Articles about medical camps, medical clinics, and hospitals
The Ranchito is a community of people living in extreme poverty in Monterrey, Mexico. In desperation, homeless people had built makeshift homes there of cardboard and wood, or cement in a few cases. The settlement was subsequently destroyed by a fire in 2014, rendering 23…
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Four times a year, the SSIO serves needy residents in the southern outskirts of Lima. Volunteers provide services in general medicine, obstetrics, dentistry, and psychology, and distribute medicines, free of cost. On 19th July 2015, the SSIO sponsored a medical camp in Ticlio Chico, Lima.
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In November and December 2015, the SSIO of Croatia undertook two service activities for the needy in the village of Letovanic near the river Kupa, continuing work started in 2014 in cooperation with local fire-fighters, after the village was impacted by a great flood.
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The SSIO of New Zealand hosted a Rongomai Community Day for the third year on 17th October 2015. Rongomai is a disadvantaged community, supported lovingly by Sathya Sai volunteers in New Zealand. The programme, themed “Be the Love That You Are,” focused on animals as…
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The SSIO of USA, Mid-Central Region, organised an annual health fair on 3rd October 2015 at the Holy Trinity Church and Parish Center in St. Ann, Missouri. This year’s medical camp evolved into an event focusing not only on healthcare but also on the social…
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As previously reported, in November 2013, the Philippines was hit hard by Typhoon Haiyan, in which the area near Tacloban was destroyed. The SSIO began offering humanitarian relief to the victims within days, and disaster relief efforts have continued up to the present date, including…
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The SSIO of Brazil held a medical camp at Capão Valley in Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, one of the most underprivileged regions in the country on 4th and 5th June 2015. Health care services were provided by a dedicated medical-professional team of 15 doctors, four
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Since 2009, medical and service camps have been offered regularly in Northwest Russia. From late May to early June 2015, SSIO members organised a camp in the Leningrad region to provide medical and social assistance. More than 40 volunteers joined
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The SSIO of Botswana has operated the Sathya Sai Baba Free Medical Clinic, every Sunday for the past eight years. An eye clinic is also offered twice a month for examinations and providing of spectacles, and a dental clinic is held monthly, on Sundays. In…
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For the third consecutive year, the Sathya Sai Centre in Mombasa, in cooperation with other charitable organisations, arranged cataract surgeries for rural community residents. Volunteers screened 218 potential patients and identified 17 needy people for cataract surgery.
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