Introduction
About Santi Tuberculosis Control Society
Santi Tuberculosis Control Society was established in 1981 to provide free medical services to the poor and provide treatment to people suffering from TB and other health problems. It is a registered society with its office located in Pailan village, of South 24 Parganas district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is a well-known organisation in the state and maintains close relations with the local and district and state health department and local elected body the panchayat.
In the past it provided OPD services, diagnostic tests for detection of TB and its treatment. It worked in the area of maternal and child health following up pregnant mothers and their children. It has also constructed low cost sanitary latrines for cured TB patient’s families.
SAVE is supporting a project ’Providing health care to economically weak patients’. Below are extracts from a report on the project covering July 2025 to 2026.
The project was initiated to provide health care to the economically weak patients in the community with an annual income of less than Rs 150,000/-irrespective of their caste, religion and political affiliation. Government health facilities though existing are located far off and difficult to commute. Moreover, there are very few doctors catering to a large number of patients resulting in patients sitting at the OPD for long hours for their turn thereby they have to sacrifice their daily wage. The doctors hardly have time to provide necessary time for proper advice regarding diet and lifestyle modification.
Patient attendance: Total patient attendance at the OPD was 491 patients. This comprised of children in the age group 0 to under 18 years 234 patients and adults 18 years and above 257.
Type of ailments: Child ailments comprised mostly of ARI, worms, gastrointestinal problems, intestinal worms, asthma and under nutrition. Adult health problems mostly included ARI, COPD, anaemia, arthritis, hypertension, type 2 Diabetes mellitus, skin problems, asthma and eye problems.
Activities: Health care was provided through the OPD at the campus of Santi TB Control Society. The patients provided history of their ailments, family history of relevant ailments taken, physical examination done provisional diagnosis arrived at, medicines disbursed with advice regarding food, hygiene and lifestyle modification. They were also advised for a follow up…….
The full report can be found HERE
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