Raphael Ryder Cheshire International Centre

District

Dehradun

States

Uttarakhand

The objective of the SE Programme is to generate awareness about Persons with Disability (PwD) through advocacy; identify and assess children and young adults with intellectual & other developmental disabilities (such as, but not limited to Autism, Cerebral Palsy & Down Syndrome); educate & train children with disabilities (CwD) to realize their potential and facilitate their rehabilitation in the family and community. SE activities are carried out both on and off campus. The focus on campus is on functional academics; language and communication skills; and the acquiring of daily living, house-hold, domestic & vocational skills. The emphasis, throughout, is on ‘inclusive’ learning and activity.

The objective of the TB Control Programme is to assist the Uttarakhand State Government in the control –detection, treatment and prevention– of TB. RAPHAEL is a government designated Directly Observed Treatment Short Course (DOTS) Centre. Its TB Control Programme is run in accordance with guidelines laid down in the National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme (NTEP). Its facilities include a 20 (12 male; 8 female) bed hospital; an Out-patient Department; and a clinical laboratory capable of the full range of investigations for TB. Patients detected with TB are registered and given a unique NIKSHAY Identity Number. Those who are able to return to their homes are provided with a ‘referral’ & free medication for a limited period. They are then instructed to report to their local DOTS centre to continue with their treatment in accordance with the RNTCP. Only those patients suffering from acute tubercular infection & ‘shared symptoms’ and deemed unfit to travel are admitted in the hospital. They are discharged with a referral & medication only after their general condition improves. It is this latter ‘in-patient’ facility that makes RAPHAEL’s TB control programme unique. Whereas medicines for the treatment of TB are provided by the district medical authorities free of cost the expenditure incurred on supportive treatment (to include diet) of patients admitted in the hospital is borne by RAPHAEL.

District

Dehradun

States

Uttarakhand

The Life-long Care Programme is a legacy of the past. When RAPHAEL first started it began by caring for Leprosy Cured Patients (LCP) rescued off the streets. Over the years, the civil administration has found it convenient to entrust RAPHAEL with the care of other PwD who have nowhere to go. Their custody makes it obligatory for RAPHAEL to acquire legal rights of guardianship in each case and provide each individual with the necessities of accommodation, food, clothing, medical care and, where possible, occupational therapy.