Open AccessBridging the gaps in health service delivery for truck drivers of India through mobile medical units
Author(s) -
Subrata Chanda,
Sonali Randhawa,
Hardeep Singh Bambrah,
Thomson Fernandes,
Vikas Dogra,
Sundeep K Hegde
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the indian journal of occupational and environmental medicine/the indian journal of occupational and environmental medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1998-3670
pISSN - 0973-2284
DOI - 10.4103/ijoem.ijoem_276_19
Subject(s) - truck , general partnership , unit (ring theory) , municipal corporation , business , medicine , environmental health , transport engineering , engineering , psychology , finance , mathematics education , pathology , aerospace engineering
Truck drivers in India suffer from many lifestyle-related health problems. Providing primary health care services to truck drivers is essential to improve their overall health and well-being. This paper reports the findings of a community-based mobile medical unit program providing nonemergency and basic primary care services to truck drivers along the major highways of India. Piramal Swasthya Management and Research Institute launched this community-based mobile medical unit program, in partnership with Shriram Transport Finance Corporation Limited (STFCL).