Swasthi Foundation

Swasthi Foundation was founded in the month of December, 2012. The organization was the culmination of the dreams and subsequent hard work of socially minded, humanitarians, like Abey. While they knew that all ills in the society cannot be removed together, they decided to take up the deadly scourge of cancer. They rightly concurred that the best course of action was early detection followed by prompt and effective treatment ’Swasthi Foundation , started this campaign by getting the voluntary help of Qualified Doctors , in their spare time, to help in the detection of various Cancers . This continues to be a very successful move that has had an impact on many lives. Swasthi Soukhyawas set up as a next step to the detection and continues to function to date. Sneha Thalam, is the name of the project that coordinates these activities. ’Swasthi Foundation has so far run three campaigns and is launching the fourth, in its fight against cancer. The first campaign was the screening of 9842 cases for breast cancer. Of these 947 were referred for further evaluation. . The end result showed 8 cases as malignant. And hence treated, The examinations involved a cross section of the society cutting across age lines.The second campaign was the screening for Oral Cancer detection. Through 42 camps 3527 cases were screened , detecting 15 cases of Oral Cancer.The third campaign was a combined oral and breast cancer detection camps and the detailed report is awaited. The fourth campaign is on the drawing board. ’Swasthi Foundation has always acknowledged the pivotal role of the police in protecting the freedom and rights of citizens. However what is often forgotten is the welfare of the men behind the uniforms and their families. As a token of appreciation of their service Swasthi launched Rakshaka Raksha,, the free cancer screening, for breast , Oral, and Cervical cancers for policemen and their families. A free ophthalmology test camp , aptly named, Kaval Kannininu Kaval, is being run by Swasthi Foundation. Socially aware , ’Swasthi Foundation has taken into account, the spate of atrocities on women, an d started , in conjunction with SAI and LNCPE , martial arts and mental conditioning of women, under the name Sneha Jwala. Along with Indian Army, Pangode , Swasthi, has plans to launch Green Pangode Clean Pangode drive, to tackle Waste Management issues and to enhance the environmental protection drive. The other partners in this drive are Asianet Broadband, Saraswathi Vidyalaya and, Pangode Kendriya Vidyalaya. The destitute have also not missed the eyes of Swsthi. As of 19 March 2017, the health concerns of all inmates of the Trivandrum Yatheenkhana, Vallakkadavu, has become the responsibility of ’Swasthi Foundation, and this is likely to be extended to Aakasha Paravakal, an institute for mentally challenged, run by Vettucaud Church. Ever conscious of socio-economic realities ’Swasthi Foundation, has realized the need of the hour for the the modern day professional, with his myriad stresses and the ailments that come with it.. Swasthi Destress clinic is the new project in the pipeline along with Jothydev Diabetes clinic, to alleviate these modern day lifestyle curses.