conducted eye screening camps at Deoghar town with support of Shankara Eye Foundation.

During such 11 events in this week, the team VREH has ensured total 185 OPD and provided treatment to 96 with refractive errors, 32 with cataract, 5 with pterygium, and 5 with other eye diseases. Including all cataract patients, 5 others have been referred to base hospital for surgery & needful treatment while medicines provided to 15 eye patients on the spot.

DVC Memento to Mr. Girija Satish, CJP Safai Mitras Honoured

26 May 2022, Hazaribagh: Damodar Valley Corporation is celebrating Swachhta Pakhwada (16-31 May 2022) under Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.

On this occasion, DVC officials have organized a function and invited Mr. Girija Satish (President, NBJK) as the chief guest. They conferred him a memento for NBJK operated sanitation program with cleanliness, housekeeping, waste collection & dlivery for DVC offices located at Hazaribagh.

This is being executed under Clean Jharkhand Project-Phase II at DVC estates. Also the Team CJP engaged with this program has been honored during the event.

Mr. Jitendra Jha, Dr. I. K. Sinha, Mr. Sanjay Singh, Mr. Sanjay Kumar, Mr. Rahul Ranjan (all from DVC) were present on the dais.

Netra Vasant Organizes Eye Screening Camp

24 May 2022, Bedokala (Barkattha), Hazaribagh: Under Netra Vasant – Rural Eye Health program, eye screening camp held at Bedokala Panchayat Bhawan in Barkattha block of Hazaribagh district.

Total 93 women-men from Bedokala and other nearby villages have gone through their eye checkup and 21 were identified with Cataract. 09 persons have been detected with other eye diseases and got medical consultation. All Cataract ridden patients will get free of cost surgery facility at NBJK run LNJP Eye Hospital, Bahera (Chauparan, Hazaribagh).

Mr. Praveen Kumar (Optometrist), Mr. Ranjeet Kumar, Mr. Dinesh Kumar, Mr. Lakhan with Mr. Kirti Rawat (DPM-REH, Sightsavers) contributed to the eye camp.

It’s noteworthy that as a combined effort by Sightsavers-NPCB-Govt. of Jharkhand-NBJK, Netra Vasant is being implemented in rural areas of Hazaribagh district.

School Eye Screening Camp by Vimla Ramkrishna Bajaj Eye Hospital

22 May 2022, Deoghar: NBJK run Vimla Ramkrishna Bajaj Eye Hopital, Deoghar has organized school eye screening camp at Deoghar Public School, Kunda.

This ensured eye checkup for 234 students and identified 29 among them with Cataract. They have been referred to the base hospital for surgery.

With support of Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation, VRBEH was launched on 10 October 2021 as 4th unit of LNJP Eye Hospital after Hazaribagh, Dumka and Gaya.

Vimla Ramkrishna Bajaj Eye Hopital is performing well with 8503 OPD and 2174 Cataract surgeries till March’22. It caters eye patients from Deoghar, Giridih, Jamui, Lakhisarai and Banka districts of Jharkhand-Bihar.

Eye Screening Camp held at Chalkusha

19 May 2022, Chalkusha (Hazaribagh): Under Netra Vasant-Rural Eye Health program by Sightsavers in collaboration with NPCB, JSLPS & NBJK, Eye Screening Camp has been organized by LNJP Eye Hospital, Bahera (Chauparan, Hazaribagh) at Chalkusha panchayat bhawan.

It listed total 74 OPD, out of which 09 patients were PwDs also. 03 such physically challenged persons have received spectacles due to refractive errors while Cataract was detected with 16 eye patients. They will get free of cost surgery at LNJPEH.

Mr. Kirti Rawat (DPM-REH), Mr. Praveen Kumar (Optometrist), Mr. Raju Kumar (Mobilizer), Mr. Ranjeet Kumar (OA, Barkattha) and Mr. Kedar Kumar (BPM, JSLPS) have contributed to eye camp.

Women Get Tailoring Teachers Training

17 May 2022, Amrit Nagar (Hazaribagh): Under NBJK run Usha Silai School program with support of Usha Inernational Ltd., Adopt Silai School Teachers Training has been initiated on 16th May for 06 women from Hazaribagh, Munger and Khagariya districts.

Mr. Girija Satish (President, NBJK) inaugurated this 7 days residential training and said that women can achieve financial self-sustainability by dexterity in garments making. He suggested the trainees to use their learnt skills constantly and to keep patience till desired success comes. On this occasion, Mr. Felix Tirkey (Program Manager, UIL) termed the program as an effort with NBJK towards women empowerment.

