Fiji Sai medical camp – Volunteer registration now open for limited time.
Required: Medical and Dental Professionals, Clinicians, Nurses, Opticians, Para-Medical and General Volunteers
With Blessings and Divine Guidance this year’s medical camp was held from 14 to 19 August on the Fijian island of Vanua Levu. As usual the service was a combined Australian and Fijian Sai service activity providing free of charge medical and related services to the people of Fiji. There were 57 volunteers from Australia and 6 from Fiji. The Australian volunteers came from as far as Western Australia.
Locations of Medicare Camps and Conferences
Healthy ageing is about enhancing opportunities for good health, so that older people can take an active part in society and enjoy an independent and high quality of life. Canberra doctors along with the Sai Medical Unit of Australia will conduct a healthy ageing workshop on 2nd of April.
Registration for the 2016 Sai Medical Services free medical camp to Fiji 2016 is now open. Interested persons may obtain details of the camp and registration form enclosed.
The Sai Medical Unit has despatched medical goods and arranged for members to undertake medical service activity in overseas locations.
You may read reports detailing the history of the Sai Medical Unit below:
Sathya Sai Baba Organisation has centers in 157 countries world-wide. For administrative purposes, the Organisation is divided into worldwide zones and has regions in those zones. Sri Lanka falls into the same zone as Australia. International relief for the 26 December Tsunami and subsequent earthquakes in the region has followed the Relief Response Pathway. This pathway has three stages, incorporating but not limited to:- immediate aid and assessment; recovery aid, and long term rehabilitation and recovery service.
Joint UK-Australia Sai Medical Camp took place in 14 March 2005. Areas visited included northern Sri Lanka, at Dr Ponnapalam Memorial Hospital on Puthukudyuiruppu, Mullaithivu.
During 2007, a two week medical camp was provided to Fiji with over 40 medical and allied personnel participating. Volunteers from Australia, New Zealand and the USA participated and provided free medical care.
Fiji has no Neurological Unit
The Fijians do not have a neurosurgical service or a dedicated neurologist. They have a CAT Scanner and radiologist at the Colonial War Memorial Hospital in Suva.
The Sai Medical Unit was established in April 1998. The SOFT program began in Western Australia in 1999. CPR training was given to devotees in NSW, Victoria, Queensland, ACT and Western Australia. Medical equipment has donated and sent overseas.