What we do…
Bidada International Foundation is a charitable non-profit organization.The organization is committed to render medical and surgical treatment to patients of all ages, caste & race. The trust is well known for the medical camp it organizes every January in village Bidada, Kutch, India. At the January camp patients from over 1200 villages are seen. Around 120 doctors and volunteers from the US as well as 200 from Mumbai treat more than 20,000 patients during this camp. Over 20 different medical and surgical specialty are covered during the camp.
Opened in the early 1980′s, Bidada Hospital is a 80-bed hospital in Bidada, a small village in Kutch. The hospital provides year around eye, dental, gynecological, rehabilitative, naturopathic and other medical services. Approximately 300 patients are seen at the clinic on daily basis, and five to ten patients are admitted for surgery. The services that the hospital provides to its regional peoples is invaluable being one of the only medical facilities of its caliber in the region. The services offered to its visitors are highly subsidized by the organization.
In response to the massive 2001 earthquake in Kutch, the Trust treated 30,000 earthquake victims. It performed surgery on 3000 patients, provided food and shelter to 200,000 displaced persons, and built 1400 houses in 18 villages. Subsequently, the Trust opened the Jaya Rehabilitation Institute and Research Center, providing services in Orthopedics, Prothetics, Physiotherapy, and Occupational Therapy. Today, the Jaya Center is recognized as a top rehabilitation institute in Gujarat and in India.