Health Services to Children, Women & Elderly

HEALTH SERVICES TO CHILDREN, WOMAN AND ELDERLY

Dr.Rajan has done a vast array of work related to children and youth. From conducting numerous health camps, adopting schools and conducting several academic sessions to create awareness about problems in children and youth.

HEALTH CHECK UP CAMPS FOR CHILDREN

Health check up camp for children and awareness of health condition to parents, teachers and students.

Over the last 4 decades, Dr.Rajan has undertaken health check-ups for school children with the help of his medical colleagues. The purpose of these health check-up camps was to identify and treat ailments and also create awareness about the importance of nutrition. He has visited more than 200 schools in the last 4 decades and has advised and given suggestions to many children. The health check-up camps were usually followed by parent teacher and student interaction wherein nutritional experts emphasized the importance of nutrition. It was noticed that majority of the students (at least 60%) suffered from nutritional deficiency. Quite a few of them were detected to have congenital heart disease and genital problems such as undescended testis.

Through these camps, he has found that:

20 to 30% children suffer from malnutrition.
40 to 50% of the school children have anemia.
90% of the children have wax in their ear.
10% of the children suffer from ENT problem with otitis (Leaking ears) and Tonsillitis.
Less than 1% of the children suffer from congenital heart disease (not detected by parents)
Undescended testis is seen in 1% with severe problem.
Respiratory distress is seen in about 20 to 30%.
Skin problems seen in children are due to scabies, pyoderma seen in rural school.