MMU (HOSPITAL ON WHEEL)
JJK started working in the Chandankyari Block of Bokaro district in 2010, with Support of National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) to meet the objective of providing health care services to people who are staying in the remote areas and having no access to health care services because of lack of transport, illiteracy, ignorance, lack of awareness regarding available health care facilities. In an effort to bring the healthcare to doorstep of the ignorant one in rural areas, especially in underserved areas, JJK is providing Medical Mobile Unit services to them.The goal of the MMU is to improve the availability of and access to quality health care by people, especially those residing in rural areas, the poor, women, children and old age people.
Mobile Medical Unit Provide following services:
- Curative
- Referral of complicated cases.
- Early detection of TB, Malaria, Leprosy, Kala-Azar, and other locally endemic communicable diseases.
- Noncommunicable diseases such as hypertension, diabetes and cataract cases etc.
- Minor surgical
- Specialist Services such as O&G Specialist, Paediatrician and Physician
- Reproductive and Child Health Services
- Ante-natal check up
- Referral for complicated pregnancies.
- Promotion of institutional delivery
- Post-natal check up.Immunization clinics (to be coordinated with local Subcentres/PHCs.)
- Treatment of common childhood illness such as diarrhea, ARI/Pneumonia, complication of measles etc.
- Adolescents care such Adolescents care such as lifestyle education, counseling, treatment of minor ailments and anemia etc.
- Family Planning Services
- Counselling for spacing and permanent method
- Distribution of Nirodh, oral contraceptives, emergency contraceptives
- IUD insertion
- Diagnostic
- Investigation facilities like haemoglobin, urine examination for sugar and albumin
- Smear for malaria and vaginal smear for trichomonas
- Clinical detection of leprosy, tuberculosis and locally endemic diseases
- Screening of breast cancer, cervical cancer etc
- Specialised facilities and services
- X-ray, ECG and Ultrasound test
- Emergency services and care in times of disaster/epidemic/public health emergency/accidents etc
