In many interior villages of Kathua, the nearest doctor is hours away — and for an elderly person with joint pain or a child with a recurring fever, those hours might as well be a world.
How the camps work
We set up camp with volunteer doctors, nurses and pharmacists in a school, panchayat hall or under a tarpaulin in the village square. Patients are registered, seen by a doctor, receive free medicines from our partner pharmacy, and follow-up is noted for the serious cases.
What we screen
- General OPD and basic diagnostics (BP, sugar, haemoglobin)
- Eye and ENT check-ups
- Women’s health awareness sessions
- Referrals for cardiology, orthopaedics and surgery in town hospitals
The quiet part
The camp is the visible part. The quieter part is follow-up: the elderly patient who needs cataract surgery, the child who needs a specialist — we arrange transport, paperwork and sometimes funding for these. Health is not a one-day event.
A doctor once told me, “You bring the patients to us; we’ll bring the care to the people.” That partnership is what makes these camps work, year after year.