During this training, the trainees will be imparted knowledge about various parts of sewing machine, it’s maintenance, designing-cutting-stitching of different garments & life skills etc. After successful completion, each trainee will be provided certificate, signage board of Usha Silai School, guidebook and new sewing machine, so that they can start Usha Silai School at their respective places to offer paid service as a trainer-cum tailor.

Mrs. Nusrat Parveen (Trainer, UIL), Mr. Balveer Sharma (Service Engineer, UIL) and Mr. Shailesh Kumar (Program Coordinator, NBJK) contribute to the event.

Skill Development Training to Visually Impaired Children on Braille & ICT

02 May 2022, Amrit Nagar (Hazaribagh): Under Inclusive Education Project of Sightsavers and with support of Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan, Skill Development Training upon Braille & Information-Communication-Technology for visually impaired children is going on at NBJK co-ordination office campus.

These children are students of Government schools from different blocks of Hazaribagh district. The training started on 19th April and children learn life skills, Braille script and different ICT devices like daisy player, mobile phone, laptop etc to make their academic performance better. For their practice, the project has provided Braille kits, abacuses and reading-writing materials to the students of class 1-5, made available mobile phones, daisy players and e-books for the children of class 6-8 while the students of class 9-12 have been supported with laptops & audio books. In evening time, the trainee children join special recreational activities also.

Mr. Satyajit Singh (District Project Co-ordinator, Sightsavers) who himself a physically challenged person, says about Sightsavers’ initiative like development of visually challenged children’s course books in Braille script. As the resource person Ms. Mala Yadav and Mr. Paaras Kumar (Dist. IE Facilitator, Sightsavers) play important role in the training that will end on 3rd May.

Vision Centre Inaugurated at Charhi Primary Health Centre

28 April 2022, Charhi (Hazaribagh): A new Vision Centre has been initiated at Primary Health Centre, Charhi in Churchu block of Hazaribagh district with support of Hazaribagh District Hospital, Sightsavers and NBJK under Rural Eye Health Programme-Netra Vasant by Sightsavers & NBJK.

Dr. (Mrs.) Poonam Ekka (Block Medical Officer In-charge) inaugurated the Vision Centre and mentioned about its usefulness for resourceless eye patients from rural areas. She thanked Sightsavers-NBJK for this noble work, assured for all possible co-operation and said that the Ophthalmic Assistant of this Vision Centre should be deputed at Churchu PHC on Friday every week so that more eye patients could be benefitted simultaneously.

Mr. Kirti Rawat (DPM, Sightsavers), Ms. Shweta Kumari (Oph. Asst. & In-charge, Charhi Vision Centre), Mr. Ranjeet Kumar (In-charge, Barkattha Vision Centre), Mrs. Anju Devi, Mr. Bhawesh Kumar (BPM, JSLPS), Mr. Sikandar Kumar-Mrs. Narendar Kaur (both Cluster Co-ordinators, JSPS) and 11 cadres of JSLPS were present on the occasion. Also 45 Sahiya/ASHA Didis of Churchu block have attended the inaugural function.

Mr. Kirti Rawat (Sightsavers) has requested all to send people to this Vision Centre so that eye patients, especially Cataract patients can get proper treatment.

Today total 26 OPD took place at the Vision Centre while 7 found with Cataract and referred LNJP Eye Hospital, Bahera (Chauparan, Hazaribagh).

NBJK Delivers Health Facility at Villages

27 April 2022, Hazaribagh: Since June of last year a unique initiative from NBJK to provide relief to sick persons is going on through free of cost medical consultation & medicines by organizing five health camps everyday on six working days each week.

Mr. Satish Girija (Secretary, NBJK) said that more than 40,000 patients could get treatment and around 70,000 people including PwDs have been vaccinated against Covid with help of about 600 health camps organized under Covid Outreach program by the organization.

These health camps are being organized systematically across all blocks of Hazaribagh district, took place two times in all 16 blocks and currently third phase of such camps continues successfully.

Mr. Rajeev Singh (Program Manager, NBJK) has informed that at present out of our 5 medical teams, 3 teams are involved in Katkamdaag block while 2 teams are active in Barkattha and Tatijhariya blocks. Every team is comprised of one doctor, one ANM, one optometrist and a mobilizer.

These health camps have benefitted men, women-children suffering from blood pressure, diabetes, cold-cough, fever, gynaecological as well as eye problems and 300 plus cataract detected patients have bee referred to NBJK run LNJP Eye Hospital, Chauparan (Hazaribagh).

Many donor agencies like Rakesh Jhunjhunwala Foundation, Amit Chandra Foundation, Schroders, Blackstone, Action Village India, GiveIndia, AID, Vision 2020 have supported this big scaled public health safety campaign.