HEALTH ORIENTATION

Surguja Division
 FELLOW UPDATE

Fellows attended Induction – 10

Drop-outs – 1 (Sanchit)
 OBJECTIVES
o To explore data/trends across district along with community
demography through primary research.
o To understand the administrative system in relation to people.
o To focus on the connectivity of the heath centres from fellow
houses.

Target Vs. Achieved

Achieved all the targets of visiting atleast 5 villages and 2 blocks
along with nearby health centres. It included to collect data
about faith healers, major festivals and natural resources. A brief
research was also done about economic status of the society.
 CHALLENGES

STAKEHOLDER LEVEL
• Medical officers do not provide us with detailed information without
proper authorization letters or IDs.
FELLOW LEVEL
• Difficulty in documentation by mobile phones,
• Transportation was a major issue due to unavailability of
public transport, high rates of autos and too much of walking.
PROJECT LEVEL
• Working without clarity regarding the goals of the project and
weak systematic structure knowledge.
• Data unavailable regarding formation of new districts.
 CASE STUDY

A women wanted her A Mitaneen’s reason to

Residential certificate work in this sector was so
urgently to apply for that pregnant woman can eat
well for a healthy child.
"NAL-JAL" Scheme.
Taking women to the
We helped her to solve hospital by herself was not
this by meeting with only a part of the job but
Assistant of Sarpanch. also a side if her humanity.
 BEST PRACTICES
After walking 6km, tired
gandhi fellows were offered
lift from a tractor driver. This
help people provide without
any influence is what we call
Best Practice.
With the practice of IWA,
some of our fellows made so
good relations with the
neighbourhood that they were
taken to visit a nearby heath
center personally on a bike
 IN THE MEDIA
On November 10, about
400 mitanins went on strike
in Korea district, protesting
non-payment of incentives
that were promised to them
for their work during the
COVID19 pandemic.
Reference: Gaon Connection
Chhattisgarh orders probe into mass
sterilisation camp in Surguja district.
The Chhattisgarh health department
reportedly carried out tubectomy
surgeries on 101 women, mostly
tribals, in eight hours, at the camp. The
CMHO, Poonam Singh Sisodia , served
notice to two doctors, including the
surgeon who conducted the surgeries,
on August 28.
Reference: Hindustan Times