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- JSW Foundation has released the 2026-27 Village Visit Calendar for its four Mobile Health Units in Sandur taluk, Ballari district, at an event held at the Taluk General Hospital, where Sandur MLA E. Annapoorna flagged off the units.
- The units, run with Apollo Telemedicine Networking Foundation, serve 90 villages and have treated around 67,000 patients at their doorsteps since inception till April 2026, with the foundation investing about ₹1.5 crore in the services.
- Each unit carries a doctor, pharmacist and patient facilitator and offers consultations, lab tests, counselling, home visits, medicines and referrals, with records kept digitally on a mobile app.
- The calendar tells villagers when the units will visit so they can plan treatment in their own villages, easing travel costs and helping detect chronic conditions like diabetes, hypertension and asthma early.
What to watch next
- Whether villagers use the published visit dates to make greater use of the MHU services, as the foundation has urged
- Whether doorstep care reduces the patient load at Sandur's Taluk General Hospital, as the MLA noted it should
- Whether early detection and management of chronic conditions such as diabetes, hypertension and asthma improves with regular visits
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Named India · Asheesh Jain · Ballari district · Bharathi Palanisamy · Harish · Kiran Govind · Mayuresh Bapat · Sandur · Shrikanth Hegde · Taluk General Hospital · Apollo Telemedicine Networking Foundation · E. Annapoorna · Health department
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