October 2014 Medical Camp

The Shri Onkar Singh Memorial Trust organised its fortieth free surgical cum medical camp in the small and remote village called Kapkot in the Bageshwar district of Uttarakhand State during the period October 12 to 18, 2014. Kapkot is a small picturesque village on the route to Pindari glacier, some 500 kilometres from Delhi, situated on the banks of the Saryu river. The camp was held in the premises of the Community Health Centre (CHC, Kapkot).

April 2013 Medical Camp at Jammu District – new hospital!!

Jourian Camp November 2011

The Shri Onkar Singh Memorial Trust conducted their twenty-ninth free surgical cum medical camp in the remote town of Jourian of the Chhamb-Jourian fame from November 6, 2011 to November 12, 2011. The Chhamb-Jourian sector came into prominence during the 1965 and 1971 wars with Pakistan. This sector became the famous ‘graveyard’ of the much acclaimed Patton Tanks in the Indo-Pak war of 1965. The town is some 46 kilometres from the main Jammu city and 28 kilometres from the historical town of Akhnoor. There is a Community Health Centre (CHC) in Jourian, administered by the Block Medical Officer (BMO) posted at the Sub-District Hospital, Akhnoor.

Attari February 2011

Vidhyachal November 2010

August 29, 2010 – September 4, 2010 – Dwarahat, Uttarakhand

The twenty-fourth free surgical medical camp was helod in the picturesque village of Dwarahat, a hilly town in the Almora district of Uttarakhand. The camp was held in the local Government hospital at Dwarahat.

April 4 – April 10: Ranbir Singh Pura (R S Pura)

The Shri Onkar Singh Memorial Trust has been continuing with its benevolent work, providing free surgical and medical treatment to thousands of poor and needy patients. The Trust held its twenty-third free surgical cum medical camp at the peripheral town of Ranbir Singh Pura (R S Pura) in the Jammu district of the J & K State. Only some nineteen kilometers from the city of Jammu, R S Pura is close to the Indo-Pakistan border. Before the partition of India in 1947, this town was on the railway line connecting Jammu with the now Pakistani city of Sialkot. After partition, Jammu remained without a rail link with the rest of India till the nineteen-seventies when the Pathankot-Jammu line was established.

November 2009 – Bhagdevar Village, Vindhyachal

November 2008 – Bhagdevar Village

October 2008 – Basholi Medical Camp

The Shri Onkar Singh Memorial Trust (SOSMT) organized their eighteenth free surgical cum medical camp in Basohli, a hilly town situated about one hundred and seventy kilometers from Jammu. Basohli was chosen because there is a substantial poor and needy population in this region requiring medical attention.

April 2008 – Medical Camp in Bhaderwah

November 2007 Medical Camp – Bhagdevar Village

The Shri Onkar Singh Memorial Trust (SOSMT) conducted its sixteenth free surgical camp in the sacred ashram of Devaraha Hans Baba in Bhagedvar village, Vindhyachal, District Mirzapur. The poor population of this area, widespread medical problems and the limitless affection and benevolence of Hans Baba are amongst the special draw for the SOSMT to offer its services at this locale.A total of 2, 272 patients attended the outdoor medical camp.

March 2007 Medical Camp – Bhadarwah Jammu

In March, 2007 a medical camp was held in a place called Bhadarwah, which is a small township in the Doda district of the Jammu Province of the Jammu and Kashmir State. This place is approximately 230 kilometers to the north-east of the city of Jammu (which lies about 600 kilometers to the north of Delhi). There is a small Sub-District Hospital located here which is under the control of the Government of J & K State. The Director of Health Services of Jammu had asked if we would hold a camp in this place for the poor patients of the hilly surroundings. He offered us the premises of the Sub-District Hospital to carry out the camp activity. This provided us some infrastructure which helped for a more effective camp.

February 2005 Camp – Mirzapur District of Uttar Pradesh

The February 2005 camp held in the Bhagdevar village, Vindhyachal, in the Mirzapur district of Uttar Prades was the tenth free surgical camp held by Dr. K S Charak and the SOSMT team of volunteers. Vindhyacha is situated some seven hundred kilometers east of Delhi. The venue of the camp was the sacred ashram of the exalted saint, Devaraha Hans Bab. Vindhyachala is a place of pilgrimage. The ancient temple of the goddess Vindhyavasini attracts hundred of thousands of pilgrims during the Navaratri celebration. Material prosperity, however, is not the lot of many here. The surrounding areas are inhabited by extremely poor people who can ill afford treatment for even the most elementary of ailments.

February 2005 Camp – Mirzapur District of Uttar Pradesh

Sunderbani is some eighty kilometers from the city of Jammu. This poorly developed region of the state has been further devastated by militancy sponsored by the neighboring Pakistan. The free medical service rendered to the inhabitants of this area turned out to be a godsend for them.

The choice of Sunderbani as the venue for a medical camp came from Shri Rajinder Mani, the DIG of the Border Security Force (BSF) at Jammu. Shri Mani happened to meet Dr. K S Charak in Delhi and the two of them discussed the possibility of extending medical help to the people from the highly backward area of Sunderbani. The BSF are not only involved in providing security to the people in the border areas but also extend help to them in various ways. Dr. K S Charak readily agreed to this suggestion and a week-long surgical cum medical camp was held.