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Medical Camps

“Be alert to the call, everywhere, at all times, be ready with the smile, the kind word, the useful suggestion, the knowledgeful care, the pleasant reply. Look about for chances to relieve, rescue or resusicate.”

Free Medical Camps providing care and cure for the sick and needy are

undertaken by Sai Sevadals from Sai Centers around Indonesia. Medical camps are carried out under the supervision of reliable

medical doctors.

Medical Camps Projects are carried out in Medan, Palembang, Bandung, Jakarta, Surabaya, Sulawesi and Bali.

BANDUNG

A medical camp was carried-out by Sai Study Group Bandung on April 17th, 2005 at Dayeuh Kolot – Bandung. One doctor assisted with 10 sevadals provided free medical treatment to 162 patients in that area.

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MEDAN Motivated by Sai message “Love All & Serve All”, Sai Study Group Medan has actively organized a series of Seva Programs during the month of February to June 2005. Medical camps were carried out in the following areas: Pulo Sicanang, Rantau Panjang, Citaman Jernih, Bagan Kuala, Ujung Kubu and Sei Bulu. During the 5 months period of serving the deprived in the surrounding areas; a medical team consisting of 5 doctors and 50 Sai volunteers served a total of 3433 patients. Most of the ailments treated were: Asthma, skin problems, rheumatism, influenza and general check-ups. Free medicines were also given to the patients.

On 3rd of July 2005, they conducted their activities in Rugemuk village, Pantai Labu – North Sumatera. A team of ____ doctors assisted with ____ volunteers examined a total of 319 patients and disbursed free medications.

The seva projects in this multi-ethnic province are being carried-out on an on-going basis regularly.

SAI STUDY GROUP INDONESIA (CENTRAL COUNCIL INDONESIA)

Jln. Pasar Baru Selatan No. 26 Jakarta 10710, Indonesia Phone: (021) 3842313; Fax: (021) 3842312

E-mail: ssg.indonesia@gmail.com

NEWS FROM SAI STUDY GROUP INDONESIA To : Dr. VK. Ravindran (Central Coordinator Zone 4 Region 41 – Prasanthi

Council) – by email From : Udayo Untarya Wijaya Cc : Bp. Ketut Nurcahya (Chairman – SSGI) – by email Bp. Mohan Leo (1st Deputy Chairman – SSGI) – by email Bro. Ashok P. Nanwani (2nd Deputy Chairman – SSGI) – by email Bro. Putu Suwitra (1st Secretary – SSGI) – by email Bro. Anil Kumar Sibal (Korwil I – SSG Medan) – by email Bro. A.R. Bathmanathan (Deputy Korwil I – SSG Medan) – by email Sis. Reshma (Reporter/Translator for Sanathana Sarathi) – by email Date : 13th April 2006 Subject : Medical Camp by SSG Korwil I (North Sumatra) - REVISED MEDICAL CAMP (conducted on 19th March 2006): Central Council Indonesia (North-Sumatra) recently conducted a medical camp at Tanjung Rejo village to help ease the villagers’ difficulty in obtaining medical aid. The village is located at Percut Sei Tuan district, Deli Serdang region, North Sumatra and is approximately 20 kilometers or one-and-a-half hours from Medan city. Bearing in mind their economic constraints and the remoteness of the village from the nearest health clinic, this camp was heartily welcomed and much appreciated by the villagers. The medical team comprised of 4 doctors, 8 pharmacists and 30 volunteers. Also assisting were 7 social workers from the locality, totaling up to 49 people. Together they served 164 villagers. Many of the residents, majority of whom are fishermen, complained of rheumatism, skin ailments due to lack of hygiene and several also suffered from Diabetes. Along with medical aid, the sevadals also distributed food provisions (5kg rice, 5 packets noodles, 1 bar of soap and 1 set of clothing) to 477 families in the village. This came as a treat for them since their living is on bare necessities. Their average income is about Rp. 10.000 – Rp. 20.000 (equivalent to U$ 1.1 – U$ 2.22) per day or Rp.300.000 – Rp.600.000 (equivalent to U$ 33.3 – U$ 66.6) per month. The villagers were grateful to the Sri Sathya Sai Central Council for the medical camp and look forward to the continuity of such acts of compassion in the near future.

