By TCN News
The seventh annual India Health Initiative by US-based India Muslim Relief and Charities IMRC to provide medical services to economically disadvantaged members of society in India will take place from February 20 –March 6, 2016, with medical camps in Lucknow, Hyderabad, and Kerala.
This year, ten US-based Indian doctors with backgrounds in internal medicine, family medicine, gynaecology, paediatrics, surgery, geriatrics and emergency medicine, will provide free medical services.
“I was looking for some platform to do service for the needy, and then I came across IMRC health initiatives in India and got to know about their medical aid projects. Since the past four years, I have gone to treat women in Assam, UP, Hyderabad,” says Dr. Farida Ghogawala, a volunteer physician for the India Health Initiative.
For Dr. John Rosenberg, the work is both ‘exhilarating and rewarding’. “It’s not an easy job, but we are making an effort to help people in need.” Dr. Rosenberg said.
In Lucknow, doctors will organise camps at the Jahangirabad Institute of Technology (JIT), Barabanki road, Lucknow from February 20-23, 2016.
In Hyderabad medical camps will be conducted at the Bright Future School (Hassan Nagar), Indo-US School (Kishan Bagh), Shaheen Nagar Markaz, and Indo-US School (Baba Nagar) from February 26-29.
In Kerala, medical camps will be organised in Mukkam, Omassary, Koliwada and the Engapuza villages of Kozhikode District between March 3 and March 6.
The India Health Initiative was started by IMRC in 2010.Since its inception, IMRC has successfully conducted six India Health Initiatives comprising of medical camps across different rural areas, poor localities and slums in India. This annual program is unique because it provides basic education in health care with an emphasis on preventive health care to the community; and provides technical training to the local doctors and medical students.
“This initiative has shown that many illnesses afflicting the poor are preventable, and that these medical conditions are worsened mostly because of poverty, ignorance, and lack of hygiene.” said Manzoor Ghori, Executive Director, Indian Muslim Relief and Charities (IMRC). Last year, about 10,000 patients were seen in medical camps in Hyderabad, Bijapur, and Bangarpet.