Sahaita held two medical camps in India. One on September 11,2005 and the other on September 25, 2005.

 

September 25, 2005

Free Health awareness and eye Camp, Raipur Sagnewal, and Distt. Jallandhar, Punjab, India

A free medical camp was organized and nearly 250 patients were screened for various diseases and had check up for diabetes, cholesterol and blood pressure by Dr. Harkesh Singh Sandhu .All those patients who needed medication were given free medication and told to follow up with regular physician in the area when they run out of medications. We also distributed health education material in Punjabi including the Sehatnama. At this camp people from nearly 10 surrounding villages were examined. Dr.Rajinder Singh saw the patients who needed eye examination and 12 patients who needed Cataract and other eye surgery were told to come to Ludhiana by special taxicab next day and received free eye surgery by latest technology.

 

September 11, 2005

Members of Sahaita organized a Free Medical and Eye examination Camp at Chinaur, Distt. Kangra in Himachal Pardesh. There were nearly 400 patients evaluated and screened for Diabetes, High cholesterol, Blood pressure and other diseases and were given free medications By Dr. Rajinder Singh, Dr. Santosh and Dr. Harkesh Singh Sandhu. More than 50 patients were found to have Cataract and were brought by special bus to Ludhiana. They received free Cataract surgery with folding lens implants using the latest Phaco-emulsification technique by Dr. Rajinder Singh and his staff. Post -operatively these patients were seen in Chinaur at by Dr. Rajinder Singh and his staff to make sure the surgeries were successful. This was the 14th year for the eye camp at this site, which is a very remote area, and patients sometime traveled very long distances to avail of this opportunity. Sehatnama the Hindi version was distributed free of cost to the patients.