Articles about medical camps, medical clinics, and hospitals
On 16th November 2019, 40 healthcare professionals and nearly 70 SSIO members, including SSE children from the Sathya Sai Centre of Charlotte, North Carolina served 156 residents of low-income neighbourhoods at a medical camp at the Bethlehem Center of Charlotte. Services included health screenings, paediatric…
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As part of the Sathya Sai Village Improvement Program (SSVIP), the Sathya Sai Centre in Colombo has adopted Moratuwa village, a community lacking essential services that is located in Western Sri Lanka. On 29th December 2019, SSIO volunteers from Colombo screened over 200 patients at…
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Based on the positive feedback received from participants of a Cognitive Therapy Workshop in December 2018, the Medical Wing of the SSIO of Canada organised workshops between 28th April and 23rd June 2019 to help people with life challenges and self-management. In the first workshop…
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In early August 2019, 132 volunteers from USA, Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and UK took part in an international volunteer camp in the northwest region of Russia. Organised about 240 km from St. Petersburg, the camp included activities in medical services, repair and construction, social services…
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On 13th September 2019, volunteers from the Sathya Sai Center of Jaffna conducted a medical camp in the remote village of Malligaitheevu in Northern Sri Lanka. Seven doctors, 2 medical students, 1 pharmacist, 3 nursing staff, and 11 volunteers provided loving care to more than…
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Two veterinarians and 17 volunteers from the SSIO in Nepal provided loving care to 112 cows, 16 bulls, 69 calves, and 4 goats at a veterinary camp in Shivasatasi Dham region of Nepal on 16th August 2019. In addition, all wounds were cleaned and treated….
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Every year during the Esala festival, thousands of devotees visit the holy land of Lord Skanda in Katharagama on the South-East side of Sri Lanka. These pilgrims make the arduous journey by walking, and then set up camp along the banks of the river adjoining…
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On 27th April 2019, SSIO volunteers from the Greater Hartford Sathya Sai Center in Hartford, Connecticut partnered with Grace Lutheran Church and Wheeler Clinic to offer free health screening in the neighbourhood. The Grace Lutheran Church which hosts a free dinner every Friday night serves…
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On 16th June 2019, SSIO volunteers from Singapore travelled to Batam, the largest city in the province of Riau Islands in Indonesia, to organise a medical health screening camp at the Sathya Sai Centre in Batam. SSIO volunteers from Medan and Young Adult volunteers from…
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Kroonenburg is a small village of about 67 families in a former coffee plantation in the Commewigne district of Suriname. On 21st July 2019, 19 SSIO volunteers including 11 Young Adults organised a medical camp in Kroonenburg. A doctor, with the help of the volunteers,…
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