Fr. Joe Pereira, Founder Trustee of Kripa Foundation alongwith Dr. Sharmila Donde, Dr. Sweety Mety and Vasai Region AIDS Control Society
Board Board Members, inaugurated a free medical camp for Parkinson Disease at Kripa
Foundation, Papdy,Vasai on 25th March 2018. Dr. Donde in her inaugural
speech mentioned, how it is an urgent need , to spread the message of how, if
Parkinson Disease is detected early, it can be managed well in advance. Dr
Donde thanked Fr. Joe and Kripa Foundation for the support and cooperation given to Parkinson
Disease and Movement Disorder Society in reaching out to the people of
Virar- Vasai region.
Fr. Joe thanked the Directors ,Doctors and office bearers of
P.D.M.D.S and further added that “With the help of P.M.D.S it’s time to spread the
awareness about the disease, so that senior citizens who are living in a caged and
depressed lifestyle with Parkinson disease, can be freed and live a happy retired
life, especially in our remote arrears of Vasai –Virar”. He further mentioned
that this, he has personally witnessed, by seeing the difference in the
individuals before and after they keep coming to the EVERY TUESDAY SESSION FROM
11 AM TO 12 NOON at Kripa Foundation Vasai, where professional Doctors,
Counselors, and Physio- Therapist team from P.M.D.S with the component of Kripafoundation Iyengar Yoga™ visit the OPD. Every Tuesday there is a remarkable numbers are increasing.
More than 150 citizens benefited from this camp and even
there was free medicines distributed for those who need them.
The Medical camp was blessed with the presence of
V..V.M.C Corporators Shri. Santosh Walvikar and Dr. Hemant Patil along with VRACS Board
Members Mrs. Evette Coutinho and Mr. Jagdish Shetty and prominent personalities
of Papdy and Vasai and staff of Kripa
and VRACS.
Report By
Amit Patel
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