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Welcome to Medical Relief for India |
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Written by Radhe Pfau
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Medical Relief for India is a non-profit organization dedicated to programs which provide free medical care to the poor and needy in India. One such program is the SOS Memorial Trust (SOSMT), a charitable foundation established by Dr. K S Charak. The SOSMT, through Dr. K S Charak's leadership, provides free surgical and medical treatment to rural India by holding 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. Please take a few moments of your time to watch an amazing video 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.
To support programs as the SOS Memorial Trust, the non-for-profit  Foundation has been established here in the United States. Find out how you can help support such causes. {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.} |
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March 2012 SOSMT Medical Camp |
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Written by Administrator
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As a part of their commitment to provide free medical service to the poor and the needy, the Shri Onkar Singh Memorial Trust (SOSMT) organized their seventeenth free surgical cum medical camp in the hilly town of REASI, some seventy kilometers from Jammu, and thirty kilometers further from the holy town of Katra. A total of 1919 patients were examined and treated in the outdoors during the whole duration of the camp. Operative work was conducted on five days, from March 17 to March 21. The SOSMT had several patients who had been suffering from their ailments for years without seeking any treatment, partly because of non-availability of treatment and partly because of their ignorance. Most of the gall bladders that were operated on had extensive adhesions suggesting long standing disease and repeated attacks of inflammation. Similar was the case with other patients, like those with kidney stones, etc. The local staff in the District Hospital was generally co-operative and helped us as much as was feasible for them. The SOSMT is planning two camps later this year. One camp will be in October 2012, somewhere in Jammu, either in a new location like Ramban or in an old and well-tried one like Basohli. The second camp will be held in Vindhyachal in the ashram of Hans Baba. |
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SOSMT has began construction of hospital |
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Written by Radhe Pfau
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The SOSMT has constructed a small building at Nougran as a part of their larger plan for a hospital with the aim of providing free medical and surgical treatment to the poor and the needy. If all goes well, the SOSMT shall try to hold some of their future camps in the premises of this building. As and when the resources are available, the hospital structure will be constructed.
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 surgery department at the ESI Hospital, Basaidarapur, New 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. |
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Written by Radhe Pfau
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The Foundation invites you to join hands with us in providing medical relief to the under served in India through initiatives similiar Dr. K S Charak’s free medical camps. There are several ways you may choose to support such causes. The Foundation graciously accepts monetary donations of any amount. You may make a donation through PayPal, see right hand bar "Donate Online", or send a check. Additionally, Samjivani serves as a liason between free medical programs in India and interested volunteers from the U.S. 
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