Meet Dr Bharat Champaneria, bringing healthcare and nutritional awareness to rural Gujarat for over 40 years | Meta Stories of Strength 2022 News,The Indian Express
Dr Champaneria returned from overseas to live and work in the region, and contribute significantly to bring sustainable development to healthcare at the grassroots.
Dr Champaneria returned from overseas to live and work in the region, and contribute significantly to bring sustainable development to healthcare at the grassroots.
NEW DELHI: For the last forty years, Dr Bharat Champaneria — trustee at the Indrashil Kaka-Ba and Kala Budh Public Charitable Trust, the CSR arm of Cadila Pharmaceuticals — has been working to improve the life of people living in Hansot, a village in the Bharuch district of Southern Gujarat.
After training to become a doctor, Dr Champaneria returned from overseas to pursue his true calling: living and working in the region and contributing significantly to bring sustainable development to healthcare at the grassroots.
In an interaction with Indian Express, he talked more about his work, the challenges faced in the last few decades and the growth that has happened in the region, besides the impact of the pandemic, what lies ahead in terms of healthcare, and starting project SAAHAS, which is ‘Strengthening Access and Awareness to Health in Hansot’.
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