THE PLACE AND THE PEOPLE

The Place:

INDIA is indeed a land of opportunities , does it sound strange ? In fact the whole world is a land of great opportunities ! All depends on what we are looking for! let us just take you to a very tiny part amongst the vast land of ' opportunities '.

 An opportunity to provide Basic health care.

Kamagiri is in the forest range of Bettamugulalam, now under Krishnagiri district.
The nearest health center is about 12kms away. The nearest government surgical center is 60 kilometers away. For fairly major emergencies the closest is 100+ Kms.

The People:

The Beneficiaries and The Benefactors
The needs of mainly three groups are being addressed. Two of them are the sons of the soil.

what is in the bundle?  (please click picture)                  Patients awaiting Surgery during a camp.

The Beneficiaries

1) Lingayats
Higher caste as per their tradition. Pure vegetarians, how ever have been introduced to alcoholic beverages. Some of them send their children to available schools.

2) Irulas or Poosalis
Considered 'lower' in the cascade of the caste system! They are poorer and live by the produce of the forest and 'any accessible bovine' creatures. Most of their children have to be forced or coaxed in to schools by the government or local non-governmental organisations.

3) Settlers
From the plains, have become economically better because of their links with the people outside and literally dominate the native inhabitants.

The Benefactors

Most of our sponsors from our family do not want their names to be mentioned in any form. The first and foremost being a group of doctors from Nagercoil, headed by a very senior member of our profession Dr. Benjamin.

Many others (doctors, nurses, paramedical workers, medical students, church members and philanthropists) both institutions and individuals, Manford Allianz, Delhi; St.Andrew's Church (Kirk) chennai, African Christian Fellowship, Oklahoma City; Geneva Campus Ministry, Iowa City.Journey's crossing,MD.  

Though all of our sponsors strongly object to publicity I can never ever fail  to at least make a mention of the names of these two couples, Mrs & Mr. Anand Richards and Mrs & Mr. Irwin of Bangalore as I strongly feel that through them and many of our beloved kith and kin and also through our professional colleagues who have in fact blended as an extended family, our dear God has reassured us of His approval.

List of visiting voluntary medical specialists:

Our most esteemed visitor was late Dr. Benjamin, (Retd. Director of Medical Services), who was instrumental in initiating this project with the seed money of Rs.55, 000, collected from a team of doctors from Nagercoil. Later this team led by Dr.Mrs Evangeline Ebenezer, Dr. Ebenezer and Dr.Mrs.Sishya Sunil was the first to visit our centre.

          DISTINGUISHED VISITING CONSULTANTS

ANAESTHETISTS
Prof. P.Devarajan, M.D,D.A(Cpt); Dr. Biju Koshy M.D.(C.F.C.ODC), Dr. Ravi D.A, Dr. Rajaram, D.A. (CPT), Dr. Gopalakrishnan, M.D.(Cuddalore), Dr.Sheeba, D.A. (Chennai), Dr. Mrs. Selina Joel, Dr. Senthil, (Dip.N.B.) (Chennai), Dr.Murali M.D D.A, Dr.Ravi D.A (Chennai), Dr. Madan (M.D), Dr. Prabhakar, A:B (Boston Children's Hospital), Dr. John Rajakumar, M.D. (N.H, Bangalore), Dr.Mrs.Kalavathy Moses M.D, Dr. Bharath (C.S.I, Rainey, Chennai) Dr.Mohankumar(cpt),Dr.Hester(CSI Rainey),Sr. Shalini(CSI-Rainey)

