https://www.free-for-all-rajasthan.com/home daily 1.0 2017-03-15 https://www.free-for-all-rajasthan.com/overview daily 0.75 2017-04-27 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/t/59021efa86e6c0aad579f64a/1493311248634/ Introduction https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/t/58b9b531c534a5acf171f08b/1488834794074/2.jpg Introduction https://www.free-for-all-rajasthan.com/udaipur-extraordinary-care daily 0.75 2017-05-03 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/t/58c0ecf686e6c0616c238f60/1489038604954/ Udaipur: Extraordinary Care Pregnant patients who have come to Zanana Public Hospital for their regular check-up listen attentively for further instructions from the nursing staff. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/t/58c0eef515d5db4620f73fc3/1489039108713/ Udaipur: Extraordinary Care Patients wait in line for their consultation with a general physician at Satellite Hospital Hiran Magri Sector 6. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/58c0e9793a04110deed9fab0/58c0e98729687f4f844c7cea/1489037719605/IMG_2098.jpg Udaipur: Extraordinary Care https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/58c0e9793a04110deed9fab0/58c0e9871e5b6c7138077fcf/1489037720526/IMG_2082.jpg Udaipur: Extraordinary Care https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/58c0e9793a04110deed9fab0/58c0e97ad2b8574cf9b0359c/1489037707270/IMG_2071.jpg Udaipur: Extraordinary Care https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/58c0e9793a04110deed9fab0/58c0e97a2e69cf49f9a70f78/1489037707285/IMG_2049.jpg Udaipur: Extraordinary Care https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/58c0edb7d1758ed4066491ae/58c0edc4e6f2e14660c15483/1489038838240/IMG_3055.jpg Udaipur: Extraordinary Care Many other schemes run parallel to MNDY, including cash incentives for pregnant women who are able to meet important checkpoints throughout the maternity process. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/58c0edb7d1758ed4066491ae/58c0edb7b8a79bc99bf335cd/1489038829162/IMG_2749.jpg Udaipur: Extraordinary Care A young patient presents her prescription – the only required document - to collect free generic drugs from a Drug Distribution Counter on a rainy Saturday morning. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/58c0edb7d1758ed4066491ae/58c0edb7ff7c50dd0e4c12a2/1489038819685/IMG_1037.jpg Udaipur: Extraordinary Care A doctor at the Out-Patient Department of Satellite Hospital Hiran Magri Sector 6 sees approximately 200 patients a day during an 8am to 12pm shift. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/t/58c0ee6df7e0ab73ba56a25a/1489038978976/An+elderly+patient%2C+suffering+from+hypertension%2C+gets+her+monthly+dose+of+medicine+for+free+under+the+MNDY+scheme. Udaipur: Extraordinary Care An elderly patient, suffering from hypertension, gets her monthly dose of medicine for free under the MNDY scheme. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/58c0e4aad1758ed406643a7a/58c0e4ba15d5db4620f6dcab/1493230963538/IMG_2235.jpg Udaipur: Extraordinary Care ANMs of the Kherwara block gather monthly to discuss various schemes and the needs of their respective communities. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/58c0e4aad1758ed406643a7a/58c0e4ab440243d83e7a956e/1493230882752/IMG_2160.jpg Udaipur: Extraordinary Care The meetings usually last till mid-afternoon, when the ANMs return to their posts for the day. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/58c0e4aad1758ed406643a7a/58c0e4ab9de4bbceb90df365/1493230866981/IMG_2115.jpg Udaipur: Extraordinary Care Reviewing prevalence of diseases, drug usage, and localized patient problems are all items on a long agenda. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/58c0ead06a4963a1d41fb293/58c0eb115016e17d84d8abce/1489038487015/IMG_2573.jpg Udaipur: Extraordinary Care But for those who really need the medicine and cannot afford it, the friendly pharmacist does not collect money. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/58c0ead06a4963a1d41fb293/58c0eb0e1b631b9e642d26ac/1489038472626/IMG_2570.jpg Udaipur: Extraordinary Care All patients are prescribed generic drugs only, and they can buy them at an affordable price (on average not more than 100 INR per patient) at a private pharmacy across the street from the clinic. