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Author: Nisha Pardesi
Heart Disease: Prevention Through Education
10.16.08 | Posted by nishapardesi | Permalink |

Heart and vascular disease accounts for over 117,000 deaths per year in the UK, making it the commonest cause of death in this country. Lifestyle risk factors include high-fat diets, lack of exercise, smoking and alcohol consumption and need to be addressed early in life. But since heart disease presents later in [...]
Author: A. R. Madabushi
‘An Integrated Approach’
10.04.08 | Posted by armadabushi | Permalink |

Looking back on the interview with the Swamiji of the Ramakrishna Mission Medical Camp, it made us realize that the medical dispensary that serves thousands across 16 adopted villages is only a fraction of what the Ashram is trying to achieve.

They imagined over two decades ago that only serving the medical needs of a community [...]
Author: A. R. Madabushi
‘Serving the Spirit of God in Those Who Suffer’
09.29.08 | Posted by armadabushi | Permalink |

Over the course of a month, a skeleton crew consisting of myself and a London medical student trekked across South India in search of healthcare. What we found has challenged everything we thought we knew about it. We asked everyone we came across, doctors, patients, medical staff, surgeons: what are the barriers to healing the [...]