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Clinical Apollo Consultants’
2019 Telemedicine CSR Academics Recognition Research
Excellence Homecare Achievements

Cancer Screening Camps

Breast, cervical, oral and lung cancer cases are
increasing day by day. Such cancer cases not only
increase the disease burden and mortality among the
society but are also leading to financial crises amongst
the families.

Total Health is regularly conducting cancer screening
camps to identify and provide health services to the
patients with several types of cancer, at an early and
treatable stage.

Camps have been organized in 157 villages across 30
Non-communicable diseases (NCD) camp
gram panchayats. Total Health has screened 2224
Non-Communicable Diseases Camps (Diabetic women in 2019 for oral, breast and cervical cancers.
Special Camps) Two breast and four cervical cancers cases were
detected and surgically managed.
People with non-communicable diseases, require long-
term care that is proactive, patient-centred, Success Story- Treatment with care and concern
community-based, and sustainable. Such care can be
delivered equitably only through regular NCD care
health systems. Primary health care is the most
frequent entry point for people to the health system
and offers the most significant potential to detect
high-risk individuals.

Total Health has initiated special camps on every
Saturday in AYUSH clinic premises. These have been
launched with the aim of providing cost-effective case
management, follow-ups, prevention and early
detection of disease. The NCD camp conducts follow-
ups for 1792 diabetic and hypertensive patients, who
Mrs. KB (45 years old female from Diguva
are getting investigations, medications, and
counselling. Nearly 2424 patients had undergone Thotaraganapalle), a deserted wife and mother of two kids
HbA1C investigations until December 2019. unsuspectingly attended the health screening camp in the
village conducted by TH medical mobile team. The medical
tests unfolded an emerging health problem for her –
infection in the cervix that called for surgical intervention
(confirmed case of cervical carcinoma-low grade squamous
cell intraepithelial lesion). Upon receiving timely advice
from the doctors, she successfully underwent surgery
(hysterectomy). She is at present recovering from the
surgery and is on medication for a couple of weeks more.
She being a semi-literate had this much to say: 'I am
satisfied with the treatment. More than that, I am treated
well in the hospital by the staff.

Diabetic screening camp

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