Sri Lanka: Primary Care Clinic Yayawatta
642 Patients Receive Care: Q3 2018
November 09, 2018
Stephney Minerva Fernando
Summary of Activities
The clinic was open 10 days each month to provide free healthcare services to the community of Yayawatta and Seenimodera in Tangalle, Sri Lanka, and the surrounding villages and communities of Palapotha, Kadurupokuna, Seenimodera, and Morekati-Ara. During the third quarter of 2018, we saw an average of 21.4 patients per day, treating a total of 642 patients.
Full Report
Results &
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
July 2018
210 Patients Treated
- 210 patients, 97 male and 113 female, were treated at the Real Medicine Clinic in July.
- The number of indirect beneficiaries decreased to 136, and the most common illnesses were viral fever and lower respiratory tract infections, due to weather changes.
- A total of 74 patients were indirect beneficiaries, and they came from Palapotha, Kadurupokuna, Moraketi-Ara, and Seenimodera to obtain treatment at the Real Medicine Clinic. 34 indirect beneficiaries were treated for viral fever, and 11 were treated for lower respiratory tract infections.
- Direct and indirect beneficiaries received treatment for 6 types of diseases.
- Real Medicine Clinic provided medications freely to all patients.
August 2018
214 Patients Treated
- 214 patients, 98 male and 116 female, were treated at the Real Medicine Clinic in August.
- The number of direct beneficiaries was 139, and the most common illnesses were viral fever and lower respiratory tract infections due to weather changes.
- The number of indirect beneficiaries was 75, and they came from Palapotha, Kadurupokuna, Moraketi-Ara, and Seenimodera to obtain treatment at the Real Medicine Clinic. 28 indirect beneficiaries were treated for viral fever, and 15 were treated for lower respiratory tract infections.
- Direct and indirect beneficiaries received treatment for 7 types of diseases.
- Real Medicine Clinic provided medications freely to all patients.
September 2018
218 Patients Treated
- 218 patients, 100 male and 118 female, were treated at the Real Medicine Clinic in September.
- There were 140 direct beneficiaries from Yayawatta who received treatment. The most common illness was lower respiratory tract infection, due to weather changes.
- Direct and indirect beneficiaries were treated for 8 types of diseases.
- A total of 78 patients came to the Real Medicine Clinic from the surrounding villages. 28 of the indirect beneficiaries were treated for viral fever. They came from Palapotha, Kadurupokuna, Moraketi-Ara, and Seenimodera.
- Real Medicine Clinic provided medications freely to all patients.
Background
& Objectives
Background
After completing Real Medicine’s immediate tsunami relief efforts at the Mawella Camp Clinic, a second clinic was opened in Yayawatta in October 2006. The clinic is open for 10 days each month to provide free healthcare services to the community of Yayawatta and Seenimodera in Tangalle, Sri Lanka, and the surrounding villages and communities of Palapotha, Kadurupokuna, and Seenimodera. With no resources to hire private transportation and no access to public transport, the clinic provides the only locally based medical care within the community, easily accessible and within walking distance of most villages and beneficiaries. To expand our reach to the surrounding communities, our primary health care clinic staff conducts off-site clinics at local schools and community centers to provide poor rural children with free checks-ups, and medicines.
Objectives
- Support the community with free, high quality healthcare services
- Approximately 94 tsunami-affected families and the surrounding communities in 4 villages: a population of 4,000.
- Help to create a healthy community, especially amongst the younger generation
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Success
Stories
Mrs. Wimalawathie
Anemia
42-year-old Mrs. Wimalawathie is an indirect beneficiary from Palapotha who came to the clinic suffering from lethargy, drowsiness, lightheadedness, and loss of appetite along with minor memory loss for a few months. The doctor examined her thoroughly and found moderate pallor and slightly low blood pressure. After taking her medical history, he found out that she had been having irregular menstrual periods with menorrhagia, leading to iron deficiency anemia. She was referred to a consultant VOG who diagnosed her with perimenopausal vaginal bleeding. Treatment has been started for the irregular vaginal bleeding, and she received a blood transfusion for the anemia.
Mrs. Sriyani
Fractured Patella
Mrs. Sriyani is a 42-year-old woman from Kadurupokuna, and she is an indirect beneficiary of Real Medicine Clinic. She came to the clinic with left-sided knee joint swelling and impairment of the movements of that joint. Her medical history revealed an accidental fall from a height in her workplace about two weeks back. After that incident, she had applied various medications to the knee joint without seeking medical advice. On examination, the doctor suspected a fractured patella and ordered an x-ray of the knee. The x-rays revealed a left-sided patella fracture, and Mrs. Sriyani received an orthopedic referral.
Male Patient
Tuberculosis
A 35-year-old male patient came to the clinic suffering from a dry cough for about three months. The cough mainly affected him during the night, and he periodically produced bloody sputum. He has received treatment from several facilities, but his condition did not improve.
The doctor suspected tuberculosis and referred him to the chest clinic in Hambanthota for a sputum examination and the commencement of the treatment. After investigations, he was diagnosed with tuberculosis, and now he is now being treated and followed up with in the chest clinic.
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