April 2015 – Doctor YPS Sewa Nidhi

Dr. Y.P.Singh was a government doctor in pirpainti hospital from 1927 to 1942. In 1942 Dr. Y.P.Singh resigned from government service in retaliation to brutal killing of villagers by British Rifle men in 1942 freedom movement. His son Dr. D.K.Singh has started these NGOs in his father’s name.

The following has been stated by Shri K.B. Jhunjhunwala Bhagalpur Past Dist Governor Lions International

Details of Work Done by Dr. D.K.singh through this Organization

Dr. Singh’s Free Leprosy Clinic: – 1954 to 1974

In 1954 Dr. Singh while roaming around in different villages saw a beggar who was an advanced case of leprosy, there were deep ulcers on his nose, toes and fingers, he was looking filthy. The leper asked Dr. Singh for some money to eat, Dr. Singh told him as to why don’t you get your self treated. The leper smiled and replied to the doctor, “I don’t get enough money for my food even, from where shall I get money for my treatment. It was a challenge for Dr. Singh so he told the leper to come to his clinic for treatment. The leper was S.K.Chhedi, he came to Dr. Singh’s clinic and the doctor kept him in his premises for three months, treated him free with injections and oral medicines, when his ulcers where all dried up Dr. Singh gave him a pair of new paijamas and sent him home to start his previous fish selling business and advised him to come to him every month for medicines. This was great news for other lepers S.K.Jamiruddin and S.K. Bhikho, they also came for free treatment and they were also treated free. So, from 1954 to 1974 about 250 lepers were treated free and rehabilitated.

2) Free Cataract Eye Camps: – 1974 Till Today

In 1974 while roaming around in different villages Dr. Singh located that a son is beating his parents and cursing them both for their early death as both of them were blind due to matured cataract in both the eyes for several years and the parents were a big burden to their son as the son had to give them food and had to take care of their toilets and had to clean their dirty clothes soiled with urine and stool . Dr. Singh could not bare the sight of the old couple being mercilessly beaten by their son and brought both the parents to his clinic and got them operated for cataract by an eye surgeon. The old couples were so happy to get back their sight after many years and they blessed the doctor. When the two got back their sight they were so overjoyed that they both started shouting “I can see now look there is a tree, a cow and a man”. Dr. Singh was happy to find that sight is so precious in once life and he started organizing free eye camps every year in Pirpainti for the poor. Thousands of operations have been performed free and it is still continuing.

In 1980 while roaming around in different villages Dr. Singh found two children with there one limb paralyzed and he diagnosed this to be a case of polio myelitis. Dr. Singh started looking for its vaccine in government health department but in 1980 it was not available. One day he found out that it can be imported from USSR and he imported 100 doses of vaccine and distributed free to poor village children between the ages of 6 months and 2 years. This free distribution continued for 2 years and later had to be discontinued due to poor electricity supply. One of the two children named Satwan aged 29 yrs Who was a polio victim in 1980 is today from village Tarwa(Pirpainti). Satwan has studied up to B.A. but is jobless and still comes to Dr. Singh for help. “Today I am feeling proud to say that I am First person in the country to Import Polio vaccine and give it to thousands of poor village children free and restrict spread of polio in the locality.”

In 1984 Dr. Singh thought of strengthening the people of village society so that they can ask for their basic human needs and facilities. He started a NGO by the name of “Samagra Vikash Samaj” meaning all round development of the society. Dr. Singh being the president of the society used to call fortnightly meetings of some fifty alert villagers. Regd. Letters were sent to different government departments for the improvement of minimum basic amenities in railways, post office, schools, roads, electricity and supply of improved variety of seeds and fertilizers to the farmers.

2004 to 2007 free Hepatitis B injections were given to poor children and free Laproscopic Tubeligation operations were done.

From 1952 to 1970 Dr. Singh was attached to TOR Roman Catholic Mission Hospital Gokhala which is close to Pirpainti. He along with American fathers used to go to interiors of hills and forests in the houses of tribals to treat their illness. Dr. Singh was later felicitated by TOR Roman Catholic fathers in Loreto Pennsylavania USA in 1965 for his courageous services to humanity.

Singh is the president of three NGO’s.
Life member of Indian Medical Association and National Leprosy Organization of India.
Received Padmashree Kamalabai Hosepet Award 2006, and a memento written there in “For Yeoman Services in Pirpainti for last 50 yrs”; and a cash of One Lac.
Received Carol Huss Award for best Community Leader in Pirpainti by Bihar Voluntary Health Services Patna in 2007.
Received Panchsheel Shiromani Award 2008 for Awakening of Health Education among poor and tribals in Pirpainti by Panchsheel Charitable Society, New Delhi-92.
In 1965 Dr. Singh was the sole Indian delegate to World Asthma Conference held in Eastbourn England.
In 1973 Dr. Singh was one of the three Indian delegates to World Medical Assembly held in Munich (West Germany).
In 1993 Dr. Singh was one of the Indian delegates to World Conference on International Federation of Ageing held in Singapore.