Volunteer in Premedical and Pre-nursing projects in India

There are many public hospitals in the urban city of Bangalore, the state of Karnataka and rural districts of Krishnagiri, of Tamilnadu state, which serve the most impoverished people in the community. For undergraduates on a healthcare career path this project will have you shadowing local doctors and nurses in their daily routines. Your tasks will vary depending on your current skills, experience and local language proficiency.

Intern or volunteer assigned placements include, but not limited to:
• Assisting with non-evasive procedures like taking vital signs, taking blood pressure, weight and height of patients
• Observation of cleaning wounds, removing sutures, draining abscesses
• Accompanying doctors on rounds and during consultations

This is a great chance to improve your skills, build your resume by learning about medicine in a developing nation and improve your Spanish. We recommend our language immersion option for those less than proficient in Spanish (be able to talk 8 hours a day in English with the local staff). However, translator are available (extra $15 per day) to help you get acclimated into the project.

• Observing local professionals and performing routine tasks in various departments at hospitals, clinics, and community outreach programs.
• Volunteer with medical training/expertise and knowledge in the medical, nursing, midwifery or public health fields (students welcome) can help by providing curative and preventive health services. This is a challenging medical placement due to lack of facilities.
• Volunteers need to bring their own medical scrubs, gloves, mask for personal use.
• Interns seeking a different cultural experience have the option of participating on a more unique project for one week at the end of their project.

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