125 staff members were given Covid Vaccine in January 2021.

A new satellite centre was inaugurated at Bhinar village, to provide rational and affordable health services to the tribals of Vansda.

Gram Seva Trust staff members donated 29 bottles of blood on 19th Dec 2020, in the blood doantion camp organized with the help of RedCross Blood Bank, Navsari.

Dr. Rahul Patel (Gynaecologist) and Dr. Khushboo Patel (Paediatrician) have joined the hospital in October'20 and will be giving full time services here. We welcome them to our team.
 

Friends, the Covid 19 pandemic has affected all, not just medically but also economically and socially. Gram Seva has been trying to help the patients coming to the hospital for medical services, by continuing its hospital activities day and night.

Gram Seva celebrated the silver jubilee of the organization this year. The organization was started in 1994 with the aim of health care and rural development in tribal area of south Gujarat.

The annual free medical and surgical mega camps were organized in the interior villages of Dolvan Ta.Vyara and Vangan Ta.Vansda this year. More than 2000 patients attended the camps and about 173 were brought to Kharel Hospital for further medical and surgical management.

Gram Seva conducts free eye camps every month wherein free checkups are done, free spectacles are given and free cataract surgeries are also done. Total 10 such eye camps were conducted in last 8 months, with the support of team of Rotary Eye Hospital (Navsari) and individual donors, in which 1631 patients were checked, 888 were given spectacles and 191 cataract surgeries were conducted.

The Childline foundation, India, has been providing helpline services to children throughout the country. Gram Seva has been selected by Childline Foundation, to provide these services in Navsari district. We have formed a childline team, which along with the support of district child protection department, police, and local governing bodies shall try to help any child aged 0 to 18 years, in any type of difficulty. These are free services and any child or parent or guardian or any well-wisher can call on 1098 to avail these services. If any child needs counseling and guidance, it shall also be provided. These services are available 24 * 7.

One afternoon, a second time pregnant Sitaben (name changed) from interior village of Dang was brought to our hospital in a very serious condition.