DEVELOPMENT REPORT - Indian Medical Camp

DEVELOPMENT REPORT - Indian Medical Camp
By Shelley Gollust

Broadcast: Monday, January 05, 2004

Mister¹ Chheda says doctors are treating the patients for twenty-five diseases² and medical problems. Doctors treat children as well as adults. Doctors also perform hundreds of operations during the camp. In addition, patients with the most serious problems are sent to hospitals in the city of Bombay.

The Bidada medical camp began thirty years ago. At first, doctors treated only patients with eye diseases. Then the organizers³ expanded the camp to help people with other diseases. Organizers say the medical camp has treated almost two-million people since it began.

People in India, the United⁴ States and other countries provide the money to operate the medical camp. About fifty doctors and medical assistants from the United States and about two-hundred doctors and assistants from Bombay are part of the program this year. The doctors and other volunteers provide their services without being paid.

Many doctors who serve in the camp were born in Kutch and are now living in the United States. Some of them have been returning to volunteer at the camp each year for many years. The doctors from the United States also teach local Indian doctors the most modern medical techniques.

The Shree Bidada Sarvodaya Trust also organizes smaller medical camps for patients during the year. The organization operates the hospital in Bidada and Maru Hospital in Bombay. These hospitals treat about three-hundred patients every day.

This VOA Special English Development Report was written by Shelley Gollust. This is Robert Cohen.

1 mister   

n.(略作Mr.全称很少用于书面)先生

参考例句：

• Mister Smith is my good friend.史密斯先生是我的好朋友。
• He styled himself " Mister Clean ".他自称是“清廉先生”。

2 diseases   

n.疾病( disease的名词复数 )；弊端；恶疾；痼疾

参考例句：

• Smoking is a causative factor in several major diseases. 抽烟是引起几种严重疾病的病因。
• The illness frequently coexists with other chronic diseases. 这种病往往与其他慢性病同时存在。

3 organizers   

n.组织者( organizer的名词复数 )；备忘记事本，电子笔记本

参考例句：

• We need fewer organizers and more doers. 我们需要的是少些组织者，多些实干者。
• The organizers of the march were charged with assault and riotous assembly . 游行组织者被控侵犯人身及暴乱性非法集会。

4 united   

adj.和谐的；团结的；联合的，统一的

参考例句：

• The whole nation is closely united.全国人民紧密团结。
• The two men were united by community of interests.共同的利益使两个人结合在一起。