Mahabodhi
International Meditation Centre (MIMC), over 3-decades old educational and
spiritual NGO based in Leh (Ladakh) has appealed to the international medical
community to extend their support to the health services in remote Himalayas . Doctors are given a call to join the Global
Doctors Association of the Himalaya (GDAH).
The medical care available in the high Himalayas is inadequate for the local communities. There
are not enough well-equipped hospitals with qualified doctors. To provide
medical care to some of the poorest people and those living in the remotest
villages of the Himalayan region, Bhikkhu Sanghasena, a Buddhist leader and founder of MIMC, established the Mahabodhi Karuna
Charitable Hospital (MKCH) in 1995 at the Devachan campus of MIMC in Leh.
MKCH has been delivering medical treatment
with the help of senior doctors retired from local government hospitals and
visiting volunteer doctors from around the world. The need to upgrade and
revitalize the MKCH, and expand its services to the remote regions of the Himalayas has prompted Bhikkhu Sanghasena to start a separate
initiative dedicated exclusively to medical care called GDAH.
“GDAH is an initiative to bring together
doctors and medical professionals from around the world to deliver medical care
and generate awareness on health and disease prevention in the Himalayas . It aims to serve as a platform for meeting,
interaction, discussion, planning and execution of healthcare programmes in the
Himalayan region. Doctors and medical professionals who are motivated to serve
humanity are welcome to be part of GDAH,” said Mr Narvijay Yadav, General
Secretary, Save the Himalayas Foundation (SHF), Chandigarh Chapter.
A group of doctors
from Germany conducted a
medical camp at the Mahabodhi
Hospital recently. A
large number of Ladakhi patients attended the camp and got treated. The
patients included both old and young men and women. A total of 931 patients
attended the camp. Reconstructive plastic surgery was done on 35 patients and
701 Gynea patients were screened during the 10-day medical camp. Cotact GDAM: 011-26181109, gdahimalaya@gmail.com
German Doctors volunteer at Mahabodhi Karuna Charitable Hospital, Leh (Ladakh) |
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