The Sri Sathya Sai Health & Education Trust was established in May 1970 by Sri Sathya Sai Baba, its Founder-President. Its ongoing goal is to provide Health and Education ‘Totally Free of Cost to All’, irrespective of color, class, socioeconomic status, religion, or national origin.

It was formed under the tenet of ‘Love All, Serve All’ and in pursuance of its objectives, it has a sacred and unique relationship with the State Governments where it operates (Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Mumbai and Kolkatta in 2019) and with the Central Government of India.

Sacred, since it has always endeavored to work in tandem with the Central and State Governments in the service of its poorest people; Unique, since it has enjoyed an association of highest respect and cordiality not only with government agencies, but also various community organizations, as well as the local, national, and international communities that it serves.

SSSHET is a Public Charitable Trust recognized under Sec 12a of the Indian Income Tax Act of 1961.

India’s first privately run totally free-of-cost Medical College has been established in Muddenahalli in the Chikkaballapur District, Karnataka. It was inaugurated on March 25th, 2023 by the Honourable Prime Minister of India, Sri Narendra Modi.

A new values-based model for medical education, this first-of-its-kind endeavor by the Sri Sathya Sai University for Human Excellence, which was founded in 2018 by Sadguru Sri Madhusudan Sai in Kalaburagi, Karnataka, will bring quality services through medical doctors and nurses with noble values for serving rural India. The University already provides free values-based education in sciences and humanities at graduate, postgraduate and research program levels, absolutely free of all costs to the rural and impoverished students, thereby enabling them to serve other rural children through educational services.

The features of this values-based free medical education model are: 1. Totally free of cost to all – education to the students at the medical college shall be provided totally free of cost and based on merit, irrespective of their socio-economic background. 2. Serving rural India – Along with professional and quality medical education, the values-based educational approach adopted by the medical college will inspire and ensure that the students, who will be taken from rural India, will rededicate themselves to the service of rural India. This model of values-based free medical education by private institutions will help create a generation of medical and nursing professionals, who will be committed to achieving the country’s goal of universal healthcare coverage.

Sri Sathya Sai Sarla Memorial Hospital, a health care initiative by Prashanthi Balamandira Trust, is in Muddenahalli village, Chikkaballapur district, in the state of Karnataka. This multi-specialty hospital and birthing center is a true temple of healing for the rural poor.

A unique aspect of the Sri Sathya Sai Sarla Memorial Hospital is that it is soon to grow into the first of its kind, totally free of cost, medical college which will produce doctors, nurses and paramedics while offering post-graduate specialized training opportunities. This multi-specialty training and teaching facility will include a 460-bed medical complex that will provide treatment to all completely free of cost.

220,000 patients have been seen since the opening on August 27th, 2021 which accounts for around 1000 patients per day. To date, 2700 major surgeries and 700 minor surgeries have been performed. The hospital team comprises of 95 doctors, 135 nurses, 45 paramedical staff and 125 nonclinical staff.