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Following are case studies
of some of the organisations and initiatives which
have received grants under the Trusts' Health initiative:
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When Kamala's ailment
had reached an advanced stage, the authorities
at Kidwai Cancer Hospital, Bangalore, declined
the possibility of any treatment. At that
juncture, the Bangalore Hospice Trust (BHT)
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The ongoing second phase
of the partnership between the Trusts and
The Banyan focuses on work at the transit
care facility; strengthening mental health
helpline; and initiating a community mental
health care model
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To deal with the challenges
faced by poor, excluded and vulnerable groups
vis-a-vis health care, the Trusts support
innovative strategies for institutions, such
as The Banyan, which work for a section
of society that has largely been ignored -
destitute, mentally ill women - delivering
specialist care for the mentally ill
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Dr Vishwanatha got in
touch with the Community Health Cell (CHC),
Bangalore, and its Community Health Fellowship
Programme, which, in a way, decided the course
of his professional career |
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The Com DEALL Trust
serves the needs of children with communication
disorders in the ASD - Specific Language Impairment,
Developmental Verbal Dyspraxia, Pervasive
Developmental Disorder and Autism |
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Carving a niche in trying
circumstances, Indian Medical Association
Blood Bank of Uttarakhand (IMABBUK), Dehradun,
is focusing on "social marketing of voluntary
blood donation" to overcome the shortage
of blood in Uttarakhand
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The Trust has been supporting
the Karuna Trust from January 2007,
which focuses on facilitating mental health
care for the homeless mentally ill, through
its transit care centre, mental health helpline,
and the upgradation of the Beggars Home in
Mysore |
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Over the past 13 years,
Latika Roy Memorial Foundation (LRMF)
has been offering a range of activity-based
and child-centered services for children with
mental and physical disabilities
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MOHAN Foundation,
a public charitable trust in Chennai, is involved
in facilitating organ donation and transplant
from cadavers and brain-dead patients
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Through its Small Grants
Programme, the Trust has supported Paripurnata,
a halfway home for destitute, mentally ill
women abandoned by their families, since January
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With a constituency
comprising women, children and the elderly,
Rajasthan Mahila Kalyan Mandal, Ajmer (RMKM)
specially focuses on children with special
needs through its special schools and community-based
rehabilitation programmes |
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On May 16, 2011, Tata
Medical Center, a comprehensive cancer
care and treatment facility, was inaugurated
by Ratan Tata, Chairman, Tata Sons
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