Indian Physicians of NE Ohio at Cleveland Rotary

Ramesh Shah of the Association of Indian Physicians of NE Ohio (AIPNO) spoke at the Cleveland Rotary.  He told how the doctors make medical yatras and volunteer their time and talent to help the poorest of the poor.  Hundreds of cataract surgeries and other medical procedures. He quoted Gandhi and said we must be the change we want in the world.

Indians in Cleveland

Ramesh Shah gives India Rotary pins to Cleveland Rotary

Ramesh Shah of the Association of Indian Physicians of NE Ohio (AIPNO) spoke at the Cleveland Rotary and told of the Rotary Clubs in India and gave pins from there to Cleveland Rotary officers. He was joined by Dr. Jaya Shah and Dr. Gita Gidwani.

Indians in Cleveland

Medical Yatras helping the poor

The Association of Indian Physicians of Northern Ohio (AIPNO) was founded in 1983 as a non-profit organization of physicians of Indian origin in Northern Ohio. One of their projects is the Medical Yatra (trip) where teams of physicians and others go to remote areas where most people have never even seen a doctor.


To date AIPNO has helped more than 100,000 people in India and around the world in their health needs and provided FREE medicines, some surgeries and free numbered eye glasses, and lot of Cataract surgeries.

They have also assisted in disaster relief outside of India such as the Haiti earthquake (2010) and Hurricanes Katrina(2005) & Isadora (Mexico - 2002)

Learn more about the AIPNO Medical Yatras