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Methods to Substitute Expensive Disposable Materials by Cheaper Alternatives in Poor Resource Settings


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1 Kasturba Health Society’s Medical Research Centre, Mumbai, & Research Consultant, Ayurved Mahavidylaya, Sion, Mumbai, India
     

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Resource poor countries have difficulty in providing hygienic environment for physical examinations and treatment of poor, rural and tribal populations. Whilst in a private setting in Mumbai patients are able to afford disposable materials; these are not available in general hospitals in the out-patient department (OPD). Hence we are reporting of two innovative methods which we have used in the OPD in a general hospital near a slum area in Mumbai.
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J. Joshi
Kasturba Health Society’s Medical Research Centre, Mumbai, & Research Consultant, Ayurved Mahavidylaya, Sion, Mumbai, India

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Resource poor countries have difficulty in providing hygienic environment for physical examinations and treatment of poor, rural and tribal populations. Whilst in a private setting in Mumbai patients are able to afford disposable materials; these are not available in general hospitals in the out-patient department (OPD). Hence we are reporting of two innovative methods which we have used in the OPD in a general hospital near a slum area in Mumbai.