The project will focus on providing medical assistance to the underprivileged. Credit: Darko Stojanovic via Pixabay.

The Smile Foundation has expanded its alliance with athenahealth by rolling out a second mobile medical unit in Bengaluru, India.

The new mobile medical unit has been launched as part of the Smile on Wheels initiative, which offers free medical care to underprivileged and underserved communities.

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The partners launched their first mobile medical unit in August 2021 to provide primary healthcare to the residents of Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

The first unit is said to have served more than 25,000 people.

Smile on Wheels mobile medical units are funded by athenahealth’s corporate social responsibility programme, athenaGives.

Apart from boosting healthcare accessibility in Bengaluru, the second mobile medical unit will also focus on informing residents about safe motherhood.

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It will be offering pregnant women all the prenatal care needed during pregnancy, as well as during childbirth itself. The project will also focus on minimising maternal mortalities.

Smile Foundation co-founder and executive trustee Santanu Mishra said: “Ensuring the proper healthcare for children and young mothers is crucial for the people of Karnataka.

“We are glad to take our partnership with athenahealth further and to complement the healthcare efforts of the government.”

Smile on Wheels operates well-equipped mobile medical units, with a team of specialised doctors, nurses, and medical staff.

To date, the project has delivered free healthcare services to over 1.5 million children and families across India.

Gillian Perron, head of athenaGives at athenahealth, said: “We are proud to partner with Smile Foundation to support patients in underprivileged communities in India.

“Maternal health is a global issue, and we look forward to continuing to work with organisations both in India and the United States to help improve pregnancy and childbirth outcomes.”