Ongoing flood relief work in Karnataka

Tuesday, October 27 - Our team visited Chimmalagi village of Badami Taluka in Bagalkot district, where it treated 310 patients. A group of volunteer members of the Brahma Kumaris also distributed bedsheets, dhotis and towels to the village people.

Thursday, October 29 - Village Girisagar in district Bagalkot was the focus of our efforts, where 274 patients were attended and distributed free medicines.

Ongoing flood relief work in Karnataka

Wednesday, October 21 - Village Gangihaal (population 1300) and village Bisanaalkoppa (population 1200) both lie on the banks of the Malaprabha river in Bagalkot district. The tragedy of Bisanalkoppa is that every home in the village was damaged. Many occupants have been relocated to makeshift camps in other places while a few remain there in tin sheds. Our team attended and distributed medicine to 221 patients, making do with a tin-roofed shed for a clinic. An auxiliary nurse and midwife (ANM) from the local primary health centre helped prepare malaria slides for patients suspected of suffering from malarial fever. The team encountered a sense of frustration and insecurity in this area. There is a desperate need for clean drinking water in the villages. The unsanitary conditions also attract hordes of small insects after sunset.

Thursday, October 22 - The team attended 147 patients in village Kalasakoppa in Bagalkot district. Sister Laxmi from Mysore distributed clothes to poor villagers who lost their belongings due to flooding.

Friday, October 23 - The residents of villages Kotnalli and Kataginahalli in Bagalkot district have no access to healthcare since the flooding. The team examined and distributed medicines to 270 patients in these two villages.

Saturday, October 24 - Around 700 patients took benefit from a mega health camp arranged in villages Layadgundi and Nagaral.

Sunday, October 25 - Our team accompanied by five more doctors and pharmacists visited the flood affected villages of Bagalkot district Sarabadagi, Katapur, Mangalur and Hire Nasabi. In all, 511 patients were served and distributed medicine. A large number of people were also given blankets.

Monday, October 26 - Our team served 506 patients in villages Katapur and Mangalgudda, both of which have been severely affected by the flooding.

Ongoing flood relief work in Karnataka: Flood fury

A glimpse of flood affected houses in Bommanagi village in Bagalkot district:

Ongoing flood relief work in Karnataka

Monday, October 19 - Ingalagi and Benal villages in Bagalkot district lie on banks of the Malaprabha river are two severely affected areas. The team attended 292 patients in these villages, assisted by health workers from the local primary health centre. Medicines were distributed to needy patients.

Ongoing flood relief work in Karnataka

Thursday, October 15 - Bommanagi village in district Bagalkot, Karnataka was severely affected by flooding, with more than 70 percent of its houses collapsing due to the flood waters. The team served 210 villagers, distributing free medicines and blankets to poor patients.

Friday, October 16 - The focus was Kovalli village in Bilagi taluka in district Bagalkot. The medical officer from the local primary health centre (PHC) joined the Global Hospital team, which served and distributed free medicines to 95 patients as well as distributed blankets to the poor. On the same day, the team visited Birnur village in Badami taluka in Bagalkot district, again an area severely affected by flooding from the river Malaprabha with close to three-fourths of its houses damaged. The team attended 220 patients in this village.

Ongoing flood relief work in Karnataka

Dr Mahesh Hemadri, medical officer in-charge, G V Modi Rural Health Care Centre & Eye Hospital, and Sister Kotlaxmi, nursing assistant, J Watumull Global Hospital & Research Centre, Mount Abu, are part of a team of volunteers helping victims of the recent flooding in Karnataka.

Dr Mahesh sent this update on the teams' activities:

Sunday, October 11 - Dr Mahesh attended 60 patients in Ukamnal village, and distributed free medicines to needy patients. Sr Laxmi attended 20 patients in the premises of the Vittal temple in Bijapur. She sought the assistance of government officials to distribute medicines to the needy.

Monday, October 12 - Dr Mahesh attended 112 patients in Rahimatpur village, and distributed free medicines to needy patients.

Tuesday, October 13 - Dr Mahesh and Sister Laxmi attended 321 patients in Ronihal village, and distributed free medicines to needy patients. They also attended 77 patients in Chikgarasangi village, and distributed free medicines to needy patients.

Wednesday, October 14 - Dr Mahesh attended 217 patients in Satihal village, a settlement having a population of around 5000, and distributed free medicines to needy patients assisted by Sister Laxmi and brother Mahaveer, president, Jagjyoti Basaveshwar Pharmaceutical Association.

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Flood relief work in south India

The Global Hospital & Research Centre Trust and the Brahma Kumaris have jointly launched flood relief operations in the flood-stricken southern Indian states of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. A team of 30 people from the Brahma Kumaris centres of Secunderabad and Sanjeevareddy Nagar visited Rajoli village near the town of Kurnool town on October 8 and 9, where 400 families were severely affected by the recent flooding. Nearly 300 houses collapsed and the main bridge in the town also collapsed.

Sister Mahadevi of the Mahaboobnagar centre supervised the distribution of essential commodities, including 2 tonnes of rice, 100 kgs of oil, 500 mats, 300 blankets, 500 towels, 200 lungis, 200 sets of utensils, 50 bags of drinking water (each contained 100 sachets) and some saris and quilts. The distribution took place in an orderly manner. Many victims were also counselled.