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'''Omkar Nath Sharma''' born in [[India]] (around 1940) also known as the "'''Medicine [[Baba (honorific)|Baba]]'''" (Medicine Monk).<ref>{{cite news|title=He collects medicines to help poor|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/He-collects-medicines-to-help-poor/articleshow/7637498.cms|accessdate=12 January 2015|publisher=Times of India}}</ref> 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 for free of charge.<ref>{{cite news|title=Omkar Nath: India's medicine man|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/omkar-nath-indias-medicine-man-7441346.html|accessdate=12 January 2015|work=The Independent}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Meet the poor man's Medicine Baba|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/news-feed/chunk-ht-ui-indiaawakened-topstories/meet-the-poor-man-s-medicine-baba/article1-799045.aspx|accessdate=12 January 2015|publisher=The Hindustan Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Delhi: 75-year old is 'medicine baba' for the poor|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/delhi-75year-old-is-medicine-baba-for-the-poor/213380-3.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103103853/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/delhi-75year-old-is-medicine-baba-for-the-poor/213380-3.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 January 2014|accessdate=12 January 2015|publisher=IBN Live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=India's 'Medicine Baba' collecting unused drugs to save lives|url=http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/radio/program/connect-asia/indias-medicine-baba-collecting-unused-drugs-to-save-lives/1140058|accessdate=12 January 2015|publisher=ABC Radio Australia}}</ref> | '''Omkar Nath Sharma''' born in [[India]] (around 1940) also known as the "'''Medicine [[Baba (honorific)|Baba]]'''" (Medicine Monk).<ref>{{cite news|title=He collects medicines to help poor|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/He-collects-medicines-to-help-poor/articleshow/7637498.cms|accessdate=12 January 2015|publisher=Times of India}}</ref> 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 for free of charge.<ref>{{cite news|title=Omkar Nath: India's medicine man|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/omkar-nath-indias-medicine-man-7441346.html|accessdate=12 January 2015|work=The Independent}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Meet the poor man's Medicine Baba|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/news-feed/chunk-ht-ui-indiaawakened-topstories/meet-the-poor-man-s-medicine-baba/article1-799045.aspx|archive-url=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|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 12, 2015|accessdate=12 January 2015|publisher=The Hindustan Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Delhi: 75-year old is 'medicine baba' for the poor|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/delhi-75year-old-is-medicine-baba-for-the-poor/213380-3.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103103853/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/delhi-75year-old-is-medicine-baba-for-the-poor/213380-3.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 January 2014|accessdate=12 January 2015|publisher=IBN Live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=India's 'Medicine Baba' collecting unused drugs to save lives|url=http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/radio/program/connect-asia/indias-medicine-baba-collecting-unused-drugs-to-save-lives/1140058|accessdate=12 January 2015|publisher=ABC Radio Australia}}</ref> | ||
Omkar started collecting medicine after realising the acute medicine shortage, when he witnessed the [[Delhi Metro]] under-construction bridge collapsed in East Delhi in 2008, claiming 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.<ref>{{cite news|title=The messiah of medicine|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/society/the-messiah-of-medicine/article3253607.ece|accessdate=12 January 2015|work=The Hindu}}</ref> | Omkar started collecting medicine after realising the acute medicine shortage, when he witnessed the [[Delhi Metro]] under-construction bridge collapsed in East Delhi in 2008, claiming 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.<ref>{{cite news|title=The messiah of medicine|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/society/the-messiah-of-medicine/article3253607.ece|accessdate=12 January 2015|work=The Hindu}}</ref> | ||