During the outburst of the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, Sunil invested all his savings to buy medicines and other necessary equipment, and now he is financially crunching and is running his business using the donations.

1. Dr Sunil Kumar Hebbi, a resident of Malleswaram in Bengaluru, has been running a mobile clinic through an NGO called Matru Siri Foundation to treat the poor for free.

2. A graduate from the Bijapur Medical College, the 37-year-old doctor was born and raised in Vijayapura, and worked at the BGS Hospital in Bengaluru for several years before quitting in 2011 to devote his attention to the mobile clinic.

3. At present, he runs the mobile service both in Bengaluru and in his hometown, Vijayapura, and treats about 80-100 patients every day.

4. He thus founded NGO ‘Matru Siri Foundation’ to provide healthcare services to the needy. Further, he converted his car into a mobile doctor clinic.

5. Till now, Dr Sunil has organized 785 free medical camps across Karnataka and has cured and helped 90,000 patients.

6. Matru Siri Foundation has drawn praises from different corners of the country. Many people who are genuinely interested in helping him have joined the NGO as volunteers. Today, there are over 120 medical volunteers and 350+ non-medical volunteers.

Matru Siri Foundation has been recognised by Shri Venkaiah Naidu, the Vice President of India, as well as Siddaramaiah, former Chief Minister of Karnataka. Besides this, the NGO has won multiple awards and accolades for setting a benchmark with its efforts that has been reflected through over 700 multi-speciality health check-up camps.