{"id":5307,"date":"2020-10-22T10:36:16","date_gmt":"2020-10-22T05:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/calcuttarescue.org\/?p=5307"},"modified":"2020-10-22T10:36:16","modified_gmt":"2020-10-22T05:06:16","slug":"cr-street-programme-starts-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calcuttarescue.org\/newsite\/2020\/10\/22\/cr-street-programme-starts-again\/","title":{"rendered":"CR Street Programme Starts Again!"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5307\" class=\"elementor elementor-5307\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-be4fcfe elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default ae-bg-gallery-type-default\" data-id=\"be4fcfe\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-da149ef ae-bg-gallery-type-default\" data-id=\"da149ef\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-203a148 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"203a148\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>The COVID pandemic has meant that, until now, it wasn&#8217;t safe for Calcutta Rescue&#8217;s street medicine ambulances to work in the slums.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\">This has made access to medical care more difficult for many people.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p dir=\"ltr\">But the charity&#8217;s team now have the\u00a0 personal protective equipment they need and has developed ways of working which should keep both staff and patients safe in the challenging conditions that exist in slum areas.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b785339 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default ae-bg-gallery-type-default\" data-id=\"b785339\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f42cb2c ae-bg-gallery-type-default\" data-id=\"f42cb2c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a965c3e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a965c3e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>So in the past few weeks the two street medicine teams have started visiting slums again to do family health screenings and allow people who need medical care to see a doctor.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-17c98a5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default ae-bg-gallery-type-default\" data-id=\"17c98a5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-447dbbf ae-bg-gallery-type-default\" data-id=\"447dbbf\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f72e92 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3f72e92\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\">Debu, who is in charge of the project said: &#8220;Covid is not leaving us anytime soon. We don&#8217;t know when we will get vaccines. But those poorest of poor people who need immediate medical care will be deprived of necessary facilities if we don&#8217;t help them now. So with this thought in mind, we have decided to start the Street Medicine program again but with ultimate precautions, terms and conditions.&#8221;<\/p><p dir=\"ltr\">To start with the program is running two days a week in two slums, Dakshineswar and Pahapur, which both have high levels of need and the space required to work safely.\u00a0<\/p><p dir=\"ltr\">After each visit the ambulances are thoroughly sanitised. After the system has been trialled in these two slums the aim is to roll it out to other areas.<\/p><p dir=\"ltr\">\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a5cd4de ae-bg-gallery-type-default\" data-id=\"a5cd4de\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d932dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0d932dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/calcuttarescue.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/SM-1-768x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5311\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/calcuttarescue.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/SM-1-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/calcuttarescue.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/SM-1-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/calcuttarescue.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/SM-1.jpeg 780w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d27d23c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default ae-bg-gallery-type-default\" data-id=\"d27d23c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2b2c271 ae-bg-gallery-type-default\" data-id=\"2b2c271\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-beae2a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"beae2a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\"><b>Screening Visits<\/b><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\">Here is how they work:<\/p><ul><li>Family screening staff are taken to the slums every Saturday by street ambulance (First and Third Saturdays for 2nd SM at Paharpur, Second and Fourth Saturdays for 1st SM at Dakhineswar ).<\/li><li>The vehicle is parked in an open area which has been chosen to provide the space the team needs. A designated health worker wearing PPE and maintaining a distance of at least 6 feet from residents then announces the arrival of the team using a meagaphone.\u00a0<\/li><li>He makes clear that any adult who has a fever (which could be Covid) will be immediately sent to the fever clinic at local hospital and will not be allowed to approach the screening point. T<\/li><li>A member of staff wearing PPE then stands in front of the screening point and sprays liquid sanitizer on the hands of the patients.<\/li><li>Other health workers wearing PPE, sit in the back side of the vehicle or outside behind a table which has a thick transparent plastic shield down the middle creating a barrier between them and the patients.<\/li><li>Health education advice is also given through this plastic shield.<\/li><li>The team will screen no more than 20 patients per visit and those who it is decided need to see a CR doctor will be given a token allowing them to do this a few days later when the team return.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3fef135 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default ae-bg-gallery-type-default\" data-id=\"3fef135\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e97d00d ae-bg-gallery-type-default\" data-id=\"e97d00d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99d3089 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"99d3089\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/calcuttarescue.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Sm-1-1-768x576.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-5312\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/calcuttarescue.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Sm-1-1-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/calcuttarescue.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Sm-1-1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/calcuttarescue.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Sm-1-1-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/calcuttarescue.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Sm-1-1.jpeg 1040w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-02b6824 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default ae-bg-gallery-type-default\" data-id=\"02b6824\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-13e41dd ae-bg-gallery-type-default\" data-id=\"13e41dd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-420290a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"420290a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\"><b>Doctor&#8217;s visits<\/b><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\">Here is how they work:<\/p><ul><li>After the team arrives at the slum in a street ambulance, health workers, wearing PPE, find patients who need to see a doctor and who have been given a token token during the screening visit.\u00a0<\/li><li>Wearing masks the patients sit in a chair at least 6 feet away from the ambulance for their consultation.<\/li><li>A health worker then explains to the doctor what was identified during the screening visit and shows them the investigation report where necessary.\u00a0<\/li><li>The doctor will be in the ambulance or behind the table with the plastic screen, along with an interpreter.\u00a0<\/li><li>After patients have spoken to the doctor they will be issued with any drugs they need at the pharmacy table.<\/li><li>All children (below 12 years) are given Vitamin A, and albendazole or P.P. as appropriate, which are taken orally.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8342db3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default ae-bg-gallery-type-default\" data-id=\"8342db3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider 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https:\/\/calcuttarescue.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Sm-15.jpeg 780w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b10ad1b ae-bg-gallery-type-default\" data-id=\"b10ad1b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e64415 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3e64415\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/calcuttarescue.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/SM-1-6-225x300.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-5313\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/calcuttarescue.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/SM-1-6-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/calcuttarescue.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/SM-1-6-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/calcuttarescue.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/SM-1-6.jpeg 780w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-78e5aa9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default ae-bg-gallery-type-default\" data-id=\"78e5aa9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e35af3e ae-bg-gallery-type-default\" data-id=\"e35af3e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec9094e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ec9094e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>&#8220;We also want to start immunization.&#8221; Debu said, &#8221; Also we have plans to start blood tests for patients (with diabetes etc). But first, let us see how this goes on and then we will decide what more we can do in future.&#8221;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-41a0849 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default ae-bg-gallery-type-default\" data-id=\"41a0849\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-daa20ce ae-bg-gallery-type-default\" data-id=\"daa20ce\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b5d5b0 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"1b5d5b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-48c14d1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default ae-bg-gallery-type-default\" data-id=\"48c14d1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d855811 ae-bg-gallery-type-default\" data-id=\"d855811\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4c12ee elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e4c12ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 style=\"text-align: center\">Inspired by our work?<\/h4><h5 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><span style=\"color: #e02d2d\">Join us! 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