Medical Practice and Education
In any nation, women and children are most negatively impacted by poverty and sickness. Around 42 million Indians suffer from thyroid-related disorders, and women make up 60% of those affected. Goiters, or growths in the thyroid gland due to iodine deficiency, are very common in rural villages.
Compelled’s medical ministry focuses on hosting free, fixative surgical camps in remote villages with no access to health care.
Video: The medical camps and surgeries we perform in the region
Surgery Camps
There are more than a million villages in the three nations of India, Nepal, and Bhutan. Sadly, most of these villages have no access to even basic health care practices. Witch doctors and shamans are the first people villagers and tribespeople approach when they are ill. Going to a hospital, which often takes hours of travel, is far from easy. Additionally, the city scares most tribespeople, and costs are prohibitive for poor villagers.
By hosting medical camps throughout the region, Compelled is able to provide medicine and surgeries over the course of 7 days. In that time, our doctors and nurses are able to perform surgeries on approximately 70-100 high-need patients. Each surgery costs $250 to perform.