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/58c0ead06a4963a1d41fb293/58c0eb046a4963a1d41fb48a/1493230673550/IMG_2569.jpg Udaipur: Extraordinary Care On busy nights, the clinic remains open as late as 10:45pm. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/58c0ead06a4963a1d41fb293/58c0eb0215d5db4620f719f0/1493230653611/IMG_2562.jpg Udaipur: Extraordinary Care Apart from Sundays, Dr. Bhadoria also opens for business from 7pm to 10pm every Monday to Saturday to cater to the working crowd. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/58c0ead06a4963a1d41fb293/58c0eaf8db29d6fb17b01127/1493230705714/IMG_2519.jpg Udaipur: Extraordinary Care Some patients have grown from children to adults with the clinic. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/58c0ead06a4963a1d41fb293/58c0eaf6e3df28a52aac8a96/1493230596700/IMG_2467.jpg Udaipur: Extraordinary Care Dr. Rajesh Bhadoria has manned, maintained and decorated his one-doctor clinic the same way for the past 30 years. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/58c0ead06a4963a1d41fb293/58c0eaefa5790ae223f47d26/1493230692851/IMG_1631.jpg Udaipur: Extraordinary Care The clinic may not have cutting-edge medical equipment, but it can handle the occasional power shortages. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/58c0ead06a4963a1d41fb293/58c0eaea15d5db4620f71901/1493230502471/IMG_1622.jpg Udaipur: Extraordinary Care Most public healthcare facilities are closed on Sundays, leaving patients without the finances to go to a private clinic with few options. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/58c0ead06a4963a1d41fb293/58c0eae0e3df28a52aac89a4/1493230639477/IMG_1594.jpg Udaipur: Extraordinary Care While most patients walk through his doors for common diseases, some rely on him for chronic ailments and conditions. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/58c0ead06a4963a1d41fb293/58c0eadf86e6c0616c237bda/1493230538003/IMG_1571.jpg Udaipur: Extraordinary Care Tucked away in a narrow, four-way junction of a residential quarter near Udaipur’s renowned Lake Pichola, one clinic opens its doors for patients on a Sunday. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/58c0ead06a4963a1d41fb293/58c0ead3d1758ed4066477e0/1489038456647/IMG_1560.jpg Udaipur: Extraordinary Care The clinic is rarely closed, and the doctor is committed to continuing his practice for the foreseeable future. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/58c0ead06a4963a1d41fb293/58c0ead35016e17d84d8a91e/1493230619991/IMG_1512.jpg Udaipur: Extraordinary Care Dr. Bhadoria is known and respected by his patients for his quick and effective diagnoses. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/58c0e761725e25f24c080be7/58c0e76eebbd1a9d3cd3a7b7/1493230354376/IMG_3190.jpg Udaipur: Extraordinary Care An elderly man approaches the Drug Distribution Counter at the MB Hospital for his monthly medicines. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/58c0e761725e25f24c080be7/58c0e76186e6c0616c23587c/1493230421831/IMG_0958.jpg Udaipur: Extraordinary Care An injection, covered under the Essential Drug List of the MNDY scheme, is administered to a female patient in the in-patient ward of MB Hospital. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/58c0e761725e25f24c080be7/58c0e7611b631b9e642d042c/1493230405151/IMG_1011.jpg Udaipur: Extraordinary Care A mother sits by the bedside of her daughter who is being treated, at no cost, for hemorrhaging in the Intensive Care Unit of Zanana Hospital. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/t/58c0e46c197aea86abd70b87/1489039326858/ Udaipur: Extraordinary Care During a visit to Maharana Bhupal Hospital, Dr. Dr. Rajesh Bharadiya stops to check in with Dr. Sanjeev and the pharmacist on duty. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/t/58c0ee1f86e6c0616c239b07/1493230805652/IMG_1951.jpg Udaipur: Extraordinary Care A mother and daughter duo waits anxiously for the onset of labor contractions at a Primary Health Center along the Udaipur-Ahmedabad highway. