The Endosulfan Victims’ Welfare Foundation, Udupi is a recently registered trust dedicated to provide help to endosulfan victims in 12 talukas of Karnataka. The main objective of this trust is to assist the government agencies to provide medical aid, to conduct survey of disability suffered by victims and to get them the benefit of rehabilitation centers. Most of the doctors practicing in Puttur, Bantwal,Belthangadi and Sullia taluks have registered as volunteers for this programme.
On the availability of the data, experts say that four to six children are born every day with inborn physical abnormalities. Scanning all the pregnant women in endosulfan affected areas for possible fetal abnormalities is necessary, since most of these women are from poor families and they never opt for routine scanning procedures. Fetal scan during the 19th week of pregnancy can help identify fetal abnormalities and facilitate timely interventions.
