The Medical Auxiliary Forum is a unit of the Orthodox Medical Forum of our cathedral. The Malankara (Indian) Orthodox Church initiates to launch a venture named Orthodox Medical Forum (OMF) under the flagship of the Ministry of Human Empowerment involving the professionals in the medical field like doctors, nurses, dietitians, pharmacists and other paramedical personnel who are members of the Orthodox Church.

Those who are presently working in the medical field, retired medical personnel and students who have completed their studies in the medical field can be part of this forum. Enroll yourself to be a member of the Medical Auxiliary Forum (for Orthodox Medical Personnel only).

Medical Auxiliary Forum meets every First Friday of the month after Holy Qurbana.

Aims and Objectives

1) To create a data bank of all medical professionals of the Malankara Orthodox Church on a global level.

2) To form a social networking group of the OMF.

3) In the present scenario when the medical field is increasingly commercialized, we need to organize orientation classes, retreats, seminars and discussions to equip the members for a meaningful Healing Ministry concomitant with the medical ethics, with enhanced dedication and selfless service.

4) The unprecedented shoot up in diseases and the number of patients in recent years compels us to form a panel of experts who can give medical advice on diagnosis and medical treatment.

5) To create stress management/counseling facilities for those facing physical, mental, emotional and situational problems in the medical profession.

6) To provide free or concessional medical facilities to economically weak patients.

7) To organize free medical checkups at labor camps and at centers of migrated laborers to create awareness about health and hygiene.

8) To conduct awareness campaigns or classes on health, nutrition and hygiene (Awareness classes on diseases such as AIDS, Ebola and other deadly diseases)

9) To provide free medicines to poor populace by creating a Medicine Bank.

10) To inform about job vacancies in different medical institutions to the members of OMF and other medical professionals.

11) Providing opportunities of service to the interested medical personnel for service in hospitals and medical ventures managed by the church.

12) To create a helpline for providing counseling and advice to people with suicide tendencies.

13) To avoid the pathetic situation where a patient suffers without proper and timely medical guidance.