02.01.2021
The Doctor Who Charges Only 3 Cents to Save Lives.
Dr.Ravindra Kolhe is a doctor and an Indian activist who has spent more than 37 years of his life improving the lives of people living in the tribal areas of Melghat, Maharashtra. Dr.Kolhe is famous across the country of India as an "Rs.1 doctor" as he charges Rs.1 or USD 3 cents for his medical assistance. Dr.Ravindra Kolhe is working with his wife, Dr.Smita Kolhe to look after the tribal people and help them in leading healthier lives. Dr. Ravindra Kolhe and Dr. Smita Kolhe have transformed the lives of the tribals of Melghat. They have improved health outcomes in the area and helped the villagers gain access to electricity, roads and primary health centres. Dr Kolhe has also extended his work to areas like farms, power generation and labour wages. Apart from consultation, the husband and wife team have also been active in creating awareness about women’s health and education. Dr.Kolhe's work with the tribal people helped him in reducing the infant mortality rate in the region from 200 per 1000 to 40 per 1000 and the pre-school mortality rate dropped from 400 per 1000 to 100 per 1000. Credit: in the now
Poverty deprives people of adequate education, health care and of life's most basic necessities- safe living conditions (including clean air and clean drinking water) and an adequate food supply. The developed (industrialized) countries today account for roughly 20 percent of the world's population but control about 80 percent of the world's wealth.
Poverty and pollution seem to operate in a vicious cycle that, so far, has been hard to break. Even in the developed nations, the gap between the rich and the poor is evident in their respective social and environmental conditions.
Poverty and pollution seem to operate in a vicious cycle that, so far, has been hard to break. Even in the developed nations, the gap between the rich and the poor is evident in their respective social and environmental conditions.
