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Eyesight is a boon we all take
for granted. This is the gift, which enables us to see the Divine
Personality of Pujya Maa. Like us there are many people who are praying for
this ‘vision’ and can be granted this gift through medical/ corrective
surgery. Many are such who wish to undertake such treatment but do not have
the means or financial support to fulfill their wish. MAA through her innate
grace accepted the prayers of these ‘Daridra Narayans’ (poor) and
organized a ‘Netrayagna’ (eye camp) on the
auspicious date of 19th January 2004, on which date MAA received
‘Diksha’ from ‘Prabhu’. This Netrayagna,
sponsored by Kalyan Prarthana Mandir – Rugby, lasted till the 23rd
of January 2004.
For all the elderly patients
who partook the services of this camp it was as if ‘Yogeshwar Parivar’
became their family and served them as if they were all their relatives.
This camp was conducted by a 16
member team of the Rotary Institute which included 3 doctors, 2
reflectionists and nurses. They performed this ‘yagna’ with complete
dedication, sincerity and patience. They attended to 700 patients in all.
First of all an eye-checkup was conducted. Thereafter as required the
patients would be given medicines, spectacles and eye-drops. The patients
requiring cataract operations were admitted immediately. All the necessary
requirements of the Doctors were also met instantly.
The swayam sevaks
(Volunteers) at Swargarohan were all set to rise to the occasion ,which we
all know is the true sign of our being MAA’s children. We all thank MAA for
providing us with this wonderful opportunity to serve her children. All the
patients had their own peculiarities and all had different circumstances but
the swayam sevaks served them unstintingly and would guide them to their
places and look after them. One of the patients was the patriarch of a large
family of seven children yet, none of his family members were present to
look after him at the time of surgery MAA with her endless resource of love
and tenderness ensured that all these patients were well cared for.
66 operations were performed on
the first day and 43 on the second day. A few operations, which could not be
performed due to complications, were rescheduled on 28th January
2004 at Palanpur. MAA was present in the operating room for the first
operation. She also instructed everybody to chant ‘Om Yogeshwar Rakshamam’
asking Prabhu to protect everybody and make these operations
successful. The swayam sevaks were divided in small groups to keep watch
over the patients at night and meet their requirements.
These patients were given an
exemplary parting ceremony before they could leave Swargarohan . They were
given instructions on how to administer the eye drops given to them, how
many times they were to be taken (there were about 5-6 different drops), how
to take care of their eyes etc., all was explained to them in a language
they could understand, in a simplified manner. All patients were happy with
the treatment received at the camp and they assured MAA that they would not
smoke bidis.
All the patients were also
escorted back to their homes, by vehicles especially arranged for them. As a
parting Prasad MAA gave every patient one dhoti, bandi, mohanthal, Rs.
100 /- and a packet of ganthiya. All patients were full of praise and
gratitude for ‘MAADI’ through whose grace they were able to regain eyesight.
A batch of young school girls
had come to visit Swargarohan amidst all the hectic activities of the Camp.
Even they were welcomed warmly. These girls had arrived from Bedkuwa. MAA
gave every girl a notebook, ball pen, mohanthal, ganthia, Adhyatma and Rs
50/-. It showed how MAA gave attention to these children also.
MAA also posed for a group
photograph with all patients and doctors as a remembrance of this historical
event. Apart from patients with eye problems even others had arrived in
large numbers. These patients were attended to by Dr. Harendra Singh
Suratiya at Shakti Bhuvan. No one returned without medical assistance even
though it was not a general medical camp.
After the camp was wound up on
24th January 2004, MAA also organized a follow up troupe. The
swayam sevaks were divided into 4-5 groups and each group was given 3-4
villages to cover. The volunteers had to go to every patient’s house and
find out how they were faring after the operations , whether they were
following instructions given to them or not . This was not an easy task as
all the villages were spread over a wide area and even the houses in every
village were at long distances sometimes even as far as 5-6 Kms. in a hilly
terrain. These areas had to be covered on foot as there were no proper roads
for vehicles.
MAA has once again proved that
she is ‘Vishwamata’. As the Sun does not discriminate while spreading
light, MAA does not discriminate while spreading the light of her love
amongst everyone.
MAA we lay ourselves humbly at
your lotus feet with gratitude that you showed us how we can be of service
to others in an extraordinary manner.
He Vishwamata, Pranaam !!!
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