Organization for Rare Diseases India

Our Objectives Rare Diseases Patients Helpline and Helpdesk: ORDI runs a national rare disease hotline (+91 8892 555 000) to hear the needs of rare disease patients. ORDI will setup a dedicated helpdesk with the goal of enabling patients, access to information and resources to guide them through the process of diagnosing and dealing with the rare conditions affecting their health and quality of life. ORDI develops and maintains a public website, a patient portal, organizes awareness campaigns, and an annual rare disease conference in India. Organize sponsored clinics that are at no cost to the rare disease patients by inviting national and international medical and research experts for selected rare diseases. The scope for this is enormous as there are 7000+ rare diseases and 70+ million patients in India. We will identify 5-10 diseases for the first couple years and coordinate clinics for them in metro cities with attendance by surrounding rural patients to the extent possible. Rar...