Healing Touch of Baru Sahib!

109th Free Medical & Surgical Camp

With the blessings of His Holiness Sant Baba Iqbal Singh Ji, Akal Charitable Hospital, in collaboration with Akal College of Nursing & School of Public Health, will host the 109th Free Multi-Speciality Medical & Surgical Camp on 5–6 October 2025 at Baru Sahib (H.P.).

The journey of seva began in 1987, when Dr. Davinder Singh Ji (MBBS, MD) and Dr. Neelam Kaur (MBBS, MS), guided and inspired by Sant Baba Iqbal Singh Ji, left Delhi for the remote hills of Himachal Pradesh. What they found was a population cut off from basic healthcare, families walking over 120 km from villages like Nohradhar, Shilla and Chopal to reach Baru Sahib in hope of relief.

With little more than faith and determination, they turned the basement of the Langar Hall into makeshift operation theatres and OPDs. Eye surgeries, general procedures, obstetric and gynaecological care, and even trauma cases were managed with scarce resources. Anti-tuberculosis medicines were carried in from Delhi before DOTS therapy ever existed. Anti-snake venom was stocked to save lives from deadly bites that plagued the hills.

The first Free Surgical Camp in the early 1980s , led by Dr. Dhanwant Singh, performed 100 eye surgeries in one go —a milestone that became the seed for a tradition. Since then, Baru Sahib has organised dozens of such camps every year, crossing 2,000 surgeries and 50,000 patients served with free consultations, medicines, diagnostics and life-saving interventions.

This movement of compassion grew with the selfless contribution of doctors who travelled from near and far. Dr. Gautam, Dr. G.P. Singh from Jalandhar, medical teams from Patiala, Bombay, the US and Canada have joined hands in seva. Today, each camp undertakes 50–60 surgeries, with 3–4 major camps held every year. The call remains open- we need more doctors and volunteers to carry this mission forward.

In 2003, under Babaji’s guidance, a new frontier of seva began: de-addiction care. Dr. Rajinder Singh spearheaded the initiative, and since then, more than 20,000 OPD patients and 8,000 IPD patients have been treated. What began with just 30 beds in Cheema, sustained entirely by missionary spirit , managed to serve thousands battling addiction. Later, a 50-bed centre at Baru Sahib was added, expanding this healing mission and giving countless lives a chance at recovery.

At the heart of it all is the same spirit: missionary zeal, service beyond borders, and the unshakable belief that healing humanity is an act of divine submission.

This year, as Punjab heals from the devastation of floods, the mission carries an even greater urgency. Baru Sahib’s camps continue to restore not only health, but also dignity and hope, free from the barriers of caste, creed, or geography.