We closed our day at Sub District Hospital Magum and were loading people and supplies onto the buses. But the patients kept coming, following the doctors. Having too much compassion to say no, they continued to write prescriptions from the bus. Such is life on the road with the relief work. -Scotti
16 Oct 2014, Bandipura, Jammu Kashmir Sub district hospital at Bandipura was short of doctors the day we reached there. After a short meeting with the Chief Medical Officer, Dr Bilkis and other officials, our doctors started attending to the needy. Our Gynae doctors got an emergency call. It was a delivery case. The […]
When our Telemedicine unit and ambulance unit arrived in Jammu, we were in Kashmir and came to know that the national highway had closed down for three days due to some bad road conditions. But where there is a will, there is a way. Few days before this, we had met a person (Sharma) who […]
The Community Health Centers at Hajin and Magam have regular medical staff, but thousands of people showed up when they heard our team was there to supplement their work. After seeing a doctor, many are sent for blood tests in the Amrita Mobile Tele Medicine Unit. Blood is drawn in a clean, quiet environment reducing […]
Today I joined the Amrita Hospital (Amrita Institute of Medical Science) Jammu and Kashmir Medical Relief Team who have already been working here four days. We set up at a small clinic in the rural village of Naidkhai, Bandipora District, Kashmir. This clinic is normally served by a single doctor for a population of 40,000. […]
6th October, Bandipura, Srinagar, Kashmir We reached Bandipura after going through beautiful Himalayan roads. On the way we passed the Wullar lake, which is the Asia’s biggest lake. Lot of flooded water had flown in Wullar as well and we were told that many animal carcasses as well as human dead bodies had also flown […]
On 6th October, Hon. minister Rajnath ji flagged off the telemedicine unit and Ambulance unit from India gate, New Delhi. Rajnath ji personally visited both units and was glad to see the capabilities of both units. Talking to the reporters, he said, “Amma is doing a lot for the society. She is an embodiment of […]
Amma makes things happen… In most cases it is more getting out of Her way that we have to do. And then Amma works…. Well actually She always does. We had planned to distribute tarpaulins and medicines and health supplements for children in parts of Udhampur. We had had very clear discussions with an officer […]
Amma says – “Just as when our left hand is hurt, the right arm moves to give succor, to apply medicine, and to caress the hurt arm without any need to think, so too should we serve the ailing and needy”. Though India is diverse it is one, so when Kashmir is affected there is […]