Eyesight of Luni Devi restored

60-year-old Luni Devi from the Osian block of Jodhpur district is now living her life with confidence. She is no more dependent on anybody and is able to move around without any worry of falling down or losing her balance. It wasn’t like this before a year.

Luni devi shifted to live with her son and his family after she lost her husband. Financially, their situation is not sound as her son barely manages to make ends meet as a wage labourer. One day she realized that something was wrong with her vision and while she did not pay heed to it immediately it so happened that her condition worsened to an extent that all she could spot was a faint ray of light. By now, almost a year had elapsed and she had become dependent on others for her daily chores. Living had become quite burdensome for her.

She decided to visit GRAVIS’ outreach health camp where doctors referred her to the GRAVIS hospital for diagnosis. After a thorough examination, it was found that the cataract in her right eye was obliterating her vision and if not operated on soon enough she would lose her eyesight. A couple of years ago she was operated on in her left eye. This time it was her right eye that required operation.

Following this, she was admitted to the GRAVIS hospital at Tinwari where she underwent eye surgery. Later the team paid visits to her home to evaluate her progress. She recovered well and both her eyes are functional now. She is able to do all her routine work with restored vision. She thanked GRAVIS immensely for restoring her vision.

Rewat Singh breathes a sigh of relief

Ghewra village in the Osian Block of Jodhpur district is one of the targeted project areas of GRAVIS for various health programmes. When the project team reached the village for conducting the medical camp, one of the villagers informed the team about the serious condition of 75-year-old Rewat Singh who was suffering from a very painful bed sore. Assuming that this could be something that needs urgent attention, the team immediately visited him. After examining him they suggested that he should be taken to the GRAVIS hospital in Tinwari as soon as possible. Rewat Singh’s son did as he was instructed and took him to the hospital. He was aware of a similar case of an 85-year-old female from his village and that she was under supervision at the GRAVIS hospital for 2 months till she was cured and hence had immense faith in GRAVIS’ team of doctors.

Rewat Singh was at the hospital facility for a month wherein the staff took extra care of him as his wound was very deep and it needed time to heal. In the beginning, the staff would clean and dress his wound 4 times a day. After 2 weeks as some healing was observed, they continued to dress his wound 3 times a day. By the end of the month, his condition improved and he had recovered phenomenally. He was discharged from the hospital with instructions for proper aftercare.

Leela Devi benefits from the maternal and child health programmes of GRAVIS

22-year-old Leela was married at an early age to Gumana Ram, a resident of Diggari village, Jodhpur district. Until now she has delivered 4 children of which only 2 have survived. Her first two deliveries were administered at home without medical supervision and proper care. This led to several complications, especially during her second delivery which put her life to risk as well. Both her children from the first 2 deliveries did not survive and they died within 3 and 5 days of their birth respectively. The VHW trained by GRAVIS from her village got to know about this and counselled her on how to ensure proper care and symptoms to watch for during and after pregnancy as well as discussed the importance of institutional delivery. The next time when Leela Devi got pregnant the VHW ensured that she attended every ANC camp organized by GRAVIS. These camps included discussion and awareness on various topics like nutrition during pregnancy and after delivery, vaccinations for the mother and child at regular intervals, post-natal care for both mother and child as well as proper rest during pregnancy. It was only through these awareness sessions she understood the importance of regular check-ups, tests and consultations with doctors.