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/t/58bd889a2994ca1d9270d963/1488816305560/IMG_1501.jpg Udaipur: Extraordinary Care https://www.free-for-all-rajasthan.com/chittorgarh-the-origins daily 0.75 2017-04-27 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/t/58cae438e6f2e1b19a1502c3/1489691726016/ Chittorgarh: The Origins Patients outside the District Drug Center (DDC) No.3 of Chittorgarh’s District Hospital on a day of unusual calmness, after days of flash floods. This hospital houses 8 DDCs, and multiple Lifeline counters where patients can obtain generic medications that are not on the Essential Drug List of over 500 items. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/t/58cae144bebafb4c8a227091/1489690981059/ Chittorgarh: The Origins Daksh’s parents, Dimpy and Rajan, spearheaded the movement to introduce factor VIII, an injection for hemophilia, under Rajasthan’s Free Medicine Scheme. They recount the times when a single vial cost seven thousand rupees and express relief over the Scheme’s expanded coverage. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/58cae63bbf629a24b3303b85/58cae63b2994ca1386549175/1489692329803/4.jpg Chittorgarh: The Origins The wife and daughter wait by the newly admitted patient in the General Ward of Chittorgarh District Hospital. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/58cae63bbf629a24b3303b85/58cae63b1e5b6ca46fdd923e/1489692307905/3.jpg Chittorgarh: The Origins The family of a heart-attack patient follows his stretcher. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/t/58cae46cd482e90587574b9c/1489691783288/ Chittorgarh: The Origins View from inside a Drug Distribution Center (DDC), first of which was opened in Chittorgarh, Rajasthan. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/59021083414fb5a450b3a150/590210991b10e3a017719a24/1493307864752/DSC_8540.jpg Chittorgarh: The Origins Pharmacists have had to find other avenues of income, after the scheme encouraged patients to seek generic medications. Some provide copying services, some sell groceries, others have started selling toiletries, etc. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/59021083414fb5a450b3a150/59021083414fb5a450b3a151/1493307793308/DSC_8528.jpg Chittorgarh: The Origins Immediately across from the District Hospital are private pharmacists. Despite the high number of patients at the hospital, the private pharmacists have been steadily losing business to the free medication scheme, as people grow to trust the generic medicines. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/t/58cae54fd2b8577b03f8c902/1489691998328/ Chittorgarh: The Origins Mangi says that she’s probably older than 70 and complains of pain in her lower abdominal area. Her sonogram report says she is 60, and has gross ascitis. She’s been coming to Chittorgarh District Hospital for around three years to seek treatment and the scheme covers all her medication. She says that the scheme has been the most helpful for chronic patients. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/t/58cae504f5e231f0df90d637/1489691935026/ Chittorgarh: The Origins A family of four travels 15km every week for blood transfusions and medication for their 4-year-old son with thalassemia. Chronic patients go through a constant cycle of expenses, always being on the move and in need of special care. Although the scheme covers only their post-transfusion tablets, even a small contribution eases the financial load on the family. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/t/58cae344b8a79b4189b1f852/1489691487880/ Chittorgarh: The Origins Berunath has a long history of diabetes and cardiac problems, a history that predates the initiation of the Scheme. As a chronic patient who experienced the transition, he sums up the difference the Scheme made in one sentence: “My worries went away.” The money that was previously spent on Berunath’s medication, has now helped the family move into a larger house. Indeed, the support for the patient’s healing translates into support for the patient’s family. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/t/58bd89412994ca1d9270e539/1488816456743/cover_small.jpg Chittorgarh: The Origins https://www.free-for-all-rajasthan.com/banswara-faith-in-healing daily 0.75 2017-04-26 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/t/5900f8739f74561f43b94e19/1493235851690/ Banswara: The Faith in Healing https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/t/58c048df03596ee56b30d9d6/1488996716914/ Banswara: The Faith in Healing Bhura, 60, is a farmer by profession. He lives with his wife in a village called Ambapura which is situated 3 kilometres from the Community Health Centre in Badrel. