Aishwaryam Trust is an organisation run by a medical fraternity in Madurai in the Tamil Nadu state of India. It is a medical and social organisation working for the well-being of the medically and social abandoned. The Trust is running a 50 bedded medical service centre named after socially minded (Late) Dr Nethravathi, who died of cancer. Nethravathi Pain, Palliative Care and Rehabilitation Centre (NPPRC). The continuum of palliative care has served numbers of about 2,837 ever since, its inception. It is a professional organisation serves to provide meaningful end of life care.
Rescue operation:
A rescue team of the organisation search and find the abandoned people in terrible condition and reaches them and rescue them following all the police and social welfare department formalities. Often a couple of nurses accompany the team and do the first aid at sight and bring them to NPPRC.
Pain Relief and Palliative Care:
At NPPRC, everyone admitted are given shelter, food, clothes, diagnosis and further medical attention. A multidisciplinary professional team including a Duty Medical Officer, Physiotherapist, Nurses, Lab Technician, Pharmacist and other care givers. The specialist doctors (the board of trustees are speciality doctors) treat the inmates for enhancing their quality of life guided by the principle that dying and suffering deserve compassionate care that help their physical, emotional and spiritual needs
Rehabilitation and Reunion with Family:
With further and continuous treatment, a number of patients admitted have rehabilitated to normal life by the relentless effort to medical care. So far, since its establishment, 257 patients are reunited with their families. While the patients are admitted into NPPRC, with the support of the police department, identifies their family and give them counselling to receive back their family members, who were once abandoned by the family.
Year wise data of various social service activities
Year 2014:
In 2014, the Aishwaryam Trust registered as Trust by young post graduate medical doctors, who were all in their thirties. The doctor-trustees contacted medical camps in the rural areas and assisted the rural people with free medicines and referred them for further ailments which the rural population are ignorant about. Palliative care began in rented building for 20 terminally ill homeless people.
Sl.No. | Activity | Units | Beneficiary |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Palliative Care inflow and outflow of patients | 256 | |
2. | Medical Camp | 4 Villages | 403 |
Year 2015: Palliative care continued and new activities are carried out. New activities initiated.
Sl.No. | Activity | Units | Beneficiary |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Palliative Care inflow and outflow of patients | 277 | |
2. | Medical Camp | 5 Villages | 607 |
3. | Blood Donation camps | 25 Donors | 25 Units of blood to GH |
4. | Care takers of mentally retard and cerebral palsy children consultation | 5 events | 130 children 130 care takers |
Year 2016: Medical Adoption 5 children’s home and destitute homes received regular medical consultation and treatment.
Sl.No. | Activity | Units | Beneficiary |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Palliative Care inflow and outflow of patients | 285 | |
2. | Medical Camp | 10 Villages | 1059 |
3. | Medical Adoption | 5 Homes | 205 |
Year 2017: New Activity Yoga for Health 78 people attend a week-long camp.
Sl.No. | Activity | Units | Beneficiary |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Palliative Care inflow and outflow of patients | 373 | |
2. | Medical Camp | 7 Villages | 1056 |
3. | Yoga for Health | 1 Week | 78 |
4. | Special Activity for Special children (MRCP) | 7 Schools | 63 |
Year 2018: Camp for MR & CP children organized to understand and guide them
Sl.No. | Activity | Units | Beneficiary |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Palliative Care inflow and outflow of patients | 292 | |
2. | Medical Camp | 7 Villages | 1056 |
3. | Yoga for Health | 1 Week | 78 |
4. | Children with Mental Retardation and Cerebral Palsy Camp | 7 Schools | 63 |
Year 2019: Special Children intervention for MR&CP children in a special school beside regular Palliative care.
Sl.No. | Activity | Unit | Beneficiary |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Palliative Care at NPPRC | 284 | |
2. | Medical Camp | 10 Villages | 1316 |
3. | Children with Mental Retardation and Cerebral Palsy Camp | 56 |
Year 2020:
Sl.No. | Activity | Unit | Beneficiary |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Palliative Care inflow and outflow of patients | 356 | |
2. | Blood Donation Camp | 30 Donors | 30 Units of blood to GH |
3. | No to smoking awareness campaign | 500 circles | 10000 Approximately |
4. | Hepatitis Awareness Campaign | 100 places | 2000 approximately |
5. | Suicide Prevention Counselling Camp | 1 Day Camp | 200 College students |
Year 2021:
Sl.No. | Activity | Unit | Beneficiary |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Palliative Care inflow and outflow of patients | 363 | |
2. | Covid19 Response | ||
Face Masks | 500 | 500 | |
Awareness Pamphlets | 1000 | 1000 | |
Food Material | 75 packs |
Year 2022:
Sl.No. | Activity | Unit | Beneficiary |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Palliative Care at NPPRC | 351 | |
2. | Covid19 Response | ||
- Face shields to doctors | 1000 | 1000 | |
- PPE Kits to ESIC hospital | 100 | 100 | |
3. | Emergency medical aid to MRCP | 2 families | 2 families |
4. | Wheel Chairs to Old age Home | 2 | Mentally Challenged Home |
5. | Major Medical Support | ||
- Bioprosthetic valve implanted | 1 person | 1 heart patient | |
- Myopathic affected child treatment expenses | 1 girl child | 1 girl child | |
6. | Food Material Distribution during Covid | ||
Transgender | 200 packs | 200 persons | |
Visually challenged families | 110 packs | 110 families | |
Rural Artists | 45 packs | 45 families | |
Poor | 16 packs | 16 families | |
7. | Sewing Machine to Social Welfare Department | 3 Machines | A number of women |
8. | Furniture for special school children’s use | 37 special children | |
9. | Children Living with HIV/AIDS Aid | 1 day event | 60 Children |
The Aishwaryam Trust successfully executed the programme on National Campaign for Promoting Atma Nirbhar. It has planted 5100 various herbal saplings in 16 villages in the Madurai district in coordination with civil society organisations and government departments. Further, on the World Earth Day, 200 Saplings were donated to MTN College and American College.
"A Wake-Up Call" is a short film aimed at creating awareness about road accidents and promoting safe riding and driving practices. This film is part of a youth awareness campaign programme that seeks to educate and inspire young individuals to prioritize road safety.
Total number of terminally ill patients | 2837 |
Number of patients reunited after rehabilitation | 257 |
Average yearly terminally ill patients received palliative care | 315 |