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SOCIETY''S MEDICAL STORE (A unit of keral health care seekers mutual service society)

Room No. KM 11\1068D Thangals Complex,

Main road Kottakkal 676503

Dear friends

We, an activists group   of Malappuram Dist of Kerala  the most drug consuming dist in India,  recently formed a  society – kerala health careseekers mutual service society – to intervene in the market of essentials to healthcare

 Here are some statistics that remind us of the challenges in the Indian healthcare domain:

·         Over 30% people in rural India and 20% in urban India don't seek treatment for lack of financial resources.

·         Every year nearly 39 million people in India are pushed into poverty because of ill-health.

·         The common man spends 72% of out-of-pocket expenditure on drugs.

·         India's current public spending on health at 0.94% of GDP is among the lowest in the world.

In such a scenario, the work undertaken by kerala healthcare seekers mutual service society gains significance. The  society , through its direct intervention programs at primary healthcare level and through sustain lobbying & advocacy on health policy with state & national governments .

Our first venture is a life saving  drug store chain   running on no-profit no- loss basis  to reduce the cost of drugs .Along with  this  we wish to promote the necessasity of generic drugs among health careseekers  . This initiative is mainly targeted to help  the marginalised community. This has been able to effect positive changes in the communities it serves.

Awaiting your co operation

Rajankalam

Executive director

9446769476

rajankalam@gmail.com

khcs.mutualservicesociety@gmail.com