Of those seen by the doctors at the clinic were two persons who were deemed to be high risk cases. They were immediately sent to a Sikh doctor in the Glenwood area, Dr Kheray, who was kind enough to treat them without any fee. One of the volunteers who accompanied the two elderly patients also insisted on helping by paying for the medications needed by one of the two patients.

“This Culture Care Pop Up Clinic is the third that Sikh Youth Australia has organised this year. It is also the most successful,’’ said Dr Daman Bhatia.

“We hope to continue this program next year in Sydney and also introduce it to Brisbane and Melbourne,” he said. The sewa or service provided by the youngsters was lauded by a senior ASA Management member Mr Mohan Singh Pooni, who said:

“It is very uplifting to see the young (and may I say not so young!) men and women of SYA freely and selflessly donating their time and skills for the wellbeing of community. I commend you for the excellent ‘sewa’ you all do.’’

Leading the Culture Care team on Sunday were Dr Daman Bhatia, Dr Kunwar Bhatia and Parneet Bhatia. All three are “graduates’’ of the SYA youth leadership and summer camp programs which have been running for the past several years. Dr Kunwar Bhatia has also represented SYA youth at a National Youth Leadership Forum held in Canberra.

Apart from the Pop Up Clinic, SYA was also involved in November with the ladies of the Pink Sari Project to raise Breast Cancer awareness among Sikh women in Sydney. Two talks in Punjabi on the subject by Mrs Kalwant Kaur saw many Sikh women sign up for breast screening. Similar talks in Revesby Gurdwara and in Turramurra Gurdwara also had a very positive effect.