Omkar Nath Sharma Explained

Omkar Nath Sharma born in U.P India (around 1940) also known as the "Medicine Baba" (Medicine Monk).[1] is a retired blood bank technician from Kailash Hospital in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India, who voluntarily collects unused medicines from people and distributes them to the poor free of charge.[2] [3] [4] [5] Omkar started collecting medicine after realising the acute medicine shortage, when he witnessed an accident which took place in East Delhi 2008 the under-constructed metro bridge collapsed, killing the lives of two labourers and injuring many others. The local hospital administered basic first aid but nothing else. The injured returned home to die being unable to afford the cost of treatment. That incident shook Omkar and he became determined to not let something like this happen again.[6]

Crippled at the age of 12 in a car accident, Omkar walks five or six kilometres per day. At the end of every collection, Omkar carefully catalogues everything in his binder: the name of the drug, the manufacturer, where he collected it and the expiry date. Omkar makes no profit from these.[7] [8]

Omkar lives with his wife and a 45-year-old mentally challenged son.

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Notes and References

  1. News: He collects medicines to help poor. 12 January 2015. Times of India.
  2. News: Omkar Nath: India's medicine man. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220524/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/omkar-nath-indias-medicine-man-7441346.html . 2022-05-24 . subscription . live. 12 January 2015. The Independent.
  3. News: Meet the poor man's Medicine Baba. https://web.archive.org/web/20150112183709/http://www.hindustantimes.com/news-feed/chunk-ht-ui-indiaawakened-topstories/meet-the-poor-man-s-medicine-baba/article1-799045.aspx. dead. 12 January 2015. 12 January 2015. The Hindustan Times.
  4. News: Delhi: 75-year old is 'medicine baba' for the poor. https://web.archive.org/web/20140103103853/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/delhi-75year-old-is-medicine-baba-for-the-poor/213380-3.html. dead. 3 January 2014. 12 January 2015. IBN Live.
  5. News: India's 'Medicine Baba' collecting unused drugs to save lives. 12 January 2015. ABC Radio Australia.
  6. News: The messiah of medicine. 12 January 2015. The Hindu.
  7. News: The 'Medicine Baba' Goes Door to Door. 12 January 2015. The New York Times. 25 April 2012 .
  8. Web site: MEDICINE MONK OMKAR NATH SHARMA'S GESTURE OF COMPASSION MOVES MILLIONS. Success Stories. 12 January 2015.
  9. Web site: Awardee Delhi Gaurav Award. www.delhigauravaward.org. en-US. 2017-11-06.

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