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was shown. The keynote speaker was Dr.Upadhyay from London who highljghtedBhagavan's humanitarian work in healthcare,educatron, community service, water projectsand spiriluality. This was fo owed by aninspir ing taik by the well-known Serbian poetVesna Krmpotic on the glory and divinity of SriSathya Sa Baba-

I t N D O N E S t A )About 20 kl lometresfrom Medan, the capital

of Nonh Sumdtrd. s a vt l lage called taniutgRejo. The average income of the people ofthisvi i lage is about $1.1 or Rs. 50 per day. Due 10the economlc constraints iaced by the peopleof this vi l lage logether with the targe distanceseparating the village from the nearest cjty,medicalcare has been neglected Thedevoteesof the Salhva Sai Organisatton ot Inoonesiaconducted a medical camp in this vi l lage on1gth March 2006. Four physicians, eightpharmacists and about 30 Sai volunteers saw164 patients. Consultations were provided forarthritis, dermalology, diabetes and personalhygiene. Free medications were dispensed bythe pharmacists. In addit jon. food packageseach consist ing of f ive ki lograrns of r ice, f ivepackets of noodles, one bar of soap and oneset ot clothing, were distributed to 477 famitiesin the vi l lage. The entire vi l lage was gratefulfor this loving concern and Seva by the SathyaSai Organisation.

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The Bepublic of Belarus was part of thelorrner Soviel Un on. 11 is now independent andits capital is Minsk. A public meeting was heldon 7th Apri l 2006 in lvl insk. About 28 peopleattended the meeting including some whotravelled over 300 kiometres to hearabout Bhagavan. The meeting beganwith screening ofthefi lm "Pure Love".

This was followed by talks by three speakers,each of whom described Bhagavan's globalhumanitarian work. The first speaker wasNatalia Tsedrik, National Coordinator of theSathya SaiOrganisation in Belarus. She spokeon the sjgnif icance of chanting Om and olSathya Sai Baba's global impact on educalionthrough Salhya Sai Educaiion in HumanValues.The second speaker was Talyana Rozhkovaand she described Bhagavan Baba's globalhealthcare mission. She spoke about Swamishealthcare teachings and philosophy as wellas His acts of healthcare service undertakenin several countries. Afler her presentation,the f i lm "His Work" was screened. The thirdspeaker, lvan Dovbnya, spoke about theSalhya Sai Organisatior and i ls aclv,t.es irBelarus, Russia and many ofthe former SovietUnion countries- The meeting concludedwith a video of Russian devotees singing atPrasanthi Nilayam on 25th November 2005on the occasion ol Bhagavan's Both Birthdaycelebrations.

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town which was founded by Peter the Greatand is located in the Leningrad region ofRussia. Sai devotees irom this city hetd aSeva camp on 1sth and 16th Apri l 2006. Thecamp consisied of four activities. The firstwas a medjcal camp where 115 patients wereseen for common ailmenis and preventivecare. The second was a building maintenancecamp in which Sai devotees cleaned pubticbuildings, painted walls and doors, replacedplumbing and repaired foofs. The third was atransportation setuice. The fourth was generalSeva in which devotees delivered 30 boxes

containing several packages of food forveterans and orphans as designatedby the city administrators. Overal l , the

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SEVA REPORT FROM SAI STUDY GROUP INDONESIA To : Dr. V.K. Ravindran

