Background

When one square meal a day, which is essential for the body is difficult to obtain, even the thought of seeking medical treatment may be termed a luxury. Poverty-driven lack of education results in the neglect of an important aspect such as cleanliness. Also, inadequate food intake leads to malnutrition, which furthermore, leads to serious health issues. Various reports have highlighted, the problem of malnutrition is the most serious in  India. The situation has not changed much even though the country is developing at a very rapid pace and differences between the cities and villages, are slowly fading away. Problems such as malnutrition, weakness and anaemic conditions are highly prevalent among women and young children in the remote rural villages. Thus, one cannot deny the fact that these basic health issues lead to a multitude of more serious ones.

However, Dr. Aniruddha Dhairyadhar Joshi namely Sadguru Shree Aniruddha (Bapu) has demonstrated that the conditions can be changed in places where such issues exist, when efforts are made in the right direction and with in-depth research.    

The Healthcare Camp was initiated in the year 2004, in a small village of Pendakhale, situated about 30 kilometres from Kolhapur under the guidance of Sadguru Shree Aniruddha. Today, 14 years later, conditions in Pendakhale and its neighbouring villages have witnessed a complete transformation. Shree Aniruddha Upasana Foundation, Dilasa Medical Trust and Rehabilitation Centre, Shree Aniruddha Aadesh Pathak, Aniruddha’s House of Friends and other associated  organisations come together and organise the “Kolhapur Medical and Healthcare Camp” on a large-scale.