Free Medical Camp
A week back we organized free medical camps for the villagers at Sangla and Rakcham in association with Mission Mohhabat an NGO working for the welfare of the Kinnaur. With no doctors or clinics these people are more often exploited by quacks and the road side bone-dust seller announcing their wares with microphone and music.
Free medical camp at Rakcham
Just a generation back the staple diet for the villagers was Buckwheat pancakes and farm fresh veggies which gave way to rice, wheat, dal and other things. Any species takes quiet some time to adjust and adapt to new lifestyle and foods. And sometimes it can be thousand of years before the system gets fully tuned. Even a few hundred years back our ancestors used to carry huge loads, walk long distances and eat farm fresh unmodified begins and fruits. A change from those habits with the advent of technology is already taking its toll in terms of heart diseases, obesity among other ailments. It will take quite sometime before we get adjusted but again there will be further change and we don’t know how the otherwise unique biological system will cope up with such advancement(?) We got a Naturopathy Practitioner from Delhi who agreed not to promote any particular service or product. He is skilled in reflexology and acupressure and managed to provide some relief to quite some patients suffering from migraine, joint pains etc.
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We managed to attend about 130 patients suffering from various ailments. We also distributed free medicines mostly enzymes, supplements, general medicines. The majority suffers from arthritis and osteoporosis due to load bearing and food habits. I assisted in checking BP while Tania attended to the women folk who felt comfortable with her. What we need now is a child specialist to check the kids who seemed to be victim of maggi, kur-kure and center-fresh in the contraband format. Also needed is a gynecologist for the women folk here. My plan is to organize free medical camps as frequently as possible and at different locations in these region. Participation in any form is most welcome 
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