The Rishi Valley Rural Health Programme serves the large village population in Rishi Valley's immediate surroundings, with particular emphasis on caring for the population of villages where the Rishi Valley Satellite Schools are located.

A health clinic located on campus has special facilities for Eye care and for the treatment of Tuberculosis. It also runs a 'Safe Mother and Child Care Programme.'

The Eye Care Facility has been successful in arresting blindness due to vitamin deficiencies, and in preventing some common ailments related to poor hygiene etc. This is apart from its role in the treatment of eye diseases.

The Clinic's 'Safe Mother and Child Programme,' aims to provide complete pre and ante-natal care for pregnant women. It has successfully been able to train local midwives or dais in various facets of ante-natal and pre-natal care. It has succeeded in bringing down infant morality rates and the incidence of underweight babies is also significantly lower.

There is a diagnostic centre recently opened on campus.

On an average, a 1000 patients visit the Health Clinic monthly.

On the 1st anniversary of Dr Ramamurthy’s passing away (16th of February), his family donated a refurbished Mahindra Voyager Ambulance to the Health Centre.

For further information contact Doctor Kartik Kalyanram: kartik@rishivalley.org

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