Medicare

The right to effective medical care is one of the most fundamental basics of human society and it should be available to all irrespective of ability to pay. However, in some parts of the world, this is not the case: either the quality of treatment is not good or, if it is good, then it is expensive and unaffordable.

Sri Sathya Sai Baba highlights the need for doctors to step forward and meet this pressing need to serve society in the best way possible:

“Doctors should serve the poor with a spirit of sacrifice. There is no greater service than this. As man is the embodiment of God, it is his primary duty to help the destitute and the forlorn. Medicine should not be commercialised. It is meant to promote a heart-to-heart and love-to-love relationship between doctor and patient.” – Sri Sathya Sai Baba (Divine Discourse, 05 July 2003).

Leading by example, Sri Sathya Sai Baba initiated the building and running of state of the art super speciality hospitals in Puttaparthi (Andhra Pradesh) and the Kadugodi district of Bengaluru (Karnataka). Staffed by world class surgeons and nursing staff, all of whom are volunteers, these hospitals offer the finest treatments across a range of medical conditions. All of this is free of charge.

The Medicare drive continues closer to home within the UK through preventative and curative education drives.

Regular health webinars are run by highly experienced and expert doctors and medical professionals across a wide range of common illnesses, diseases and therapy areas. Prominence is given to both physical and mental health topics. As these are streamed online, they are open to the entire country for all to benefit.

Looking at the links below, the range of topics covered becomes evident:

Please follow this link and watch these webinars on the Sri Sathya Sai Organisation UK youtube channel

In-person health clinics

There is a long track record of hosting medical camps in Africa and Asia where high quality treatment is provided by trained medical experts from the UK free of charge.

Some of these have been individual (even solo) undertakings of doctors, dentists and opticians who have organised small scale mini medical camps themselves.

Others have been large and complex trips, taking months to plan and involving over a hundred volunteers including non-medical personnel who provide vital logistical support so that the medical teams can do their work.