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/t/58c04ccbe4fcb5d05747ce63/1488997606339/ Banswara: The Faith in Healing https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/58c049d42994ca3688650fe9/58c049e1893fc05ff99ff53e/1488997032670/CHE_3452.jpg Banswara: The Faith in Healing Bhura sits in the courtyard of his house while he explains how the Mukhyamantri Nishulk Dawa Yojna has benefitted him. Bhura lives below the poverty line. With very little income to support a family, he feels relieved that the diagnosis and medicine are free of cost. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/58c049d42994ca3688650fe9/58c049dee58c6290ad3a508e/1488997046146/CHE_3447.jpg Banswara: The Faith in Healing Bhura’s prescription slip as given by the doctor, along with the medicines. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/t/58c04bf82994ca3688653d88/1488997387375/ Banswara: The Faith in Healing Nathu Homa, 60, a patient of Acute Hypertension sits in the courtyard of his house in Ratanpura Village of Banswara District. A farmer by profession, he has been one of the many tribal people to be benefitted by the Mukhyamantri Nishulk Dawa Yojna. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/t/5900f80c17bffc5f197fe806/1493235759001/ Banswara: The Faith in Healing https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/5900f65ce6f2e1932dcb8754/5900f6d0d2b857b1a1cefad2/1493235429202/sophia+3.jpg Banswara: The Faith in Healing https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/5900f65ce6f2e1932dcb8754/5900f6b11e5b6ca33c587bbc/1493235397308/sophia2.jpg Banswara: The Faith in Healing https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/5900f65ce6f2e1932dcb8754/5900f65d17bffc5f197fc6c5/1493235346714/sophia1.jpg Banswara: The Faith in Healing https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/t/5900fdd0cd0f686f6d1afd00/1493237221914/ Banswara: The Faith in Healing https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/58c046623e00be8bb759079a/58c0466a59cc68cc3697c10a/1488998145459/CHE_3022.jpg Banswara: The Faith in Healing A woman touches the walls of the temple that is commonly known as Kupra Maata Ka Mandir, situated 5 kilometres from Banswara town. The villagers hold immense faith in healing through ceremonies that take place in the temple compound every weekend. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/58c046623e00be8bb759079a/58c04666b3db2be9fb6ab20d/1488998159628/CHE_3026.jpg Banswara: The Faith in Healing People with physical deformities and mental health issues seek help and treatment from faith healers, locally known as Bhopas. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/58c046623e00be8bb759079a/58c046632e69cf2e981c1a17/1488998171828/CHE_3034.jpg Banswara: The Faith in Healing A young boy takes the blessings of the head Bhopa. The people come in thousands to perform weekly rituals and offer a sum of money, fruits, garlands. People wait in a long queue to meet the head Bhopa and taste the holy water given by him. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/t/58c0479003596ee56b30c3ec/1488996352095/ Banswara: The Faith in Healing Smoke from burning a bundle of incense sticks fills up spaces within the temple, while people await their turn to meet the head Bhopa. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/58c04b15d482e93c4252e633/58c04b202994ca3688652b09/1488997489489/CHE_3361.jpg Banswara: The Faith in Healing Babli, 50, is Nathu Homa’s wife. She is a housewife and also suffers from Hypertension. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/58c04b15d482e93c4252e633/58c04b1bf5e231ae03b907b5/1488997447911/CHE_3351.jpg Banswara: The Faith in Healing Babli’s daughter-in-law helps in the household chores. The Homa family is a nuclear one with Nathu’s son working also as a farmer. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/58c04b15d482e93c4252e633/58c04b19e6f2e117596242b6/1488997434571/CHE_3336.jpg Banswara: The Faith in Healing Babli has been undergoing treatment for Hypertension for the past two years. However, she believes the generic drugs from the Community Health Centre do her no good. She chooses to buy her medicines from a private drug store which cost her a monthly sum Rs. 168. She is not the only one to have doubts against the efficiency of the generic drugs which is mainly due to misinformation and the lack of awareness. