Projects

Ambulance Service

   The RHINO-Sacred Trust Organization started its operations with the start of an ambulance service in February 2010. Mr. Seshagiri Muthya, who is a philanthropist and a trustee of Sacred Trust, donated the RHINO-Sacred Trust Ambulance. The ambulance services patients ranging from accident victims to pregnant women.

RHINO-SACRED TRUST MEDICAL CAMP - 2010

   The RHINO-SACRED TRUST medical camp was held from August 19th - August 25th 2010. We treated 345 patients over the course of the 7 days. We administered basic physicals measuring and recording height, weight, abdominal circumference, blood pressure, and blood glucose. We conducted a study to investigate the incidence of diabetes and hypertension. The following table summarizes the results of our study.


Characteristic Value
Age (years) 46.9+16.44
Males 62.2%
Weight (kg) 54.11+12.44
Smoking 23.8%
Alcohol use 20.3%
Activity > 8 hours daily 64%
Vegetarian diet 99.7%
BMI 20.67+4.16
Systolic BP (mm Hg) 125.53+17.12
Diastolic BP (mm Hg) 80.92+10.87
Blood Glucose (mg/dL) 129.12+55.36
Diabetes 10%
Hypertension 40.4%

Planned Future Projects:

1. RHINO-Sacred Trust Medical Lab:
        RHINO-Sacred Trust plans to open up a blood-testing lab in order to better serve patients.

2. RHINO-Sacred Trust Medical Camp - Summer 2012:
        RHINO will conduct a medical camp in June 2012 to provide basic check-ups for patients.

3. Health Education:
        RHINO-Sacred Trust will distribute brochures to educate and raise awareness of various health issues.