Preventive and primary healthcare is promoted in the areas located around LANCO plant sites to reduce disease burden on the poor through mobile health services and special health camps throughout the year.
Lanco Mobile Health Service (LMHS): Free primary healthcare facilities are provided at the village level and at the doorstep of the communities. The services include primary healthcare and preventive awareness, as well as referral of cases that require attention beyond primary healthcare. The mobile units equipped with a doctor and para-medical staff, visits target villages regularly to diagnose patients and dispense free medicine. Currently, 17 mobile vans operate in 11 states and 13 locations covering over 235,000 people. Each registered individual also gets a health card, which helps in knowing case history for effective treatment, up-to-date reporting, data collection and analysis.
Special Health Camps: These camps are aimed at creating health awareness and screening for common but critical diseases such as eye ailments, cancer, tuberculosis, women and child diseases and disability. Apart from free distribution of medicines and aids and appliances, the camps help in early detection of diseases, creating health awareness and taking preventive steps. The village communities and LANCO employees actively participate in these programmes. Over 40 such camps are conducted every year benefiting nearly 6,000 people.
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