Apollo, WWF renew deal for healthcare for forest staff

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Upasana Kamineni Konidela, Vice-Chairperson, Apollo Hospitals Foundation   -  The Hindu

Hyderabad, February 14

Apollo Hospitals Foundation and conservation organisation WWF-India have renewed their existing partnership to provide medical support to frontline protection staff and local communities.

The MoU was signed by Upasana Kamineni Konidela, Vice-Chairperson, Apollo Hospitals Foundation, and Karan Bhalla, COO, WWF, here on Wednesday.

Larger partnership

The renewal is an extension of a larger partnership launched in 2015 to provide immediate medical support to frontline protection staff and local communities in areas where WWF-India is actively working along with the State forest departments for species and landscape conservation.

Under the new partnership, effective for a year starting April 2018, medical support will be provided across 18 States, including Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

The partnership covers health screening camps for frontline forest staff and community members, specialised medical treatment to frontline forest staff or cases including (but not confined to) grievous injury due to attacks by wild animals; fall from elevated areas (like hills or machines); accidents while patrolling in vehicles, among others.

The existing deal covers over 27,000 staff members and people in areas of WWF-India operations. They are provided with medical treatment, including air ambulance services in critical and emergency conditions.

Published on February 14, 2018
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