Our Achievements
Spanning the last two decades, the trust has grown in its structure, activities, and stability.
Spanning the last two decades, the trust has grown in its structure, activities, and stability. It is time for us now to enlarge our activities to reach the community in larger measures in the next decade. To understand how we started and developed over the period, we can see the following brief notes on the different milestones crossed by the trust:
The Initial Steps
- 1.The trust supported publication of News Letters to primary physicians – Arthritis News and further extended the support for the publication of patient education booklets in local language.
- 2.In the initial few years, the trust conducted many medical camps in rural and semi-urban areas to increase awareness regarding arthritis and also to identify patients in the early stage of disease.
- 3.Non-affordable patient support started with the active support of CRICR and CDL.
Patient Support
As per the request of some supporters and donors, we have evolved a system of direct one to one support to patients from individuals or organizations so as to help the non-affordable patients to overcome the difficulties of expenses related to their needed treatment, in full or in part including any required followup medical management.
More than 100 patients are already supported from the trust. The trust has extended support for a total of 1200 followup visits for all of these patients including disbursal of available drugs from the trust drug bank.
Steady Developments
- 1.From the year 2003, till date the trust has led the organizing of the Annual CME programme ChanRe Update with the support of CRICR and CDL. This annual programme has seen 17 editions attracting many practicing physicians and post graduate students.
- 2.Continuation and enlargement of patient support system by standardized evaluation to identify the needy non-affordable. A few examples are Free Consultations, Free/Subsidized Investigations, Subsidized hospitalization charges and Free Drug Dispensing, etc.
Diversification of Activities
Conduct of different educational programmes for primary physicians / professionals in the form of many scientific programmes.
Recognition of Talent
To find out the nascent talent in the postgraduates in medicine, the trust is doing an annual programme of "IARET Award of Excellence for Postgraduate Research in Rheumatology & Immunology".
Focussed Awareness Programmes
On the occasion of World Lupus Day
12th May 2023
- Autoimmune Disease and Lupus Awareness Programme with 100+ participants
- Yoga and Lifestyle in Lupus and Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases
- Medical Exhibition on Immune System, Rheumatology and Autoimmune diseases
- Sangeetha Sambhrama
11th May 2022
- Virtual Awareness talks
- Walkathon
15th May 2021
- Virtual Awareness programme on treatment, remedies, pain relief, balanced diet, etc. for public, patients and medical community.
- Release of documentary on Lupus Awareness Patients
11th May 2019
- Release of the book “Lupus”
- Awareness Talk and Interaction session with patients
- Walkathon
Medical Camps & Programmes
A dynamic list of our continuous efforts to reach out to the community.