Healthcare
'Every person has the right to survive and thrive’
While India has made significant strides in providing healthcare services to its citizens, data from the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) indicates that primary healthcare services remain largely inaccessible to many people.
Urban slums, people often face various health-related issues due to a lack of awareness about the importance of healthcare. Many are reluctant to lose a day's wages to visit a hospital for a check-up. For underprivileged communities, accessing government-run healthcare services remains a distant dream.
PAF organizes monthly health check-up camps for children to support their overall development. Regular health assessments help identify early signs of health issues, allowing for timely intervention before they escalate. This proactive approach ensures that children receive appropriate treatment quickly, minimizing complications. For a slum child to lead a longer, healthier life, timely access to necessary health services, screenings, and treatment is essential.
In addition, specialized health camps, such as dental check-up camps and eye care camps, are organized quarterly.
A qualified MBBS doctor visits the center monthly to conduct health check-ups for every child and their mothers, who work in the textile industry to support their families economically. Additionally, all children are provided with group health insurance that extends to their family members, with an annual coverage limit of Rs 5 lakh per family. The primary goal of this health insurance is to assist beneficiaries and their families in times of need, as health issues often drive poor families into destitution.
AIRVO 2 Machine Donation to Holy Family Hospital
During the Covid-19 crisis in India, when people were dying due to the unavailability of oxygen support to hospitals, Proaction Foundation donated an AIRVO-2 machine to Holy Family Hospital, New Delhi. Proaction foundation supported the cost of the device, while the hospital ensured approvals and technical checks. It cost around 240,000 INR. It was observed that AIRVO-2 was very useful and able to cater needs of an average of 30 patients per month. At the time of donation, Holy Family Hospital had 31 Covid ICU beds and all were occupied. Hospital had only 15 ventilators and all the ventilators were occupied all the time. Thus, the hospital needed AIRVO-2 Humidifier with an integrated flow generator delivering optiflow-Nasal High Flow which was used for Covid -19 patients.
Holy Family Hospital is a 345 bedded multi-specialty hospital run by the New Delhi Holy Family Hospital Society and managed by the Delhi Catholic Archdiocese. It is registered as a charitable Non-Profit Organization under the Societies Registration Act. This hospital was founded on 25th February 1953. Approximately 1000 patients visit its General OPD and 200 patients its Private OPD every day. Out of them, about 50 patients get hospitalized for further treatments. The hospital conducts one FREE CLINIC in the Community Health Department for the benefit of underprivileged people living in nearby areas.
Significance of AIRVO 2 machine:
AIRVO-2 is used to deliver a complete range of oxygen concentration and flow to extend the traditional boundaries of oxygen therapy. It is used for the Covid 19 patients having breathing difficulties. High flow oxygen therapy is commonly used on patients with acute respiratory failure. Patients require assistance with respiration to stabilize breathing and control blood gases. By creating a positive pressure environment, high-flow nasal cannula presses from the interior of the nasopharynx outwards. This dilates the radius of the nasopharyngeal airways and dramatically reduces the resistance to airway flow, thus increasing ventilation and oxygenation potential.