Lions Child Development Centre ( Newsflash )

Lions Child Development Centre at Niloufer Hospital was built by District 324C-2 within the hospital premises. Project Administrator for the same is Lion A Vijay Kumar PDG.
The Proposal came up during the fag end of his tenure and it took years for the land to be handed over for the project. Lion Vijay Kumar put in his best efforts to mobilize donors though, his tenure as Governor was over long back. He invested his own funds also in the project to get it completed. The project though commenced and was serving thousands of mentally challenged children that came up for treatment and physiotherapy at Niloufer hospital, was to be inaugurated by Honorable Chief Minister of AP Y S Rajashekhar Reddy on 15th August 2009.

In the mean while a plan to demolish an adjacent old building and construct a new Seven Storied building was proposed and accepted. Lions Building though in a corner of the land, was mandated to be demolished to leave a corridor all around the proposed building as per the Fire Safety norms.

The news was shocking and Lion A Vijay Kumar met the Hon. CM and petitioned him on the matter on 2-7-2009. The CM was kind enough to understand the gravity of the situation and directed the Superintendent of the hospital in the matter. Ultimately it was on 11-8-2009 Dr. P Sudershan Reddy, Superintendent of Niloufer Hospital wrote a letter to the Hon CM offering a floor area equivalent to that in the existing building in the proposed new Building with same and better amenities for the mentally challenged children. (Letter Ref. is RC.No.A1P/NH/2009/902).

Dr. Sudershan Reddy, Superintendent wrote to the CM

Quote… “ I also placed before them that the efforts made by the Lions Club to build Child Development Centre is laudable and we need their continued involvement and co operation in future rendering service to the “ At Risk” babies. As per the request made by Ln. A Vijay Kumar, during the discussion and also in his letter dated 02/07/2009 adressed to Honorable Chief Minister of A.P. we can accommodate, association activities in the coming New-Multi-Storied Building- 324C-2 Lions Child Development Centre with equal floor space and with good infrastructure and other opportunities such as naming “ 324C-2 Lions Child Development Centre” as requested by Ln. A Vijaya Kumar.”…. Unquote.

In this connection District Team led by Lion A Natraj, DG, Lion SS Malhotra VDG I Lion A Vijay Kumar PDG, Senior Lions Lion Manoj Kumar Purohit and Lion M V Chary visited the Hospital premises on 24th August 2009 at the invitation of the Superintendent. Some useful and healthy discussion took place. The need to protect the Project and apt reorganization of Lions Contribution in the project was stressed by the team upon the Superintendent. The team visited the Premises of the Lions Child Development Centre along with the Superintendent and took important photographs of the building.

Follow up is definitely needed in the matter right up to the CM level till we get the appropriate space and recognition in the new and modern Building.
Lion Vijay Kumar is committed to follow up the matter. The entire District is behind him in his efforts. All of us should be committed to see that project is appropriately shifted in the new premises and the contribution of Lions be befittingly recognized.