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FREE MEDICAL CAMP
Medicare has been high on the agenda of social activities of Sri
Sathya Sai Seva Organisations worldwide, ever since Bhagawan has
constructed a small model hospital in Puttaparthi way back in 1960s to
cater to the needs of Puttaparthi village. Over the years this small
act of service has grown in gigantic proportions to come up with two
world class Super Speciality Hospitals, one at Puttaparthi and the
other in Bangalore. Inspired by Bhagawan’s message of providing free
medical care to the poor and downtrodden, Sri Sathya Sai Seva
Organisations, Andhra Pradesh (Hyderabad, Guntur, Visakhapatnam, East
& West Godavari, Kurnool, Anantapur and Krishna districts) recently
organized Preventive & Primary Health Medical Camps in selective
villages surrounding Puttaparthi on 16th 17th, 19th & 20th July 2005
as part of Guru Purnima celebrations.
Pre-camp door-to-door survey was conducted in these selected villages
and awareness was created among these villagers on the importance of
keeping their houses neat and tidy, to take proper care about health
and hygiene and were advised to get expert counseling by specialist
doctors on various faculties of medicine who were visiting these
villages on an appointed day. The villagers were also intimated that
poor patients requiring operations and specialized treatments would be
taken to the concerned places and provided with free medicare,
boarding and lodging facilities free of any charge.
Medical check up was done on these villagers by a team of specialists
with the assistance of paramedical and sevadal volunteers on 16th,
17th, 19th and 20th of July. Patients were advised to strictly adhere
to the dosages prescribed and some of the patients were identified for
operations and some were issued spectacles etc. Hearing aids were
distributed to some of the identified patients.
 Simultaneously
Bal Vikas camp was also conducted in these villages as Bal Vikas
teachers gathered children from these villages, arranged classes and
enlightened them about healthcare and hygiene. These children were
also examined by the expert medicos. Relevant patient details were
stored in computers and special identity cards were issued to all the
patients including children to enable smooth follow up action in
future.
Inspired by the service activities of Sai Volunteers, some youth, four
girls and five boys, all B.Ed. students from Anantapur district joined
the force to render their might. The following were the villages
benefited by this exemplary service done by Sri Sathya Sai Seva
Organisations, Andhra Pradesh. Vengalamma Cheruvu, Kambala Parthi,
Bonthalapalli, Narsingapalli Tanda, Diguvacherlopalli and Bandlapalli.
Yes, these volunteers had imbibed the great lesson from Bhagawan’s
life that human life is most precious and should be handled with
utmost care, love and reverence.
Source: sssbpt.org
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