(Central Coordinator Zone 4 Region 41 – Prasanthi Council) From : Udayo Untarya Wijaya – Deputy Secretary SSGI Cc : Bp. Ketut Nurcahya (Chairman – SSGI) Bp. Mohan Leo (1st Deputy Chairman – SSGI) Bro. Ashok P. Nanwani (2nd Deputy Chairman – SSGI) Bro. Putu Suwitra (Secretary – SSGI) – by email Bro. Anil Kumar Sibal (Coordinator Region-I) Bro. A.R. Bathmanathan (Deputy Coordinator Region-I) Bp. Mohan Mirpuri – Advisor SSGI Bp. Phoa Krishnaputra – Advisor SSGI Bp. Pritham Kishordas – Advisor SSGI Bp. Vashdev Lachmandas – Advisor SSGI Bro. Danesh Ram Vatwani – Emergency Relief Tasks (Unit head) Date : 25th September 2006 Subject : Medical Camps @ Kelurahan Martubung (23rd July 2006) & Kuala Langkat (10th September 2006) • Sai Study Group Medan had arranged & organized two major medical camps in the remote village of North Sumatera, as follows: No Date – time Place Type of

Seva/Activity

Number of

people served

Number of

sevadals

participated

Remarks/Notes:

1. 23rd July

2006

• Regency (kelurahan): Martubung, District

(kecamatan): Medan Labuhan, Province

(propinsi): North Sumatra

Medical Camp 332 39 - Comment [UUW1]: Click here for further details.

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No Date – time Place Type of

Seva/Activity

Number of

people served

Number of

sevadals

participated

Remarks/Notes:

2. 10th

September

2006

• Village (desa): Kuala Langkat, District

(kecamatan & kabupaten): Tanjung Pura –

Langkat, Province (propinsi): North Sumatra

Medical Camp

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Food

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295 (medical)

401 families

(food distribution)

42 Food distributed to

each family include:

• Rice: 5 kgs

• Instant noodles: 5

packs

• Sugar: 0,5 kg

• Milk powder: 1

pack

• Vitamin for

children: 1 bottle.

Comment [UUW3]: Click here for further details.

Comment [UUW2]: This coastal village is located in the remote area with a length of journey more or less 2 hours (by boat) from the nearest port (Tanjung Pura city). SSG Medan previously had arranged a similar seva in the neighbourhood of this area (i.e. Sei Serapuh). Please click on the attached file to view the report.

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YOGYA On 7th May 2005, a team of volunteers under Sai Study Group of Yogyakarta organized service programs in remote areas of Gunung Kidul (Purwodadi district, Yogyakarta Province of Indonesia), which covering 5 villages: Duwet, Ngande Ande, Pringsanggar, Winangun and Ngandong. The free medical camp served over 800 patients. A medical team consisting of 8 doctors and 4 nurses saw patients of all ages with a wide variety of ailments, including skin diseases, nutrition problems, arthritic & rheumatic problems and also chest pains.

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BALI During the month of February 2004 an earthquake hit Karangasem village of East Bali. Sai Centers around Bali took up to relieve the distressed families by providing medical aid to the villages. A total number of 205 patients in February and 300 patients in March were provided for. Also in March 2004 in Bangli, Bali a medical camp for the general public was set up. Totally 155 people were served. Again in April and May in the villages of Sidetape and Kayuputih in Bali, 500 underprivileged people were provided with medical aid.

150 people were treated during a medical camp in June 2004 in Tabanan village in Bali. Here the Center was supported by the office of the mayor of Tabanan Free Medical camps were carried out at village Nusa Penida on May 28th to 29th, 2005. Sai workers consisted of 5 doctors, 8 nurses, 5 pharmacists and 69 Sai volunteers; all of them joined hand-in-hand serving 140 patients with a variety of ailments including: rheumatic problems, upper respiratory tract infection, and digestion complaints. In addition to that, the patients were also given personal hygiene counseling, wound treatment and blood sugar check-ups.

