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Health:
Breathing New Life into Health
Care for the Young and Old
At the Persistent Foundation, health care for
children, women, and senior citizens is a key focus.
We implement our programs in partnership with
hospitals and NGOs who share the Foundation’s
objectives. Right from the start, the Foundation’s
energies were directed to curative health care,
with the following rationale:
a) The high costs of curative medical services
b) The lack of access to high-tech curative
services
In the year 2018-19, we were able to reach out to
7,871 patients, through 12 initiatives implemented
in partnership with 17 partners across 5 locations.
Facial Cleft Repair Surgeries: Spreading
Smiles, Spreading Awareness
In 2018-19, we supported 514 patients. The
youngest patient was a month old, and the oldest
patient was 38 years old.
Location
Target No.
of Patients
No of
Patients
No of
Camps
Maharashtra
142
171
Bengaluru
25
22
11
Goa
35
23
7
Hyderabad Facial Cleft
300
284
22
Hyderabad Facial Cleft
(Max)
15
14
Total
517
514 40
In Goa, we accelerated our efforts with the help
of 5 doctors, completing 23 surgeries in the
course of a 7-day camp.
Employees’ Contributions to the Cause of
Health
Out of 3,383 volunteers in FY 2018-19, 361
(10.67%) have volunteered for 337.5 hours for
the cause of Health.
In the area of Health, 4 donation drives were
launched in line with the projects implemented
by the Foundation. Out of 5,548 donors in FY
2018-19, 580 (10.45%) have donated
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8.30 lakhs.
Dialysis
Support
Jaipur
Foot
Physio-
therapy
Center
Cancer
Treatment
Individual
Medical
Cases
Health
Check-up
camp at
Maval
3441
605
280
3
30
120
No. of beneficiaries covered (contd.)
Paediatric
Surgery
Facial
Cleft Repair
Surgery
Squint
Correction
Surgery
Cataract
Surgery
Mobile
Medical
Unit
44
514
29
1111
1714
No. of beneficiaries covered
Employee Contributions towards
the Cause of Health (contd.)
No. of Employees Students Benefited Amount
Supporting Jaipur Foot
Celebrating International Women’s Day
131
59
107
0.54
90 2.77
Employee Contributions towards
the Cause of Health
Supporting Cataract Surgeries
No. of Employees Students Benefited Amount
Supporting Dialysis Sessions
87
303
858
3.01
132
1.97
Corporate Social Responsibility