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/58c04b15d482e93c4252e633/58c04b163e00be8bb7595dde/1488997418397/CHE_3327.jpg Banswara: The Faith in Healing Nathu has been undergoing treatment for Acute Hypertension for the past three years at the Community Health Centre of Badrel. Nathu has never had to pay for his medicines or felt the need to consult a faith healer to treat him. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/t/58c04daf03596ee56b313d07/1488997823864/ Banswara: The Faith in Healing A man waits for his turn to get an appointment with a doctor in the lobby of the Mahatma Gandhi Hospital, Banswara. The district hospital has experiences an influx of more than 800 patients per day. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/t/5900f7bc9f74561f43b94142/1493235665007/ Banswara: The Faith in Healing Lila Lasu receiving life-saving treatment. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/t/5900fe15d1758e2cf2e2ee3b/1493237274372/ Banswara: The Faith in Healing https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/t/58c043b8c534a5e3ac6b1fc6/1488995268614/CHE_3026.jpg Banswara: The Faith in Healing https://www.free-for-all-rajasthan.com/bikaner-extreme-borders daily 0.75 2017-04-27 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/58c2b712e4fcb5954aa861f7/5902026ee58c62307a1e4118/1493304081775/DSC_0853.jpg Bikaner: Women of the Desert New mothers receive information on how to care for their newborns from the nursing staff. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/58c2b712e4fcb5954aa861f7/5902023abf629ab07082f244/1493303885149/DSC_0003.jpg Bikaner: Women of the Desert https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/58c2b712e4fcb5954aa861f7/58c2b714893fc02bf07c978a/1489155886017/DSC_0590.jpg Bikaner: Women of the Desert A young mother has her health condition checked before her delivery, due in a few hours. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/58c2b712e4fcb5954aa861f7/58c2b7123e00be4c00875484/1493302862137/DSC_0700.jpg Bikaner: Women of the Desert A newborn from a breech delivery cries out for his first breath of air. Breech deliveries can be fatal for children not born with medical care. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/58c2b712e4fcb5954aa861f7/58c2b712f7e0ab73ba6b0dcc/1489155918537/DSC_0737.jpg Bikaner: Women of the Desert A gynecologist at the CHC in Nokha checks a newborn baby for signs of anemia. Signs of jaundice are checked for in the infant’s sclera, which turns a yellow color if positive. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/t/58c2af5f725e25f24c1c43e5/1489153927470/DSC_0473.jpg Bikaner: Women of the Desert 40-year-old Chuki, mother of four girls and a boy, resisted the authority of her family and had sterilization surgery after her fifth delivery. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/58c2b458a5790ae22308a543/58c2b45f9de4bbceb92238c7/1493239500962/DSC_0260.jpg Bikaner: Women of the Desert At the dhani (desert village) of the Siddh family, their grandma rests with her sleeping grand-daughter during the afternoon heat. Like many village households that populate the rural landscape of Bikaner, this family is dependent on agriculture, cultivating crops and breeding cows to sustain their livelihood. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/58c2b458a5790ae22308a543/58c2b45e893fc02bf07c77d0/1493239611737/DSC_0303.jpg Bikaner: Women of the Desert The Siddh daughter-in-law recently gave birth to a healthy baby girl. MNDY provided her with the necessary transportation to a nearby health clinic for delivery and she also received post-delivery check-ups. Childbirth rates have increased since the initiation of MNDY in 2011. Pregnant mothers are better informed, and often opt for a safer, more sanitary delivery at a health clinic rather than at home. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/58c2b458a5790ae22308a543/58c2b459579fb332f9e94ea5/1493239695558/DSC_0239.jpg Bikaner: Women of the Desert The men of the Siddh family. The father (in the back) works on the farm while his two sons work as tractor drivers. