VIVEK SANJIVANI: An Overview
VIVEK SANJIVANI is An Initiative for Healthcare and Education of Ramakrishna Mission Home of Service, Luxa, Varanasi. This department offers Telemedicine services through Eleven Centres in which five Stationary Telemedicine Units (STUs) are fixed at a place and six Mobile Telemedicine Units (MTUs) are roaming. This remarkable initiative bridges the gap between medical expertise and remote communities, transcending geographical boundaries and bringing healthcare to the doorstep of those who need it most. During 2023-24, we served 32,658 patients through our Stationary Telemedicine Units and Mobile Telemedicine Units and conducted Non-communicable Disease Screening (NCDS) for 21,626 patients. Overall, we offered healthcare services to 59,553 beneficiaries which covered three districts including one aspirational district of Eastern Uttar Pradesh and one aspirational district of Uttarakhand.
We extended our healthcare services to beneficiaries among which 54.2% were women and 83.2% were needy and under-privileged people from OBC, SC, and ST communities. NCDS were done for 21,626 New Beneficiaries in which 13,164 were women. Psychiatrist’s consultations for Common Mental Disorder (CMD), Severe Mental Disorder (SMD), Epilepsy patients were done for 7443 in which 3048 were women and 379 were children. From our centres, 417 women received Antenatal care (ANC). Most of the patients saved nearly Rs. 600 to 1000 per visit for Doctor’s consultation, diagnostic tests, and medicine. We tried to propagate Value Education mostly through Audio-visual mode to bring Overall Wellness in life for all the people. We extended Health education through Audio-visual mode to promote healthy living among the rural mass.
Vivek Sanjivani is also engaged in “Shishu Tirth”- A Non-formal Primary Education programme to cater holistic education to 124 kids, Health Education-based and Value education-based film Development, publication of books and research programmes. It conducts Computer classes, online teachers’ training, and teachers’ workshops.
