ALVL Foundation has partnered with the Government to develop existing primary health facilities as a demonstration model of ‘Smart Health and Wellness Centres (Smart HWCs)’ to deliver Comprehensive Primary Healthcare.
Currently, the Foundation is supporting 50 Smart HWCs in Almora District, Uttarakhand:
Key Areas of Intervention:
PPEs for the last mile Health Workers during COVID-19
As the second wave of COVID peaked in the country during April-June 2021, ALVL Foundation fulfilled the requirements of its 10 partner HWCs and community health workers attached to the HWCs, by providing essential supplies and protective equipment, including:
Reached 70+ HWC staff and 200+ community health workers
ALVL Foundation has an MoU with AFMC (Armed Forces Medical College) Pune to support AFMC in various activities, including:
Impact: Activities undertaken by AFMC RHTC Kasurdi Village
“World’s Highest Altitude Hyperbaric Treatment Centre” at 10000 ft-
”Siachen Glacier, located at an altitude of about 18,000 ft, is the world’s highest battlefield and holds significant importance for India, taking care of its Northern Borders. The Indian Army took control of Siachen in 1984 and since then our soldiers are deployed in the glacier defying the challenges of isolation from civilisation, sub-zero temperatures, avalanches and blizzards. The temperature in Siachen can even drop to minus 70 degrees Celsius in peak winters. Also, the oxygen level at such altitude is as low as 10% of that at sea level. Limb- and Life-threatening conditions due to Hypoxia, i.e., low oxygen content in the air, and Hypothermia, i.e., extremely cold temperatures, are commonly encountered in the Glacier.
As the only hospital in such a remote and extreme location, the 403 Field Hospital (popularly known as Siachen Hospital) serves not only the troops deployed at Siachen, but also the local civilians, tourists and ex-servicemen. To better equip the hospital in treating limb- and life-threatening conditions due to Hypoxia and Hypothermia, ALVL Foundation has set-up a Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Centre and a Digital Radiology Centre at the Hospital.
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Chambers are specialized equipment used for Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT), which is the medical use of oxygen at an ambient pressure higher than the atmospheric pressure. Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy is used to speed up healing of tissues that are starved for oxygen. Timely use of HBOT in high altitude and cold related injuries and conditions can be ‘limb and life saving’.
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