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/t/58c2b7a5579fb332f9e976ea/1489156019595/ Bikaner: Women of the Desert Patients crowd around a single drug-distribution window with their prescriptions to collect their free medications at the Community Health Center (CHC), Nokah. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/58c2b5932994caf4c4d03483/58c2b596ff7c50dd0e607368/1493302434726/DSC_0930.jpg Bikaner: Women of the Desert In the maternity ward, a 19-year old mother lies in bed with her daughter. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/58c2b5932994caf4c4d03483/58c2b59303596ea739433525/1489155571157/DSC_1004.jpg Bikaner: Women of the Desert A young teenage-mother is taken care of by her mother and aunt after a successful delivery. They wait in the maternity ward for the baby to return from the necessary vaccination shots, all covered by the Free Medicine Scheme. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/58c2b5932994caf4c4d03483/58c2b593d2b8574cf9c4a50a/1489155481906/DSC_0861.jpg Bikaner: Women of the Desert https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/t/58c2b80bf7e0ab73ba6b1a9d/1489156141833/ Bikaner: Women of the Desert Doctors' offices are often crowded with patients, both locals of Bikaner and those who have traveled across states, who come in search for free diagnosis and medical treatment. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/t/5902001637c581b2ce085dd1/1493303332896/ Bikaner: Women of the Desert https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/590200b0bf629ab07082d885/59020118ebbd1aab701ac9e9/1493303639738/DSC_0092.jpg Bikaner: Women of the Desert https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/590200b0bf629ab07082d885/590200fbf5e231d0ce7a75ba/1493303639723/DSC_0056.jpg Bikaner: Women of the Desert https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/590200b0bf629ab07082d885/590200cf5016e1a53773256b/1493303687471/DSC_0049.jpg Bikaner: Women of the Desert Medical patients crowd into a room, waiting to be called to retrieve their blood test results at the District Hospital, Bikaner. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/590200b0bf629ab07082d885/590200b09f74567a84c24c56/1493303746173/DSC_0012-2.jpg Bikaner: Women of the Desert Iron-deficiency anemia is a common phenomenon among women in Bikaner. Due to the infertility of the land, there is a scarcity of green vegetables, a major source of iron. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/t/58c2ad81bebafb1001f7205a/1489153455731/DSC_0049.jpg Bikaner: Women of the Desert https://www.free-for-all-rajasthan.com/jaipur-civil-society daily 0.75 2017-04-27 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/59020b293e00be4005c3bf3e/59020e15579fb3e8ae682061/1493307021483/12.jpg Jaipur: The Role of Civil Society https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/59020b293e00be4005c3bf3e/59020df5e6f2e1ea80551fb4/1493307021484/11.jpg Jaipur: The Role of Civil Society https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/59020b293e00be4005c3bf3e/59020dd28419c2cdde167130/1493307021481/10.jpg Jaipur: The Role of Civil Society https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/59020b293e00be4005c3bf3e/59020da7ebbd1aab701b9e99/1493306839182/9.jpg Jaipur: The Role of Civil Society https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/59020b293e00be4005c3bf3e/59020d82d1758e7f2ed3fcc2/1493307021488/8.jpg Jaipur: The Role of Civil Society https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/59020b293e00be4005c3bf3e/59020c293a0411586ab5505b/1493307021482/7.jpg Jaipur: The Role of Civil Society https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/59020b293e00be4005c3bf3e/59020bf6197aeae14bef7f6f/1493306394863/6.jpg Jaipur: The Role of Civil Society https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/59020b293e00be4005c3bf3e/59020bc43e00be4005c3c995/1493306342127/5.jpg Jaipur: The Role of Civil Society https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/59020b293e00be4005c3bf3e/59020b819f74567a84c30157/1493306298528/4.jpg Jaipur: The Role of Civil Society https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/59020b293e00be4005c3bf3e/59020b65f5e231d0ce7b1de8/1493306298529/3.jpg Jaipur: The Role of Civil Society https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/59020b293e00be4005c3bf3e/59020b4729687fd0ac1dbb6e/1493306220164/2.jpg Jaipur: The Role of