MEDICAL  CHECK-UP  CAMP

 

MESCO, a registered charitable Organization working since last 37 years in the field of Education, Medical Assistance and Poverty Relief is trying to do its bit towards the relief and rehabilitation of people affected by the floods. It has decided to take up relief measures for people of Kausa, Mumbra.

 

It would be organizing a free Medical Check-up camp on Saturday, 20^th August and Sunday, 21^st August 2005 from 10.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. at Kausa, Mumbra.

 

We seek assistance from Medical Professionals who can devote time on any or both the days according to their convenience.

 

We will be providing free medicines to afflicted cases and would appeal to large hearted individuals and Organizations to contribute towards this cause, so that we can reach out to more people.

 

For further details contact Mr. Aziz Humji at 2640 5008 / 2640 5012 / 5607 1164 or email us at mescotrust@yahoo.co.in

FLOOD RELIEF WORK IN NEW MUMBAI

  

Dear Friends of Animals,

“People for Animals, Mumbai (PFA)” organized the second post flood relief work in New Mumbai on Monday 8^th August 2005 with the help of “Bombay Veterinary College (BVC)” and generous donations from few donors.   

 

List of PFA members and veterinary doctors’ part of the relief work:

1)      Dr. Deepa Katyal                                 – Trustee, PFA (Vet. Doctor).

2)      Mrs. Thrity Guzdar                               – PFA Member.

3)      Mr. Dharmesh Solanki              – Managing Trustee, PFA.

4)      Mr. Bimal Jhaveri                                 – PFA Member.

5)      Dr. Jayant Patil                                     – PG Student, Dept. of Medicine, BVC.

6)      Dr. Vijay Kumar Tripathi                      – PG Student, Dept. of Medicine, BVC. 

 

The team left Mumbai at 9.30 a.m with relief materials like medicines, fodder, biscuits and PFA Ambulance for any emergency. The team visited following villages in Panvel, New Mumbai.

 

1)    Parpund village.

                  In this village we treated 8 goats, two buffaloes and one dog. There was a wealthy family having 25 cows kept for the purpose of milking. All these animals were carried away in the floods as all were kept open and were not found at all post flood. They informed that one village woman has also been carried away in the flood water and is still missing.

 

                  As per few goat owners information, they and their animals survived flood as they took shelter in the near by higher buildings. They also informed that most of their hens were lost in the flood as water level had reached till their roof top. They informed that one pig had come drowning in the flood water and had got stuck on the roof top of one house and had remained there for two days. It was then removed by the villagers.     

 

2)    Usarli village.

                  In this village we treated one bullock, one buffalo and one dog. Here the animals remained safe as they were taken to railway tracks, which were on certain height than the village ground level and the flood water did not reach at that height.   

 

3)    Shivkar Village.

                  In this village we treated 15 cows and buffaloes and 4 dogs. This village was not much affected. 

 

4)    Chikhale Village.

                  This village had a piggery farm called “Royal Farms”. They had approximately 1200 pigs from which around 800 were drowned away in the flood water. The rest of them survived, because they could reach the railway tracks, which were on a good height than the ground level and luckily trains were not working on the flood day (26^th July 2005) or else even these animals would not have survived.

We treated 3 cows in this village.    

 

5)    Ajivli Village.

                  This village was also not very much affected. When we reached one dairy in this village, we saw one four month old calf lying on the ground. It had become stiff with no blinking of the eyelids. There was no movement made by the calf, but it was ALIVE. Our doctors tried their level best to survive the calf, but all their efforts proved futile as the calf took its last breath. This calf had remained in this condition for more than a day or so and the owner had not even bothered to call vet. Doctor and get the calf treated, even though it was a female calf. We thought that such thing happens only with male calves, but female calves are also treated in this manner to save the cost of medicines and doctor.   

                  We treated 2 cows, three buffaloes, two dogs in this village and off course tried to survive the dying calf. 

 

6)    Borla Village.

                  We were informed by few villagers that this village was very much affected. But when we reached the village, it had normalized. Those animals, which were drowned in the flood water, were never found and the surviving animals did not have many problems. In all we treated 4 buffaloes in this village.

 

Many chickens in many poultry farms have also died in many villages during the floods. Many wild animals and snakes have also died, but there are no records. The floods have even damaged many farming lands, seeds, manure, and fodder for the animals and off course the property of these poor villagers.

 

The team distributed fodder to poor villagers to feed their cattle, wherever required and fed biscuits to all stray dogs, which were found on the way and in villages. The team also distributed free medicine to needy farmers, to treat their animals for external injuries.

 

No Government persons have gone to the villages to inquire about them or their animals. The village panchayats have got some forms filled up from the owners who have lost their animals, but then there is no news on the compensation or any other help from the Government.

 

All the villages are now coming to normalcy and people are now engaged in farming activities and are trying to forget the sour marks of natures whip. 

 

The team was not very happy as they could reach out only to six villages as time was lost in searching and reaching these villages. The team has decided to meet the village panchayats and with their help reach out to all the villages in the next camp, so that time is not lost in searching the villages and more villages can be attended.

 

Now, PFA wants to go to Karjat, Kasara and such other villages and help the animals over there. Depending on the weather, PFA have decided to go to Karjat on Friday 12^th August 2005 to help the animals in all the villages in Karjat. 

 

We have some medicines left with us from our previous two flood relief camps and have already got more than 50 packs of biscuits donated by Mrs. Bakul Khatau. Hence, we need some extra medicine along with HS and foot & mouth disease vaccines, fodder and transport.

 

We have got information that Mr. Rahul Sehgal (Chief of an Animal Welfare Org., in Gujarat) have dispatched a team of doctors along with medicines to Satara and will be tackling the villages in those areas. We have also got information about Mr. Kartick Satyanarayan of Wildlife SOS coming to the same place with his team.

 

Yours Sincerely,

 

Dharmesh Solanki

Managing Trustee,

People for Animals, Mumbai.

Office Address-Regd. Off. C/o P. N. Mehta & Co., 3rd^th Floor, Thomas Cook Bldg., Flora Fountain, Mumbai – 400 001, Maharashtra, INDIA. Tel: 9821215661

pfamumbai@yahoo.com 
Aug 10, 2005

	Date	Area
1	5th august	Chunabhatti- Swadeshi Mill chawl
2	7th august	Mumbra – Kausa gaaon
3	10th	Deonar – Sunderbaug
4	11th	Madh island
5	12th	Jari Mari Kurla
6	13th	Vasai
7	14th	Kaju Pada Poisar
8	15th	Kalwa – Thane
9	17th	Ghatkopar Ramabai Colony
10	21th	Mankhurd

Niramaya’s tentative Plan for flood relief camps in Mumbai and Thane In August 2005

 

We are a team of three to four doctors (One doctor comes on voluntary basis) who conduct these camps and during one camp we attend approx 150 to 175 people. We provide basic healthcare and refer serious cases to BMC health center. We are providing Chlorine tablets to families who have not yet received the tablets.  

All camps are free of cost of course.Dr. Shamla

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Aug 8, 2005