Sri Lanka: Primary Care Clinic Yayawatta
Q1, 2015: A New Year of Medical Care
May 30, 2015
Summary of Activities
Project Objectives
- Support the community with free, high quality healthcare services
- Help to create a healthy community, especially amongst the younger generation
The clinic was 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.
Project Beneficiaries
- Community members in Yayawatta, who lost their livelihoods and loved ones in the tsunami
- Lower income families that live in the villages and communities surrounding Yayawatta.
- Approximately 4,000 people
Full Report
Results &
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
January 2015
Treatments Provided
1. Viral Influenza
2. Ischemic Heart Disease
3. Rheumatoid Arthritis
4. Hypertension
5. Worm Infestation
Intramuscular injections of Depo-Provera were not administered due to the sudden, related death of a mother in the government hospital. 6 mothers received oral contraceptive treatment for the month of January.
February 2015
Treatments Provided
1. Asthma
2. Gastritis
3. Sinusitis (Headache)
4. Dermatitis
5. Hypertension
6. Joint Pain
7. Ischemic Heart Disease
8. Viral Gastreoentitis
Intramuscular injections of Depo-Provera were not administered. 5 mothers received oral contraceptive treatment for the month of February.
March 2015
Treatments Provided
1. Viral Gastroenteritis
2. Heart Diseases
3. Hypertension
4. Worm Infestation
5. Joint Pain
6. Surgical Cases
6 mothers received oral contraceptive treatment for the month of March.
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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Numbers
Served
A total of 647 patients were treated at the Yayawatta Real Medicine Clinic during this reporting period.
Success
Stories
Miss Nandaseeli
Miss Nandaseeli lives in Yayawatta. She is 24 years old and unmarried. She had come many times to the Real Medicine Clinic with recurring lower abdominal pain.
When RMF’s doctor examined Miss Nandaseeli on her previous visit, he found an unusual tenderness in her lower right abdomen. She also complained of irregular menstruation. She looked pale, and the doctor advised her to get an ultrasound scan of the abdomen. The ultrasound revealed that Miss Nandaseeli had a fibroid cyst on her uterus. We therefore referred her to the Senior Visiting Obstetrician & Gynecologist at the Base Hospital in Tangalle.
Nilesh
Nilesh is 5 years old and overweight for his age. Since his last checkup 6 months before, Nilesh’s weight had increased from 10 kg to 15 kg. We advised his parents that this weight gain required investigation, and referred them to the Children’s Clinic at Base Hospital in Tangalle. The family took our advice and pursued investigation for Nilesh’s weight gain.
Nilesh’s father is a fisherman, his mother is a housewife, and the family lives in Yayawatta. The family members are all beneficiaries of RMF’s Yayawatta Clinic. Nilesh’s story was highlighted in our report from April 2014.
Now Nilesh is 6 years old. He attends school and his weight is normal for his age: 24 kg. When we referred Nilesh to the Pediatric Clinic at the Base Hospital in Tangalle, the Health Authority gave his parents some dietary advice. The Senior Pediatrician instructed Nilesh’s parents to feed him fewer sweets and carbohydrates, and more fruits, vegetables, and proteins.
January 2015
218 patients, 103 male and 115 female, were treated at the Yayawatta Real Medicine Clinic in January.
- 50% of the patients were treated for viral influenza,
- 15% were treated for rheumatoid arthritis
- 15% were treated for ischemic heart disease,
- 10% (especially elderly patients) were treated for hypertension and
- 10% were treated for worm infestation.
There were 140 direct beneficiaries. Patients received treatment mainly for viral influenza, rheumatoid arthritis, or worm infestation.
39 indirect beneficiaries were treated for viral influenza. Direct and indirect beneficiaries were treated for 5 types of diseases, and a total of 78 patients were indirect beneficiaries.
February 2015
213 patients, 100 male and 113 female, were treated at the Yayawatta Real Medicine Clinic in February.
- 20% of the patients were treated for asthma,
- 15% were treated for gastritis
- 15% were treated for sinusitis,
- 10% were treated for dermatitis,
- 10% were treated for hypertension,
- 10% were treated for joint pains, and
- 5% were treated each for ischemic heart disease, viral gastroenteritis, or (especially children) were treated for multiple skin infections.
The number of direct beneficiaries increased to 140 this month. The number of indirect beneficiaries was 80, and they came from Palapotha, Kadurupokuna, and Seenimodera to receive treatment at the Yayawatta Real Medicine Clinic.
This free health clinic is entirely a gift from Real Medicine Foundation, which has a heart to help our communities that suffer from the tsunami’s destruction and from poverty.
March 2015
216 patients were treated in March.
- 35% of the patients were treated for viral influenza,
- 25% were treated for heart diseases,
- 10% were treated for hypertension,
- 10% were treated for worm infestation,
- 10% were treated for joint pain, and
- 10% were surgical cases.
There were 136 direct beneficiaries from Yayawatta who received treatment, and 80 indirect beneficiaries obtained medication. Direct and indirect beneficiaries received treatment for 6 types of diseases.
28 of the indirect beneficiaries received treatment for viral influenza. They came from Palapotha, Kadurupokuna, and Seenimodara. A total of 80 patients came to the Yayawatta Real Medicine Clinic from these surrounding villages.
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