Medical equipment's were donated to the Kotagiri Medical Fellowship Hospital (KMF), a 50-bedded hospital in the town of Kotagiri, located in the hilly Nilgiris District of Tamil Nadu, India. The hospital caters to approximately 1000 patients every month, 50% of which comprise of tea estate workers and manual labourers involved in non-formal work.

The below equipment were recently donated:-

• Diathermy valleylab 
• Vaporizer for anaesthesia machine
• Double Dome OT Light
• Pulse Oximeter
• BP apparatus for Pediatrics

About the Hospital

KMF hospital has a history of serving people, not just from Kotagiri but from all over the Nilgiris District. There is still no reliable hospital facility in the entire district where one can go in a time of serious sickness or emergency. An informal survey showed that most people, regardless of their financial ability, are forced to travel 2 hours or more to Coimbatore for almost every kind of serious illness. Many, especially those with cardiac problems, stroke and other critical illnesses worsen or perish along the way. This is especially true with those who are economically disadvantaged. Therefore a need was felt to donate medical equipment to this hospital so as to help the efforts in catering to the medical needs of the entire district.

Priya Dutt Roncon Aliasgar Sadequian Nikita Padora Andrea Gogri Zaman Husseini