[Assam] An invitation - Healthcare sans Frontiers

[Rajen & Ajanta Barua]

Friends:
Forwarding an email from Dr Aroop Kalita from Assam with an appeal to an important welafre project in NE.  Dr Aroop Kalita is looking for interested overseas doctors who would like to join and help in this project. Please contact Dr Kalita with your ideas and resources in this regard. They are already starting to offer very meaningful welfare work in healthcare profession in Assam. 
Please respond to him directly.
Thanks
Rajen Barua 


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Dear Sir,

Greetings !

Could you please help me locate the contact e-mail details of some prominent NRA doctors based in USA whom I can approac and see if they would like to be involved in this project. 

We are trying to involve as many like minded people as possible to make this project a reality.

Best Regards

Aroop
+919435146287
Guwahati

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From: Dr. Aroop J. Kalita <aroopjk at yahoo.com>
Date: Jun 9, 2007 12:41 PM
Subject: [asom] An invitation - Healthcare sans Frontiers
To: NE INDIA < northeastindia at yahoogroups.com>


An Invitation for all
"Healthcare sans Frontiers "
 
Aims & Objectives : A initiative by a group of doctors  to establish a  : A  multi-disciplinary "Not for Profit" Secondary & Tertiary Medical Institute & Research Centre  to focus on certain key areas like : 
 

  1.. Oncology & Oncosurgery
  2.. Paediatrics  & Neonatology including Infectitious diseases in children
  3.. Obstetrics & Gynecology
  4.. Hematology
  5.. Neurology & Neurosurgery 
  6.. Plastic Surgery & Burns
  7.. Orthopaedics & Reconstructive Surgery
  8.. Cardiology
  9.. Gastroenterology (Medicine & Surgery)
  10.. Laparoscopic Surgery / Key-hole Surgery
  11.. Vascular Surgery 
  12.. Nephrology & Urology
  13.. Diagnostic & Interventional Radiology
  14.. Pathology, Microbiology , Immunology,  Biochemistry, etc (Diagnostics)
  15.. Organ Transplantation
  16.. Traumatology
  17.. Transfusion Medicine

Background Observations :  Assam & the entire North Eastern region have witnessed  a spurt of several new private hospitals, nursing homes & diagnostic centres in the last decade. However most of these operate on a purely commercial basis and hence secondary & tertiary healthcare till today is beyond the reach of many. Most people who can afford still go outside the region to heathcare institutions in North, South & West India for advanced medical treatment  resulting in a huge drain of resources. Moreover the focus on academic research is very limited in the healthcare institutions of this region as is reflected by the poor number of contributions from this region in the leading national /international medical publications. Hence it is a matter of serious debate as to whether the quality of diagnostics / treatment is at par or can be compared to institutions in rest of the country. 

All these factors have resulted in a cumulative effect as a result of which the institutions of this region are unable to retain many a talented people who prefer to go to work in institutions outside the state.

The Proposed Module : To establish a "Not for Profit" Self-sustaining Healthcare Institute with  a 3-tier module to cater to all people of the NE region:


  1.. Paid facilities for those who can afford 
  2.. Subsidized facilities for those who cannot afford
  3.. Fully free facilities for those below poverty line

However the quality of facilities/treatment will be the same across all the categories.

Facilities for academic research will be a key focus so as to retain/ attract quality manpower.

Efforts have already begun for strategic tie-ups with leading non-commercial healthcare institutes of the country in the areas of technology sharing, technical manpower deployment  & HRD. We would also be initiating efforts to tie-up with International Non-Commercial heathcare institutes & research centres of repute. 

The project is in the initial stages of conception & we are planning to form & register a "trust" comprising of people who share a similar interest / would like to actively participate within the next couple of months. 

We would like to invite all people / professionals (across all disciplines)  of this region ,  those who share an interest in this region, NRIs & NRAs (including all NRA doctors), NGOs involved in the grassroots (specially those who are involved in the primary heathcare sector) to give their opinions, suggestions &  inputs so that we can formulate a final draft strategy regarding the setup, generation of funds, etc. 

Kindly pass on this information to all those you know who might be interested to contribute in any way in this project.

Best Regards

Dr. Aroop J Kalita
Guwahati
+919435146287

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