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SULAWESI Makassar

Earlier, on 29th May 2005, Sai Study Group – Makassar specifically arranged a medical camp which focused on polio awareness program and dental health service. At that time, the country was in alert with the raising of polio epidemic that started in West Java with 50 children reported to suffer from polio infections. In order to anticipate the spreading of the disease to neighbouring areas, Sai organization in Sulawesi quickly set-up a program to educate the villagers at Kelurahan Tamagapa, Makassar. The idea was to make them understand about the danger of the disease so that they would not fear or reject the immunization program for their children. A total of 105 children also took part in the dental hygiene counseling in which they were taught how to properly brush their teeths. The medical camp was attended by 22 doctors & dentists with the help of 30 volunteers. The dentists also took part in providing tooth extraction & treatment towards 55 patients.

Tentena Since year 2000, the religious conflict has terrorized a certain part of Sulawesi (Poso) that has claimed thousands of victims. The latest incident happened on Saturday morning, 28th May 2005, a twin bombs exploded about 15 minutes apart in a crowded market in the town of Tentena. The blasts killed 22 people and injured at least another 50 In response to the tragedy, Sai volunteers from Sai Study Group Sulawesi arranged an immediate relief plan. Food and medical distribution was organized on 1st June 2005. A team of 5 Sai workers with the help of 5 local police distributed the emergency relief supplies such as food, water, milk, medicines, medical equipments and other basic necessities at the public hospital “Sinar Kasih – Tentena.”

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Palu In May 2004, Palu a remote area in Sulawesi Island of Indonesia carried out a medical camp serving 95 people.

Tolai In addition to that, during the month of April to June 2005, Sai Study Group of Tolay – South-East Sulawesi had conducted a series of free medical camp in three different locations as follows: On 8th April 2005 at Torue village, Dusun III – Torue beach: • 155 patients were treated by 4 doctors assisted by 6 nurses & 4 volunteers. • Treatment provided including: blood pressure measurement, hypertension counseling,

wound and acute gastroenteritis treatment. • The villagers were so enthusiastic and were hoping that the program would be continuous in

the future. On 29th April 2005 at Tanah Lanto, Dusun III: • Number of patients treated was 97 whom were attended by 2 doctors, 8 nurses and 3

volunteers. • Treatment given including: blood pressure check-ups, hypertension counseling, personal

hygiene education & gastroenteritis treatment. On 10th June 2005 at Purwosari village, Sausu – Priono district, South-East Sulawesi: • 2 doctors, 9 nurses & 10 volunteers provided medical assistance for 135 patients. • The medical treatment given to the patients are similar to previous medical camp, with the

addition of diabetes education. • The local people were very delighted to able to receive the free medical service and were

hoping that the same program could be carried-out on regular basis in the future.

NEWS FROM SAI CENTRES

the Sathya Sai School will now come underthis Licence. The Duke of Edinburgh's Otficef i rs t became in terested in the SaiOrganisation when the work of the NationalUK Youth Pilgrimage was brought to theirattention. The London Regional Officer ofthe Duke of Edinburgh,s Award Scheme,Wayne Wreglesworth, said: ,,1 have beenwaiting for an Organisation like this. tf t canleave an Organisation tike this to the AwardScheme before I retire, then t will considermyself a very happy man.,,At present, allboroughs offer the Award in over SOo/o otsecondary schools and there are over35,000 participants from every backgroundand community supported by over 7,000vo lun tee rs . A t p resen t , t he re a re 15independent Operat ing Author i t ies andth i s now inc ludes S r i Sa thya Sa iOrganisation (UK).

Duke of Edinburgh,s Award Ceremonyat Savoy place, London.

