free clinic Archives - The Jivaka Project

Tuệ Tĩnh đường Hải Đức (Huế, Vietnam)

August 10, 2021January 17, 2022 Rice Univ. Research Team Vietnam acupuncture, biomedicine, charity, community outreach, dermatology, free clinic, gynecology, internal medicine, obstetrics, otolaryngology, politics, traditional medicine

The organization Tuệ Tĩnh đường Hải Đức operates four free medical clinics in the Thừa Thiên Huế Province of Vietnam. Under the umbrella organization Vietnam Buddhist Sangha, these clinics have medically trained monks and nuns that use a combination of traditional Vietnamese medicine and Western medicine to treat hundreds of patients a day.

Hospital Los Ángeles (Ciudad Del Este, Paraguay)

August 10, 2021January 17, 2022 Rice Univ. Research Team Latin America biomedicine, Buddha’s Light International Association (BLIA), charity, community outreach, Foguang Shan, free clinic, humanistic Buddhism, Mahāyāna, obstetrics, pediatrics

Hospital Los Ángeles was established by Foguang Shan, a transnational humanistic Buddhist organization based in Taiwan. Currently, Hospital Los Ángeles is one of the most prominent hospitals in Ciudad del Este that specialize in maternal and neonatal care.

Jivitadana Sangha Hospital ဇီဝိတဒါနသံဃာဆေးရုံကြီး (Yangon, Myanmar)

August 3, 2021January 17, 2022 Rice Univ. Research Team Myanmar biography, biomedicine, charity, COVID-19, dentistry, eyes, free clinic, hearing aids, military history, orthopedics, otolaryngology, political history, specialized care, surgery, Theravāda, urology, World War II

The Jivitadana Sangha Hospital in Yangon, Myanmar, serves as a free health organization primarily for monks and nuns. It is managed by laypeople according to Buddhist principles regarding caring for the sick.