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Welcome to Medical Relief for India

Written by Radhe Pfau

In the year 2000, Dr. K S Charak and a small team of medical volunteers set out to provide free surgical and medical treatment to the poor and needy of rural India. They established the Shri Onkar Singh Memorial Trust (SOSMT), a charitable foundation in India, through which they hold week-long camps in select rural areas. Bhagdevar, Vindhyachal and Bani are just a few of the towns where the camps have been held due to the unbridled poverty and severe lack of medical care in these regions. To date, fourteen camps have been successfully conducted. Over 19,000 men, women and children have received treatment as out-patients with approximately 1,500 requiring admittance to the make-shift hospitals for more serious ailments and surgical procedures.

Please take a few moments of your time to watch an amazing video taken of Dr. K.S. Charak and his team of volunteers at a recent medical camp in India.The video was taken by Samvedana,a non-for-profit foundation in Europe, which also supports the free medical camps.

Monetary donations, medical materials and volunteers allow this crucial and benevolent service to reach the millions that continue to suffer. The cost is less than five dollars per patient, but becomes onerous when one considers the number of people that still need aid. Furthermore, to provide stable and continued care, Dr. K S Charak and the SOSMT have a pressing need to acquire land to build a charitable hospital.

To support this charitable cause and aid in the plight of the indigent of rural India, the non-for-profit Foundation has been established here in the United States. Its principal mission is to provide Medical Relief for India by providing funding to SOSMT in India. Find out how you can help support this cause. {Please note, if you are viewing this site from a location outside of the United States and are interested in in supporting, find out how you can help support.}

November 2009 Medical Camp - Bhagdevar

Written by Administrator

The SOSMT held their November camp at the sacred ashram of Devaraha Hans Baba in the Bhagdevar village, some 700 kilometers from New Delhi. The camp was held in accordance with the SOSMT resolve to hold at least one such camp at this venue every year. The poor people of this area are desperately in need of good surgical and medical care. SOSMT has been holding a camp here every year since the year 2005. Click here for additional pictures of the Nov. 2009 camp activities.

The pre-camp spadework started on October 2, 2009, as Dr. Charak visited Vindhyachal. He left appropriate instructions with the ashram administration to prepare for the forthcoming camp. The operation room and the adjoining area meant for postoperative patients required thorough cleaning. Permission for holding a health camp had to be sought from the local health authorities. Written material in the form of pamphlets announcing the dates for the camp requested to be distributed in the adjoining areas. Simple blood tests, X-rays and ultrasound examinations during the camp were organized in the vicinity of the ashram.

Next Medical Camp to be held in Jammu - March 5th, 2010

Written by Radhe Pfau

The SOSMT plans on holding a Mini Medical Camp of only three days duration in the village of Nougran in Jammu region from March 5-7th, 2010. This will be a purely medical camp with no provision for surgical procedure. However, here the SOSMT will select surgical patients for their next regular camp which will be held in another new location close by. This will be the border town of R S Pura.

Also, SOSMT has procured a piece of land in a village called Nougran, near Jammu, adjacent to Bishnah. Some construction pertaining to a charitable hospital has already been started there. (See article below on left) It is likely that, in not too distant future, medical activity would be started on a regular basis there, in addition to the usual surgical cum medical camps in different parts of the country.

Dr. Charak

Dr. K S Charak holds the degree of Master of Surgery from the University of Delhi (India), and Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons from the UK. Presently he is the Head of the department of surgery at the Indira Gandhi ESI Hospital, at Jhilmil in Delhi (India). Dr. K S Charak leads the charitable organization, SOSMT, which is devoted to providing free surgical and medical care to the poor and the ailing in the rural areas of the northern India. Your contributions to the Samjivani Foundation are directed to the work of SOSMT.

Plans to Construct a Hospital

Written by Radhe Pfau

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While the free medical camps go a long ways to assisting the poor in rural India, the need for a home-base from which to operate the satellite camps has become an increasingly pressing issue for Dr. K S Charak and his team of volunteers. As a result, efforts are now underway to acquire land in Northern India and build a charitable hospital. The charitable hospital would also allow for the continued care and monitoring of those admitted for surgery at the medical camps, if required. Additionally, local residents in the rural area would be offered a means for stable and continued medical care.

Given sufficient funding, it is estimated that the acquisition of land, subsequent construction of a hospital and adequate staffing is a three to five year initiative. Efforts to procure a piece of land for this purpose are already underway.

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