A t t he Duke o f Ed inbu rgh ' s AwardCeremony, hosted by the National youthCoordinating Committee on Saturday,3rd September at Savoy place inLondon, 160 youth from the National

UK Youth Pilgrimage received their Duke ofEdinburgh's Award certificates in front of anaudience of 450 people. presiding over theceremony was the Chief Executive of theDuke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme, peterWestgarth, and the Award Scheme's LondonRegional Officer, Wayne Wreglesworth. Bothnotables were extremely impressed with theSai Organisation and in particular the calibreof i ts youth. In h is address, Mr. peterWestgarth stated that they had a lot to learnfrom the Sai Organisation, especially fromits Founder. Furthermore, a formal invitationfrom the Palace will be sent later in the yearfor a pr ivate audience wi th His RoyalHighness, the Duke of Edinburgh, where SriSathya Sai Organisation UK wilt personallyreceive the Licence Agreement from him.Subsequently, the UK National youth Winghas been asked to act as advisers for the

for thcoming SOth AnniversaryCelebrat ions of the Duke ofEd inbu rgh ' s Award Scheme in2006 . Th i s t ru l y i s a h i s to r i clandmark event in the history of SriSathya Sai Organisation of UK anda befitting tribute to our BelovedLord Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Babaduring His 80th year of Love inAction.

2. Medical CampsIndonesia: Since 2000, religiousconf l ic t has ter ror ised par ts ofSu lawes i (Poso ) and c la imed

thousands of victims. On 2gth May 2005, twinbombs exploded about 1S minutes apart in

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Bhagavan's 80th Birthday - by which time

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Free Clinics (All around Indonesia)

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BALI

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MEDAN

NEWS FROM SAI STUDY GROUP INDONESIA To : Dr. V.K. Ravindran (Central Coordinator Zone 4 Region 41 – Prasanthi

Council) From : Udayo Untarya Wijaya Cc : Ashok Nanwani (Secretary – SSG Central Council Indonesia) Date : 19th October 2005 Subject : Sai Clinics in Indonesia & EHV Seminar (Public Meeting)

CCOOMMMMUUNNIITTYY SSEERRVVIICCEE PPRROOGGRRAAMMMMEE::

Sai Study Group Indonesia (Area-I – Medan, North Sumatera) In order to provide free medical services for the poor community in the surrounding area, Sai Study Group Indonesia (Area-I of North Sumatra) since year 1992 have established a polyclinic by name “Sai Mendut” in subdistrict Sunggal, Medan – North Sumatera (note: subdistrict Sunggal had a population of 103,803 in year 2001, area coverage: 15,44 km2 with density of population: 6.722,99 person per km2). Twice a week (every Wednesday & Saturday), for two hours, the polyclinic provides free medical treatment & medications to an average of 50 – 60 patients each day. Most of the ailments suffered & treated including: influenza, asthma, high blood pressure, and tuberculosis. In addition, cataract surgeries have also been carried out regularly to alleviate the patients who are financially handicapped. During the 13 years of their existence in the area, the polyclinic has been well accepted by the local people for they have been greatly benefited by the loving & untiring services rendered-out by the doctors & sevadals.

Sai Study Group Indonesia (Area II – Palembang, South Sumatera) “Medical aid should be the right of every individual, regardless of caste, creed, nationality, or colour” – these are the guiding principles driving all the medical relief activities organized by Sai Study Group Palembang. Since year 1995 or to be precisely, on: 23rd September 1995, Sai Study Group Palembang established “Sai Widhayaka” – a small clinic who rendered-out a helping hand by providing a free medical treatment for those who are financially handicapped in the surrounding neighbourhood. The medical service in this clinic is attended with 3 doctors & 2 para-medics. Every Tuesday they selflessly provide a free consultation & treatment to a total of patients ranging between 180 – 200 person. The composition of patients are as follows: 0 – 5 years old (25%), 5 – 17 years age (8%), and the rest 17 years above (67%). Types of disease treated are mostly: influenza, cough, asthma, hypertension, skin disorders, pregnancy check-up etc. Below here are some feedbacks/commentaries given by some of the patients treated: 1. Mrs. HINDUN (age: 75 years old):

a. No of years being a patient: 3 years. b. Diagnose: Rheumatic. c. Impressions given: The patient is very happy to have her medical treatment in

this clinic, because the doctors & paramedics are carrying out their service wholeheartedly.

d. There has been a good progress in her health. 2. Mr. KADIR (age: 67 years old):

a. No of years being a patient: 9 years. b. Diagnose: High Blood Pressure. c. Impressions given: The patient like to be treated in this clinic, the doctors & para-

medics are very polite. 3. Ms. YASIA SELA (age: 8 months):

a. No of year being a patient: only 1 month. b. Diagnose: Cough & influenza. c. Impressions given by her mother: Her daughter’s sickness were immediately

cured after being treated in this clinic. She also commented that the medicines provided were very good and the doctors & paramedics were providing a fast & prompt service.

