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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>


Latest revision as of 08:04, 9 August 2021

Medicine Baba - Gaurav Ratna Award

Omkar Nath Sharma born in 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 for free of charge.[2][3][4][5] 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.[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.

Awards[edit]

  • 2016 Delhi Gaurav Award[9]
  • 2017 Shoorveer Award - Mumbai

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "He collects medicines to help poor". Times of India. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Omkar Nath: India's medicine man". The Independent. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "Meet the poor man's Medicine Baba". The Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on January 12, 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Delhi: 75-year old is 'medicine baba' for the poor". IBN Live. Archived from the original on 3 January 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "India's 'Medicine Baba' collecting unused drugs to save lives". ABC Radio Australia. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  6. ↑ "The messiah of medicine". The Hindu. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  7. ↑ "The 'Medicine Baba' Goes Door to Door". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  8. ↑ "MEDICINE MONK OMKAR NATH SHARMA'S GESTURE OF COMPASSION MOVES MILLIONS". Success Stories. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  9. ↑ "Awardee | Delhi Gaurav Award". www.delhigauravaward.org. Retrieved 2017-11-06.

External links[edit]

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