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Health is another focus area of Global Foundation. Towards this, the Foundation has launched rural health program and support to emergency medical assistance.
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Project Medical Assistance - Curative intervention for Emergency and Critical illness
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Emergency Medical Assistance and relief to General Public suffering from life threatening diseases, critical illness and fatal accidents. The scheme has benefited people with low income and has no insurance and health policies.
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Project Arogya - Preventive Health Care
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In November 2008 Global Foundation inaugurated a mobile health van for remote rural areas of Sindhudurg district. The purpose of the health van is to provide health awareness and free checkup and medicine for the rural people who can’t afford to go to hospitals. So far it has conducted 32 medical camps for women, children and elders. The mobile van is fitted with modern medical instruments and it also has one specialist doctor. The mobile van usually visits rural schools for health check up of students and offers free medical advice, referral services and medicine to them. The mobile health van also conducts awareness campaign on various medical issues with villagers and farmers.
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Project Rakta Daan - Blood Donation
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Global Foundation has tied up with Think Foundation to conduct Blood Donation camp. The purpose of the blood donation camp was to support children suffering from Thalassemia who are undergoing treatment at St. George's Hospital Mumbai. 500 Global Group employees donated Blood to support the treatment of Thalasemmia major.
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