Sri Sathya Sai Aarogya Vahini
Love on Wheels
Sri Sathya Sai Aarogya Vahini began as a prayer of devotees from Kolkata, West Bengal whowished to be able to serve the poor and underprivileged in their area. They received clearinstructions from Bhagawan regarding all the resources required for a mobile hospital project – fromdoctors, volunteers and diagnostics, to best practices from institutions running similar servicesaround the country as well as our very own Sri Sathya Sai Sanjeevani Hospital in Naya Raipur,Chhattisgarh.
Sri Sathya Sai Aarogya Vahini began as a prayer of devotees from Kolkata, West Bengal whowished to be able to serve the poor and underprivileged in their area. They received clearinstructions from Bhagawan regarding all the resources required for a mobile hospital project – fromdoctors, volunteers and diagnostics, to best practices from institutions running similar servicesaround the country as well as our very own Sri Sathya Sai Sanjeevani Hospital in Naya Raipur,Chhattisgarh.
Inaugurated by Swami in May 2015, Sri Sathya Sai Aarogya Vahini mobile clinic has been providinggeneral health screenings Free of Cost to the adopted villages of West Bengal:
Lives touched: 1341
Specialty Consultations: 480
Surgeries Facilitated: 12
Locations: 8
Facilitation of Specialty Consultations for Village Patients at City Hospitals
On July 10, 2016, a day was meticulously planned for bringing all the referred patients of Natibpur village for specialist consults to the city hospitals of Kolkata. The Sri Sathya Sai Aarogya Vahinimobile clinic was used to facilitate transportation for the patients, right from bringing them from theirvillage till making them reach safely at the end of the day.
On July 10, 2016, a day was meticulously planned for bringing all the referred patients of Natibpur village for specialist consults to the city hospitals of Kolkata. The Sri Sathya Sai Aarogya Vahinimobile clinic was used to facilitate transportation for the patients, right from bringing them from theirvillage till making them reach safely at the end of the day.
Patients that required specific consultations from Specialists were taken to different hospitals inKolkata during the day. The doctors, out of love and compassion, gave complementary consultationsand also facilitated complementary diagnostic tests for the patients. Following the day’s activities, a sumptuous lunch was arranged for all the patients.
Where there is ‘I’, there is no Sai;
wherever there is Sai, there is no ‘I’.
- Baba