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MSU, Rajasthan, Jaipur starts its new session every year from the month of September. Approximately 23-24 camps are organised in a
session. It includes 12-13 major camps and 10-12 mini surgical or eye and dental camps.
PUBLICITY FOR HOLDING CAMPS:
-Through advertisements in leading newspapers of Rajasthan in the
month of May.
-Direct letters to C.M&H.O's and NGO's associated with
this unit in the
past.
CAMP PROGRAMME FOR THE YEAR:
-Committee under the chairmanship of Director Mobile Surgical
Unit, decides the places for camp by the end of July.
-Priority is being given to backward, tribal & desert areas.
-NGOs/organisers are intimated about tentative camp dates and asked
for their willingness.
SELECTION OF CAMP SITE :
-Organiser is informed about the date of visiting the place for inspection of camp site.
-Camp site selection is done by camp officer incharge. This includes Site for OPD, operation theatre for general surgery and eye surgery, wards, accomodation for stay of medical team.
-Consent letter is given to organiser after finalising the camp date.
PUBLICITY OF CAMP:
-Started about 15 days prior to fixed date of camp.
-Publicity by newspaper, TV news, Hand bills, posters, Loudspeaker etc..
ARRANGEMENT FOR CAMP:
-Transportation of tents, beds, operative equipments medicines & other relevant material a week before camp to campsite by our trucks.
-Dental van, X-ray, Sonography van, generator and autoclave are transported well in advance.
-Arrangements for OPDs, indoor wards, electric fitting and lab setup is done a day before the fixed day of camp.
-Whole medical team reaches the camp place a day prior to camp by the vehicles of the unit.
CAMP SCHEDULE :
-In major camps OPD is conducted for 2days and in mini surgical and minor camps for 1day.
-Two tents are there one for eye OPD and another for surgery OPD.
-SOPD includes General surgery, Gynaecology, ENT, Orthopaedics, Skin, V.D, Medicine, Paediatric medicine.
-Dental patients are examined in dental van which has a dental chair
fitted in it.
-Patients requiring surgical intervention are selected and admitted
speciality wise in their respective wards.
-Those not requiring surgery are given medicine and proper guidance for further management.
-All OPD patients requiring investigations are also investigated.
-During OPD days admitted patients undergo investigation required prior to surgery and they are examined by a team of
anesthetists.
-From day 3 onwards surgical procedures and operations are carried out.
-Eye and surgery operation theatres are separate.
TYPES OF OPERATIONS:
- General surgery: For Diseases of gall bladder, kidney, thyroid, breast, parotid gland, uterus, hernia repair, hydrocoele, piles,
fissures, family planning operations, ENT, orthopaedics operations are performed.
-Eye surgery-Major stress is being given to cataract surgery under
microscope with intraocular lens implantation. Others are-
Glaucoma,dacryocystitis,entropion,ectropion,pterygium,chalazion etc.
POSTOPERATIVE CARE:
All patients operated during camp are taken care of by a team of
specialist doctors and paramedical staff.
Stay depends upon the type of surgery varying from 3-7days.
The camp is wound up after seventh postoperative day of major
surgery.
Any patient requiring further management is shifted to nearby district
hospital under supervision of a surgeon or brought to city hospital Jaipur.
The doctors and paramedical staff returns to headquarter whereas
tentages and other infrastructure equipments move to the next camp site.
FOLLOW_UP:
Operated patients are re examined by followup team consisting of
a general surgeon and eye surgeon on a fixed date declared to the
patient and organisers at the time of discharge of patients.Necessary
treatment,suture removal,medicines and proper guidance is given to the
patients.
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