Deccan Hospital & Deccan Foundation (IND-65)


Type: Socially Excluded Groups: Minorities - Country: India

Brief description and main aims

DECCAN Foundation is an independent, non-profit social service organization that addresses the social, economical, educational, health, environmental and other problems of the society and people in order to restore the individuals' basic rights for education, food, shelter , economic independence, social dignity and national integrity.
 
Our aim is to reach an equitable management of human and natural resources with a major focus on basic health, education and reconstruction of rural economic system.

Volunteer tasks

Health volunteers/nursing volunteers: As we have both inpatient service and mobile camps, volunteer doctors will be assigned to participate and serve in mobile OPD camps and other specialized health camps. As camps will not be organized very regularly, volunteer doctors will be served in the hospital with our regular duty doctors patient and in-patient caring, attending minor and major operations, volunteer doctors have a vast scope for learning and sharing of their experience, knowledge with the medical staff in DECCAN HOSPITAL.

They themselves will be exposed to analyze the health reforms, condition of vulnerable people in accessing the basic health facilities, geographical, and social, educational and economic condition of the downtrodden community.

Volunteer requirements / Skills

1. Volunteers with a nursing background and  doctors in any discipline

  • Volunteers who knows the subject well, dealing with the patients of different ailments, able to manage the flow, time and medicine, cooperative and friendly with local community and environment
  • A female volunteer would be preferred 
  • An understanding of the local language is a bonus

2. Volunteers for our ongoing rural development project

Location

The project is located in Chintamani.

Hosting Situation (Board and Lodging)

The volunteer will live at the project site or with a host family.

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