PUBLIC MEETING:

Sai Study Group Indonesia (Area I – Medan, North Sumatera) In the year 2005, the education wing of Sai Study Group Indonesia (Area-I – North Sumatra) had organized two events in a form of education seminars. The purpose of the seminars was to provide an in-depth knowledge & skills on how to implement human values in daily classroom activities. The seminars were intended for the local teachers, especially those of Brigjen Katamso public school which is under the direct supervision of Sai Study Group Indonesia (Area-I) and is a school which has been adopted by Yayasan Pendidikan Sathya Sai Indonesia (Education Foundation). The first seminar was conducted on 24th March 2005. As much as 85 teachers participated in the event, they were coached by two specially trained EHV teachers. Upon that, the EHV team observed closely for 6 days the implementation of the training materials in each class. The other EHV seminar was held on 21st August 2005, when Dr. Victor Kanu – who is well-known as one of the ardent devotee of Bhagawan Baba, also an expert in Sathya Sai Educare, visited and gave an inspiring talk in the same school to more than 215 school teachers, students & devotees. The theme of the talk entitled: “Human Values in The School Curriculum – a Synopsis”. The seminar earned a great appreciation from the participants who expressed their thankfulness towards Sai Study Group – Central Council Indonesia for making it possible to hear public talks from respected leaders in Sai Organization.

Note: In order to avoid huge attachments to recipients email, I took the initiative to upload the photos to a website. The high resolution photos for the related activities could be downloaded from the following link: http://community.webshots.com/user/williaty69 (please look at the album: Sai Clinics in Indonesia & EHV Seminar). Please do let me know in case if you find difficulties downloading the photos, alternatively I will send you via emails. Thank-you.

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BLOOD DONATION

Bali

Jakarta

Aum Sairam, The month of April 2007 began very well for the SSG of Jakarta. We organized a medical camp in a very troubled area in Cakung. This is our fourth medical camp in the vicinity during the past 2 months. Over 1500 families live in this area(village) which is several Km's in size. Our medical camps are focused on smaller parts of the village. Reason being, this way we can better focus our attention and slowly but steadily improve the over all hygiene and well being. In this medical camp, we were able to treat close to 200 patients. Cases from skin disease to chronic cough and infection resulted merely due to the unawareness and unavailability of proper medical care. To illustrate this better, we met with a 1 year old girl, whose entire toe had been infected due to a small cut she attained some time back. Terms like disinfectant and bandages are obviously not understood by people with such poor education. Worst part is even if it they did understand, their priority remains feeding the child and since there never is any money left over they simply can't afford to purchase medication. This is why we have gone in to this area week after week with medical assistance. With Swami's grace, we will keep going in week after week. Here are some pictures of the Seva:

Aum Sairam,

Sunday Sewa Report

With Swami’s grace, the medical team went again to Cakung to continue the free camp and rendered necessary medical services on the 8th April, 2007 The team of doctors and sewa dal were able to check on 220 people’s health condition. During the check, there were many patients that came in notice with serious problems. The team had to rush in 4 serious cases to the hospital. A Lady with extremely high blood pressure of 260/170 that could lead to heart attack was taken to hospital immediately. She is now under observation of the doctors. Another Lady with a lump on the neck is also being tested It came to the notice of the team, a young child, who had an external agent blocking deep in ears causing unbearable pain has been admitted. A case of a lady suffering from Aminore (irregular menstrual cycle) is being studied by the team of doctors.

With the intention of serving mankind with love, the medical team will be going in for regular visits.