Civil Society https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/59020b293e00be4005c3bf3e/59020b2aebbd1aab701b7346/1493306188978/1.jpg Jaipur: The Role of Civil Society https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/t/59077017bf629aab7638beb3/1493659774819/10.jpg Jaipur: The Role of Civil Society https://www.free-for-all-rajasthan.com/participants daily 0.75 2017-04-28 https://www.free-for-all-rajasthan.com/program daily 0.75 2017-04-27 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/t/59021db517bffccdd78b19fb/1493310915046/ Program https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/t/59021d583a0411586ab67c89/1493310830692/ Program https://www.free-for-all-rajasthan.com/acknowledgments daily 0.75 2017-05-03 https://www.free-for-all-rajasthan.com/rajasthans-free-medicine-scheme daily 0.75 2017-04-27 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/t/58caf2c959cc68a21985c2d9/1489695470157/ Rajasthan’s Free Medicine Scheme Dr. Samit Sharma, now in charge of the Integrated Child Development Scheme, had led the baton for, and then implemented, the Free Medicine Scheme in Rajasthan. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/t/58caf1dd29687f368fa40c30/1489695259500/ Rajasthan’s Free Medicine Scheme Patients waiting for their check-ups at a PHC in a village roughly 30km outside of Jaipur. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/t/58caf410db29d682eae77e86/1489696320466/IMG_7949.jpg Rajasthan’s Free Medicine Scheme Dr. Raghuraj Singh was a practicing physician for 19 years in Pratapgarh, Rajasthan before becoming District Project Controller in Jaipur. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/t/58caf0c81e5b6c0b71955e4a/1489695027482/Copy+of+5%281%29.jpg Rajasthan’s Free Medicine Scheme Patients waiting at the Primary Healthcare Center (PHC), Renewal. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/58c2d63bdb29d6fb17c61a55/58c2d6446b8f5b630ca546d0/1489163856636/5.jpg Rajasthan’s Free Medicine Scheme https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/58c2d63bdb29d6fb17c61a55/58c2d63cbf629ab8bae78762/1489694608910/3.jpg Rajasthan’s Free Medicine Scheme https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/58c2d63bdb29d6fb17c61a55/58c2d63c1e5b6c71381dabd7/1493311714973/1.jpg Rajasthan’s Free Medicine Scheme A truck getting loaded with medicine for the distribution to District Drug Centers. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/t/58c2d4e16a4963a1d435a7f5/1489163567219/IMG_7356.jpg Rajasthan’s Free Medicine Scheme Patients visiting a doctor at a Primary Healthcare Center (PHC), Rajasthan. Despite being the third largest producer of high quality generic medicine, 65 percent of the total population of the country does not have access to essential and life saving drugs. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/t/59022393e58c62ce286d5490/1493312459472/ Rajasthan’s Free Medicine Scheme https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/t/58c2e5c06b8f5b630ca64fcd/1489167830917/ Rajasthan’s Free Medicine Scheme Oncology OPD, Sawai Man Singh Hospital, Jaipur. The number of patients seeking treatment has increased drastically since the inception of the Scheme. It has put an additional burden on the medical infrastructure. People often wait in queues for hours. Despite the problems, this Scheme has a wide reach and has been able to help the ones in need. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/t/58caf52986e6c0e61c6a641b/1493312246539/ Rajasthan’s Free Medicine Scheme Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC), Renewal. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/t/59022203ebbd1aab701d12d0/1493312080562/ Rajasthan’s Free Medicine Scheme https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/58c2dd7eebbd1a9d3cea8bd0/58c2dd7e86e6c0616c39ecf0/1489696366414/5B.jpg Rajasthan’s Free Medicine Scheme https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/58c2dd7eebbd1a9d3cea8bd0/58c2dd7e9de4bbceb924a83d/1489696363211/5.jpg Rajasthan’s Free Medicine Scheme https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57fe354937c581b9579c39ab/t/58c31fe4579fb3281393db3d/1489182946767/IMG_1058.jpg Rajasthan’s Free Medicine Scheme https://www.free-for-all-rajasthan.com/chittogarh daily 0.75 2017-04-27 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