The rest of the week was spent on field visits to rural villages. Here we could see first hand how CINI is helping families. We followed a CINI health worker to carry out health checks on a number of children around the village. The main aim of these visits is to ensure the child is growing and gaining weight properly; to find out if there are any health concerns and to make sure the child has been immunised. Each child is given medical record card in which the weight of the child is monitored on a growth chart and all immunizations are recorded. These visits are carried out monthly from birth until the age of 5.
We met one mother, Deeti and her 8 month old son, Arup. The health workers were very happy with the progress of Arup’s growth and felt he was developing into a healthy, strong child. However, at 5 months Arup had a bad episode of gastroenteritis and his weight dropped as result. Thanks to his mother’s vigilance and his medical records, CINI’s health workers quickly identified that he had developed Grade 2 malnutrition. Deeti and Arup were admitted to the NRC for three weeks and Arup’s weight was stabilised with the help of his mother and staff at CINI.
We met one mother, Deeti and her 8 month old son, Arup. The health workers were very happy with the progress of Arup’s growth and felt he was developing into a healthy, strong child. However, at 5 months Arup had a bad episode of gastroenteritis and his weight dropped as result. Thanks to his mother’s vigilance and his medical records, CINI’s health workers quickly identified that he had developed Grade 2 malnutrition. Deeti and Arup were admitted to the NRC for three weeks and Arup’s weight was stabilised with the help of his mother and staff at CINI.
We also met a few pregnant mothers who are visited regularly by CINI health care workers to ensure the pregnancies are progressing well and to identify any problems which need to be referred for medical attention. We met Sarita, who is 8 months pregnant with her third child. She told me that CINI health care workers have visited her regularly during her pregnancy. At 5 months, she sought the advice of a health care worker as she was experiencing abdominal pain. She felt confident that CINI would be able to help her and was seen by a CINI doctor who referred her for further medical treatment at a government hospital. The problem was treated and she returned home shortly after and is now looking forward to the birth of her third child. Sarita told me she was very grateful for the support of her health care worker and from watching the two women talk; I could see that Sarita had great trust and confidence in her Didi.
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