Vision: To achieve 'Health For All' by ensuring access to...
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Annual Report 2016-17
Vision: To achieve 'Health For All' by ensuring access to
quality and affordable primary health care
Mission: To provide quality and free community-based
primary health care in underserved communities
About Us
The Founder and Patron of ‘CHIKITSA’, General O.P. Malhotra PVSM, was the Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army from 1978 -1981 and also served as the Ambassador of India to Indonesia and as the Governor of Punjab. General Malhotra started Chikitsa as a community health initiative in 1999 with the opening of a free primary health care clinic at Sector 12, RK Puram, New Delhi, to serve nearby slum dwellers. After paying a token, one-time Rs. 10 charge for a patients' medical history booklet, all consultations and medicines are provided free at Chikitsa.
Chikitsa currently has base and satellite primary health care clinics at 12 locations in Delhi-NCR. These follow the World Health Organization model of community-based primary health care aimed at achieving 'Health For All'. We are also focused on working towards helping India meet the targets under Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Number 3 of the United Nations to 'Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages' of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Our Base Clinic in Sector 40, Gurugram, operates since 2008 as a Public-Private Partnership in tandem with the Department of Health & Family Welfare, Gurugram. In cooperation with Kiwanis Club of New Delhi, we also provide free artificial limb orthotics and prosthetics at our Sector 40 Base Clinic in Gurugram.
Our free, community-based primary healthcare to the needy helps reduce the burden on an overcrowded and stressed secondary and tertiary level public health system in India.
Our free health services benefit residents of Sangam Vihar, Zakhira slum, RK Puram and Vasant Kunj in Delhi, as also Basai and Dundahera villages, Sector 40 and Sector 9-A in Gurugram. We also operate two Mobile Medical Units in Manesar and are in the process of adding a primary health care clinic at Teekli village, Haryana.
In 2017, we initiated a Vector Borne Disease Prevention programme in Sangam Vihar, New Delhi, and joined the Gurugram Task Force to assist in the elimination of malaria, dengue, and chikunguniya in Gurgaon District. We have in the past conducted a nutritional programme for underweight infants and expecting mothers at Zakhira slum in New Delhi, which has now been expanded into a primary health care satellite clinic. Chikitsa has also treated and cured over 700 tuberculosis patients in Delhi-NCR.
Chairman's Message I am pleased by the progress made by Chikitsa in the past year as reflected in our 2016-2017 Annual Report. It is particularly satisfying that a majority of underprivileged persons do not just visit our primary health care clinics on a one-off basis, but regularly avail of
our free services to address their health concerns.
This year Chikitsa was recognised by the World CSR Congress and was a proud recipient of their 2017 'Certificate of Merit' for our charitable work. We have also received Guidestar India's Gold Level Accreditation for practicing high levels of transparency in the public domain. Furthermore, we have received certification from "Credibility Alliance" for meeting the 'Basic Norms for Good Governance of Voluntary Organizations'. I congratulate our dedicated staff, volunteers, and trustees on these recognitions and hope to see further such accolades for Chikitsa in the years ahead as we scale up our efforts to help the needy. During the year Chikitsa has also been registered under the Darpan scheme of NITI AAYOG.
Another noteworthy development over the past year has been that we have inaugurated a pilot Vector Borne Disease Prevention Pilot Project in Sangam Vihar, New Delhi, one of the largest unauthorised colonies in Asia. Given its success we will be scaling up the project this year and expanding it to other areas such as Zakhira Slum and the jhuggi/slum colonies near RK Puram. We have also incorporated an electronic health record system on a pilot basis at our Base Clinic Sector 40, Gurugram.
I would like to convey my gratitude to all our individual contributors and well-wishers as well as to the many charitable trusts and organizations who have been supporting our community-based health initiative and enabling Chikitsa to extend completely free primary health care to the poor living in underserved areas of Delhi-NCR.
I would also like to thank our highly motivated doctors, medical and support staff whose dedicated efforts continue to give Chikitsa such an excellent reputation.
Ambassador Ajai Malhotra, IFS (Retd) Chairman & Managing Trustee
Our Model
The Problem Rapid and unplanned urbanization has led to an increase in urban poor, especially those living in slums with inadequate access to health care. This segment of the population has poorer health outcomes due to adverse social determinants and poor access to health care facilities, despite living in close proximity to government and private hospitals.
Our USP We use locations provided to us free by local bodies or community organisations in underserved communities, thus vastly reducing our overhead costs and freeing up funds to treat more needy patients.
