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Charity calls, US docs hold camps in villages
WSN Network 

Amritsar: A group of 35 US doctors visited Amritsar and Tarn Taran districts, organised free medical camps, distributed medicines, performed operations and checked over 1,000 patients in the last week. The doctors, who left for home on Sunday, said they were touched by the sufferings of the people lacking medical help but learnt that the doctor-patient relationship is quite strong in India, unlike in the US.

Having come as volunteers under the banner of the Arpan Global Charities (AGC), the doctors, all from California, said a lot is yet to be done for common people here.

“Global efforts are required to eliminate diseases prevalent here like asthma and tuberculosis,” said Dr Stephenie Foe.

Local AGC coordinator Minoopal Singh said the doctors are earning millions in the US and wanted to regularly visit developing countries to provide medical services. “They visited various hospitals and villages and performed 120 operations at the local EMC hospital, including heart, orthopaedic, eye operations and correction of deformities,” said Singh.

“This is our 20th mission. We have visited Brazil, the Philippines, China, Kenya, Morocco, Thailand, Lithuania, and Vietnam for medical camps. Many doctors do not understand local languages but treat patients with dedication and care,” said Dr Sudeep Kukereja, a neonatologist of Indian origin in California.

Dr David Hick, another member of the team, said they were shocked to see the suffering of the poor, who cannot afford costly medicines. “It is a rich experience for us to realise that there is a bigger role for doctors across the world to get united to free the earth of sufferings,” he said, adding that their camps were for one week and they would like to come again.

27 January 2010
 

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