Rama Foundation

Picture of Dr Taranjit, Puja ji, Nandini (dietician supported by RF), Kalpna (pharmacist)

We met the team at GPH and provided them with donated supplies from Arthur Rank Hospice. The supplies were gratefully received particularly stockings, which are costly for them to purchase locally. The team were in good spirits and happy to see us all.

The RF team really enjoyed visiting the Divine College of Medical Sciences and the newly built Divine Hospital and Holistic Health Village. 
 

The RF team loved being back at the Ramakrishna Mission Sevashrama (RKMS) Charitable Hospital, Haridwar. Dr Priya Patel enjoyed helping with some busy and rewarding gynaecology clinics at RKMS. They now have one full-time and one part-time gynaecologist and have secured £8500 funding for a new digital colposcope & treatment unit which is a huge commitment to women’s health. Priya is helping them to plan their new colposcopy suite which will mean that soon they will be able to diagnose and treat cervical pre-cancer for the first time which is very exciting!

I am an occupational therapist (OT) and lead for the Cambridge Breathlessness Intervention Service (CBIS) in the Palliative Care Team at Addenbrooke’s Hospital. I am sitting with an equal measure of excitement and nervousness ahead of my visit to Rishikesh with the Cambridge Global Health Partnership (CGHP) and the RAMA Foundation.

As I sit on the bus on my way to London Heathrow Airport, shivering with excitement and no small amount of nervousness, I cannot help but reflect on what a serendipitous journey this has been - from the flats of Cambridge to the hills of Dehradun.

I first heard of the Cambridge Global Health Partnership (CGHP) when one of my supervisors suggested that I read about their work. At the time, I was a junior trainee, still trying to find my footing in a new country after moving alone from India. While the work piqued my interest, I did not explore it further then.

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Dr Taranjit Singh, Consultant Palliative Care Physician & Chief Medical Officer, Ganga Prem Hospice, shares his thoughts ahead of hosting an amazing team of Rama Foundation volunteers going to India in August 2025.

I’m Dan, a nurse at Cambridge University Hospitals, and I’m incredibly excited to be preparing for an upcoming trip to India with the RAMA Foundation and Cambridgeshire Global Health Partnerships. This is a unique opportunity to work alongside healthcare professionals in a completely different setting, and I feel immensely grateful to be part of it.

I work as a therapy radiographer at Cambridge University Hospitals, specialising in the planning and delivery of radiotherapy for people undergoing cancer treatment. It’s a role that combines precision, science, and empathy, and it is one that has shown me how deeply important access to quality care is during some of the most vulnerable moments in a person’s life.

I am the Lead Enteral Nutrition Nurse for the Adult Service and have been working in the Clinical Nutrition Department at Addenbrookes Hospital for the past seven (7) years. My Clinical experience and knowledge are underpinned by my work within Acute medicine, Gastroenterology (surgery), Intestinal Failure (now Intestinal Rehabilitation), Emergency medicine, Acute Stroke and Education (Practice Development Nurse).