Sukheebhava — Sanskrit for "be well, be at ease" — was the day the Karna Wing's healthcare model went from white paper to white coat. Konakanchi village, Krishna District, woke up to a free medical camp in its panchayat school.
The camp was inaugurated by Sri G.V. Krishna Rao, Chief Commissioner Central Excise & Customs, Hyderabad. Behind him, a banner read స్వాగతం-సుస్వాగతం (Welcome, hearty welcome) — the Atithi Devo Bhava framing that every bNg event still uses today.
Behind the inauguration, sixty-odd Karyakartas: nursing students from Konakanchi Junior College in white-and-blue uniforms with bNg headbands, doctors from the Care for Kidney Foundation, an interfaith team of volunteers, and the bNg founders themselves at the registration desk.
Specialist services that day: blood pressure and sugar screening, vision testing, women's health consultation in a private "Mother Teresa" room, and surgical sponsorships for families who qualified. Over 200 villagers received care that would otherwise have meant a 60 km trip to the nearest district hospital.
Sukheebhava set a template the Ambedkar Seva Sadan still runs by: every health camp opens with the founder welcoming every distinguished guest by hand, every nurse earns Green Rating points in proportion to hours given, and every patient leaves with a written follow-up plan.
