Emergency Medical Assistance
Financial support for emergency treatments and surgeries — hospital deposits and urgent bills settled directly with the hospital, released within 24 hours when a life is at stake.
Healthcare for Every Life
"Together, we can bring hope, healing, and dignity to those who cannot afford medical care."
24 hrs
Our emergency treatment fund can release money within a day
Our medical mission
No one should be denied treatment because of what they earn
Access to healthcare is a basic human right — yet in the neighbourhoods we serve, a single hospital bill can undo a family's savings of a decade. Parents delay their own treatment to keep children in school; elders quietly stop buying medicines when the pension runs out; and an accident or a sudden diagnosis can mean choosing between a surgery and a roof.
Erakathin Uthavi stands between a poor family and a bill they cannot pay. We settle hospital fees directly with the hospital, put prescribed medicines into patients' hands every month, bring free screening camps to the streets people actually live on, and stay with each family until the treatment — and the recovery — is complete. Our long-term vision is simple: a community where illness is met with care, never with debt.
- Why affordable healthcare mattersUntreated illness compounds poverty — one missed treatment can cost a job, a schooling, a future.
- The challenge low-income families faceDeposits demanded up front, medicines priced out of reach, and no one to guide them through the system.
- How Erakathin Uthavi helpsEmergency funds, medicines, free camps, surgery support and follow-up care — verified case by case, receipted rupee by rupee.
What we do
Six ways we bring care within reach
Every programme is run with volunteer doctors, nurses and health workers — and every rupee is receipted and audited.
Medicines & Prescription Support
Essential medicines for patients who cannot afford them — monthly prescriptions for diabetes, blood pressure, asthma and other chronic conditions, filled without fail.
Free Medical Camps
Health screening camps and preventive healthcare programmes — blood sugar, blood pressure and eye checks, plus a free medicine counter, brought to a different street each month.
Surgery Assistance
Support for patients requiring life-saving surgeries and specialised treatments — heart procedures, accident surgeries and cancer care, funded against verified hospital estimates.
Maternal & Child Healthcare
Healthcare support for pregnant women, infants and young children — antenatal checkups, safe deliveries, vaccinations and nutrition support for the first years of life.
Elderly Medical Care
Regular health checkups, medicines and home care support for senior citizens — including a doctor's visit every Tuesday at our Ramanathapuram care home.
Our impact
Care that can be counted
Counted honestly, audited annually, and published in full every April.
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Volunteers & healthcare professionals
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Current medical campaigns
Each campaign closes the moment it is funded. Progress updates are posted every Friday.
Surgery
Child Heart Surgery Fund
Life-saving cardiac procedures for children whose families cannot meet the hospital estimate — three children are on the list this quarter.
Treatment
Cancer Treatment Assistance
Chemotherapy cycles, scans and medicines for patients in ongoing cancer treatment — support continues until each course is complete.
Emergency
Emergency Accident Relief
A standing fund for road accident victims — deposits, surgery and the first week of care, released within 24 hours of a verified call.
Success stories
Patients who got their lives back
Initials are used to protect privacy; each story is shared with the family's written consent.
Baby S.
Ramanathapuram · Heart surgery, 2025- Medical challenge
- Born with a hole in her heart, she needed a corrective surgery her parents — both daily-wage workers — could never afford.
- Assistance provided
- The Child Heart Surgery Fund paid the full hospital bill directly; a volunteer stayed with the family through the operation.
- Outcome
- The surgery succeeded, and follow-up checkups were covered for a full year.
Today: A healthy two-year-old — her doctors expect a completely normal childhood.
Rajendran K.
Sundarapuram · Accident relief, 2024- Medical challenge
- A road accident left this auto driver — his family's only earner — with fractures needing immediate surgery and a deposit he did not have.
- Assistance provided
- Our emergency fund released the deposit the same night; medicines and physiotherapy were covered for three months.
- Outcome
- He walked again in twelve weeks and was back at work within four months.
Today: Driving his auto again — and ferrying our camp volunteers for free.
Meenakshi P.
Ukkadam · Chronic care since 2023- Medical challenge
- A 68-year-old widow with diabetes and hypertension, she had quietly stopped buying medicines when her pension stopped stretching.
- Assistance provided
- Monthly medicines from our prescription counter, and a free checkup at every neighbourhood camp.
- Outcome
- Her sugar and blood pressure have been stable for over a year.
Today: Never misses a camp — and brings three neighbours along each time.
From the field
Medical gallery
Photographs from our health camps, hospitals and care home — shared with the consent of every patient pictured.
Common questions
Frequently asked questions
Everything patients, donors and volunteer doctors usually ask about our medical support.
Who is eligible for medical assistance?
Any individual or family in Coimbatore district facing genuine financial hardship. A volunteer from the family's own neighbourhood verifies the situation and hospital records, and our medical committee approves support based on need alone — never on religion, caste or community.
How do I apply for support?
Call +91 93626 29234, send a message from our contact page choosing "Medical assistance", or visit our Ramanathapuram office. For emergencies, call directly — our emergency treatment fund can release money within 24 hours.
How can I donate?
Online through our secure donation page, by bank transfer, or in person at our office. One-time and monthly giving are both available, and every donation is receipted.
Can I sponsor a patient's treatment?
Yes. We match you with a verified patient case, share the treatment plan and the hospital's estimate, and you fund all or part of the treatment. You receive an update — and the hospital's discharge summary, with the family's consent — when the treatment is completed.
Can doctors volunteer?
Gladly. Doctors, nurses, pharmacists and healthcare workers serve at our monthly health camps and the Tuesday clinic at our care home. Register on our volunteer page and our Volunteer Coordinator will call you within 48 hours.
How are donations utilised?
Hospital bills are paid directly to hospitals, medicines are purchased against prescriptions, and camp costs are itemised. Erakathin Uthavi is registered under Section 80G — receipts are emailed within 48 hours, and our full audited annual report is published every April.
Join us
How you can help
Four ways to put treatment within a family's reach — pick the one that fits your life.
Donate
Help fund treatments and medicines — ₹2,000 covers a week of medicines for a chronic patient.
Donate nowSponsor a Patient
Support one patient's healthcare journey — from diagnosis to recovery, with updates along the way.
Sponsor a patientVolunteer
Doctors, nurses, pharmacists and healthcare workers can volunteer their expertise at our camps.
Volunteer with usCorporate CSR
Partner with Erakathin Uthavi to organise health camps and sponsor medical initiatives.
Partner with usNeed Urgent Medical Support?
If you or a family you know is facing a medical emergency and cannot afford treatment, call us directly — day or night. A volunteer will guide you through the next steps immediately.
- Call and describe the situation — a volunteer answers, not a machine.
- A neighbourhood volunteer reaches the family or hospital, usually within hours.
- Once verified, our emergency treatment fund can release money within 24 hours, paid directly to the hospital.
Your Support Can Save a Life
"A single act of generosity can provide life-changing medical care to someone in desperate need."
Donations are eligible for tax deduction under Section 80G. Receipts are issued by email within 48 hours.
Talk to us
Questions about medical support?
Call, write, or visit — our medical assistance team replies within one working day.
Address
Erakathin Uthavi
#928, Perumal Kovil Street
Ramanathapuram, Coimbatore – 641045
Tamil Nadu, India