《部落浮世繪》 the man joined the first India-Pakistan war－

Home visiting 8

Recorder: Belinda Henda

Location	Dabaichia
Religion	Hindu
The number of family	Totally7 members	Father (Retired army), Mother, Daughter (Farmer)
		Son (Police officer), Daughter-in-law, Grandson , Granddaughter
Finance source	Retirement pay, Selling crops
Water source	Well(half an year ago) Pumping the water from well(as the electricity is available) Separating drinking water and water for bath with cover
Animals	5 Buffaloes, 2 Oxen, 5 Goats (For milk)
Crops	Corn, Rice
Diet	Non-vegetarian (Especially eating fish) Main food : Chapatti , Roti
House	No toilet , No bathroom

There are 7 members in this family. Their daughter haven’t finished her education after the sixth standard. After the tenth standard, their son became a police officer. Most of food they eat is planted on their own. In 1971, the head of the family joined the first India-Pakistan war, since which Bengal was independent from India.

They feel uncomfortable sometimes, and they would go to see a doctor. However, they would make wine sometimes, which is the tradition of this tribe. It doesn’t take much money; therefore, they might take wine as organic medicine. Something caught our focus: the mill to grind grain into flour.

About the physical examination result, they have severe teeth problems like tooth decay and teeth dental calculus. And his wife has hypertension. She took medicine regularly. However, when we checked her blood pressure, the systolic blood pressure was higher than 150 mmHg. Maybe changing the medicine would be a good way. Plus, we suggested her not to eat too salty food to prevent from worsening.

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