Sri Lanka: Primary Care Clinic Yayawatta
Yayawatta Clinic Q1 2014 Progress Report
May 02, 2014
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Project Goal:
Provide medical care to Tsunami affected families and the less privileged to help build a healthy community.
Project Objectives:
- Support the community with free high quality healthcare services
- Help to create a healthy community, especially amongst the younger generation
Summary of RMF-sponsored activities carried out during the reporting period under project objective:
The clinic was open 10 days per month to provide free healthcare services to the community of Yayawatta at Seenimodara in Tangalle, Sri Lanka, and its surrounding villages and communities of Palapotha, Kadurupokuna & Seenimodara.
Results and/or accomplishments achieved during this reporting period:
The clinic was open for 10 days each month and for the First Quarter of 2014, we saw an average of 21 patients per day with a total of 625 patients treated.
- In the month of April, 210 patients were treated, 98 males and 112 females
- In the month of May, 209 patients were treated, 100 males and 109 females
- In the month June, 206 patients were treated, 99 males and 107 females.
Success Stories
Mrs. Lasika is 27 years old and came to our clinic with complaints of increased urination and thirst. Blood tests were taken and it was found that she is a diabetic. She was referred to the Diabetic Clinic at Tangalle Base Hospital and is now undergoing treatment and will be closely monitored at our Yayawatta Clinic as well moving forward.
Dr. Chamal Sanjeewa, RMF’s medical consultant serving at our clinic since its inception, passed his examination as an Administrator of the Health Department and in the near future will be supervising all the medical consultants in the district/region.
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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