INTEGRATION WITH
GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE
HEALTH SERVICES
IMPROVEMENT IN COMMUNITY
HEALTH STATUS
HEALTH AWARENESS GENERATION & TRAINING
QUALITY AND AFFORDABLE COMMUNITY
BASED PRIMARY
HEALTH CARE SERVICE
PROVISION
Chikitsa Key Facts for 2016-17
12 Chikitsa Base & Satellite Clinics
215,261 patients registered till date
92,752 beneficiaries in 2016-17
21,770 new patients in 2016-17
67,737 repeat patients in 2016-17
2,141 children given health check-up
26 slum dwellers given Emergency Medical Training
644 children administered Pulse Polio Drops
143 children given Immunization Vaccinations
291 artificial limbs provided free
Honours & Awards 2016-2017
World CSR Congress Certificate of Merit 2017
Guidestar Gold Level Accreditation 2016
for 'practicing high level of transparency
in the public domain'
Credibility Alliance Certification in 2017 for
'Basic Norms for Good Governance of
Voluntary Organizations'
How You Can Help
All Contributions to ‘CHIKITSA’ are tax deductible under Section 80G of the Indian Income Tax Act vide Exemption Order No. DIT(E)/2011-2012/C-570/3864 dated 17/11/2011. Contributors will be sent an official receipt to claim the tax deduction. To donate send a crossed cheque payable to 'CHIKITSA' with your complete address and PAN details to:
CHIKITSA,
C-524 (1st Floor),
Sushant Lok Phase 1,
Gurugram, Haryana - 122001
Mob: 9650730860
You may also transfer domestic funds directly to:
Account Name: CHIKITSA Account No.: 16800100013820 IFSC Code: UCBA0001910 Bank Name: UCO Bank Bank Branch: South City Gurgaon Bank Address: UCO Bank, South City Gurgaon Branch, Property No.104, Greenwood Plaza, B-Block, Greenwood City, Gurgaon, Haryana – 122001
Please inform us of any bank transfer via email at [email protected] along with transfer details, your name, full address, and PAN Card number. We have FCRA approval and can also
accept donations in foreign currency. Kindly email us for further details.
Our supporters include
Entrepreneurs Organisation, New Delhi
Indian Spouses Group, Geneva
Indian Women's Association, Moscow
Kalpataru Trust
Kamla Charitable Trust
+ Numerous Individual Supporters
Board of Trustees Name Position Occupation Ajai Malhotra Chairman & Managing Trustee Retired Diplomat
Urmila Dongre Trustee Chairman, Usha Lexus Hotels
Anita Kapur Trustee Social Work
Rampaul Rehan Trustee Retired Indian Railways Engineer
PK Dutta Trustee Chairman, Systopic Laborotories
Udai Malhotra Trustee Social Work
Tarun Kandhari Trustee Chartered Accountant
Jeevesh Nagrath Trustee Lawyer
Chairman & Managing Trustee
Ambassador Ajai Malhotra, IFS (Retd), is the Chairman & Managing Trustee of
CHIKITSA since March 2014. He holds an M.A. in Economics from The Delhi
School of Economics, University of Delhi. He was a member of the Indian
Foreign Service since 1977 until his retirement on November 30, 2013 as
Ambassador of India to the Russian Federation. Ambassador Malhotra is also
Chairman & Managing Trustee of SHIKSHA, which provides free education and
vocational training to underprivileged children and youth in Delhi-NCR. He is a
Member of the Advisory Committee of the UN Human Rights Council, Geneva,
Independent Director of ONGC Limited and ONGC Videsh Limited, and
Distinguished Fellow and Senior Adviser (Climate Change) at The Energy and
Resources Institute, New Delhi.
Our Registration and Other Details Registered as a Trust in New Delhi 'CHIKITSA', Registration No. 8259 of 09/12/1999 Registered Office C-503 Som Vihar, New Delhi - 110022 PAN Card No. AAATC3286G 12A No. DIT (E) 99-2000/C-570/2000/824 dated 12/01/2000 80G No. DIT (E)2011-12/C-570/3864 dated 17/11/2011 FCRA No. 231661400 dated 31/01/2013 valid till 31/01/2018 NITI Aayog Darpan No. HR/2017/0161088
Office: C-524 Sushant Lok (1st Floor),Gurugram, Haryana -122002
Phone: 0124-5225698 l Email: [email protected] l Website: www.chikitsatrust.org