The Navjeevan Free Surgery Programme has conducted 980+ surgeries and screened 3,500+ patients across rural India since 2019.
For a daily-wage family in rural India, a needed surgery is often simply impossible — the cost equals a year's income or more. Treatable conditions become lifelong disabilities; minor injuries become permanent disfigurement. The NCDS Medical Project removes the cost barrier entirely: screening camps in the villages, surgery in partner facilities, and follow-up care — all free.
Launched in 2019 and led by Dr. Babitha Kallemel, the programme has grown camp by camp to 980+ completed surgeries. Mobile screening camps travel to remote villages in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, and Maharashtra, where more than 3,500 patients have been examined.
Dr. Babitha trained at Government Medical College Kottayam (MBBS), completed her MD in Family Medicine in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and practised in Minnesota before bringing her skills home to India's most underserved patients.
Prevention saves more lives than surgery. Our Awareness Programme runs community sessions on hygiene, nutrition, and disease prevention in villages and tuition centres — practical health education families can act on the same day.
A teenager from Akoi village, Sunitha lived for years with untreated burn injuries her family could never afford to repair — until an NCDS screening camp reached her village.
"I had stopped looking in the mirror. After the surgery, I started going to school again."
Read her full story| Way to give | What it does |
|---|---|
| Sponsor a surgery — ₹25,000 | Funds one complete free surgery, from screening to follow-up |
| Sponsor a screening camp | ₹2,500 covers health screening for 5 rural patients |
| Donate medical supplies | Equipment and consumables for camps in 4 states |
For a patient who has waited years, your gift is the difference between living with pain and living fully.
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