Archive · 23 Aug 2026
Doctor Turns Mobile Clinic Into Lifeline For Poor Patients
Dr Sunil Kumar Hebbi is a doctor who brings medical care to people who cannot afford hospitals.
He turned a vehicle into a small travelling clinic.
The clinic carries equipment such as a blood-pressure monitor, oxygen tank, glucometer, and ECG machine.
He visits slums, rural communities, schools, and homes for older people.
He started this work after seeing private hospitals recommend treatments that patients might not need.
A road accident in 2010 inspired him to help more people through a mobile clinic.
During Covid-19, he travelled to patients’ homes when they could not attend health camps.
Other doctors and volunteers now help him.
The Matru Siri Foundation says it has treated more than 1.5 lakh patients.
Dr Sunil Kumar Hebbi converted a vehicle into a mobile clinic in 2010 to provide free healthcare.
He serves poor communities in Bengaluru, rural Karnataka, slums, construction sites, schools, and old-age homes.
The clinic offers screenings and basic care, while serious cases are referred to specialists at government hospitals.
Dr Hebbi and his volunteers have also provided medical assistance during floods, landslides, and the Covid-19 pandemic.
More than 200 medical volunteers and 500 non-medical volunteers now support the Matru Siri Foundation.
- Who
- Dr Sunil Kumar Hebbi, supported by medical and non-medical volunteers.
- What
- He provides low-cost or free medical care through a mobile clinic and community health camps.
- When
- The mobile clinic began in 2010; the work has continued for more than a decade, including during the Covid-19 pandemic.
- Where
- Bengaluru, rural areas of Karnataka, slum communities, old-age homes, government schools, and disaster-affected areas.
- Why
- He wanted to help people who could not afford hospital treatment and objected to healthcare being driven by profit.
- Doctor
- Dr Sunil Kumar Hebbi
- Mobile clinic
- Mobile Dr Clinic, launched in 2010
- Organisation
- Matru Siri Foundation
- Patients treated
- More than 1.5 lakh
- Medical volunteers
- More than 200
- Non-medical volunteers
- 500
- Services
- Free medical camps, screenings, basic treatment, and referrals to government-hospital specialists