SURGEONS
Dr. Chandra Asirvadham, F.R.C.S, F.R.C.S; Dr.Moses Christian (Calif), Dr.B.D.R. Paul (Mysore), Dr. Elangovan, M.S,M.Ch;(Chennai). Dr. Raja Billigraham, M.S.(Cpt), Dr.Giridharan, M.S:M.Ch:Chennai, Dr Mohanavel, M.S,M.Ch.(Chennai), Dr.Selvaganapathy M.S.(Cpt). DR. Hariharan, M.S,M.Ch.F.R.C.S; Chennai, Dr.Rajesh, M.S:F.R.C.S, Dr. Nelson M.S.(M.R.C.S.), Dr.Arasu, M.S; Dr.Vijayarajakumari, M.S.(Apollo, New Delhi), Cpt, Dr.Jaison M.S(C.S.I.Rainey) Dr.Saravanan, D.N.B, Dr.Venkadachalam, (Vinayaka Medical College, Pondicherry), Dr. Deepak M.S; Dr. Gopi, (Dip.N.BSurg) (Chennai), Drs. Bharanidharan, & Govindarajan (Ch.M.C), Dr.Kumaresan, Dr.Minnie, and Dr.Rajiv (Chennai.), Dr. Elumalai (M.S, CPT).Dr.Rabindar Boaz,M.S.(Chennai),Dr.Raja,M.R.C.S,D.N.B, (Chennai) Dr.Sasidharan,M.S.(Laporoscopic Surgeon,cuddalore),Dr.Azhagu Ganesh M.S.;Surgeons in the making-Dr.Caleb,Now grooming as an surgical oncologist)& Dr.Jayaprakash.,Dr.Dinesh, Dr.Beulah,M.S,(CSI-Kalyani)

GYNAECOLOGICAL CONSULTANTS
Dr. Christy Ganapathy, M.D.,D.G.O., Prof. A.R.Chakravarthy, M.D.D.G.O   (CH.M.C.CPT.), Dr. Paul,M.D,D.G.O. (C.F.H. O.D.C), Dr. Mrs. Revathy Alwar M.D, D.G.O. (Chennai), Dr. Mrs .Minnalkodi, M.D, D.G.O.(Cpt), Dr. Mrs.Shanthi Paul & Dr.Ms.Suguna (Mysore), Dr. Mrs.Mithra Dhanaraj M.D, D.G.O. (Chennai), Dr. Mrs.Anita Benjamin M.D; D.G.O, (c.s.i.Kalyani)  Dr.Mallika Chidambaram M.D.D.G.O, Dr.Bethammal  M.D.D.G.O.(Chennai), Dr.Mrs.PremaDavid, (Consultant,CSI-Kalyani), Dr.Sudha,M.D.D.G.O,(CPT),Dr.Vidyashree Srinivasalu,M.D,(Hosur),Dr.Cynthia,(chennai)

EYE SURGEONS
Dr. Mrs. Rangini Sundararajan,Dr. Parikumar (Dharmapuri), Dr. Daisy John (Bangalore),Dr.Mrs.Mukil Mohanavel.

E.N.T. SURGEON                 Dr. Sundararajan (Chingleput)   

DENTAL SURGEONS             Dr. Narendran, Dr.Mrs.Krithika Dr.Mrs.Santhana Sam (Surandai,Tirunelveli).

PEDIATRICIANS                 Dr. Mrs. Percy Sumithran, Dr. Kirubakaran,
Dr.Christopher Wesley, Dr. Mrs. MalathySathyasekaran (Ped.G.E.)

Nutrition Scientists.           Drs.Sumithra Muthayya &Dr.Prashanth                        

          Cardiologist.                     Dr. Subash Chandra(wockhardt Hospitals)

         Internal Medicine

         Dr. Ms.ShanthiRajarathinam   Dr.Mrs. Lean  Prabhakar,(Boston)

        Sonologists                        Dr. Elavarasu, Dr. Mrs. Nisha Niranjan

        Special visitors                 

       Rev.Dr. Samuel Kamaleson, (Former vice president,world vision) 

       Rev.Arun Andrews & Rev. George Michael (Both Dedicated the chapel)

        Dr. Sam David, Gen. Sec. E.M.F.I.

        Dr. Mrs. Helen Manuel (Retd. Director, M.M.C.)

        Dr. B.W.C.Sathyasekaran, Prof. (Comm. Med.)(SRMC)

        Dr. Rashmie (Com. Med. St.John's, Bangalore)

        Dr.Daniel Rajkumar, M.S. (Manali)

         Ms. Camille Immanuel, North Carolina.

         Dr.Vinodh Sha,M.S,M.Ch. (Distant Education, CMC, Vellore)

         Dr.Chritopher Roy (Cardio-Thoracic) & Mrs.Prema Roy

         Dr.Mrs.Saral Chandra, (Lotus Labs, Bangalore)

MOST VALUABLE AND DEEPLY APPRECIATED PERIODICAL RESIDENT HELPERS- DR.MRS.CHANDINI ALEX AND DR. ROHAN RAMESH.

           home        brief history