June 15, 2026 
There are programs that look good on a resume. And then there are programs that change the way you think. Mediminds 2026 — brought to you by Career Width, in collaboration with M3M Foundation and Doctors For You (DFY) — was firmly the second kind.
Over seven days, students didn’t sit in lecture halls. They walked hospital corridors, trained in first aid with real nurses, stood beside doctors at community health camps in underserved neighbourhoods, studied cancer helpdesks, explored pathology labs, and finally stood on a stage at the IIC Conference to present what they’d learned. This is the story of that week.
Day 1 — Monday, June 8
First Steps Into the Real Thing
Reporting: 9:15 AM | Pickup: 3:30 PM | Pickup Location: Meena Devi Jindal Hospital, Civil Lines
Two batches. Two worlds. On the very first day, Career Width and its partners made sure no student was eased in gently.
Batch 1 — Meena Devi Jindal Hospital & Research Institute, Civil Lines, New Delhi
Students arrived to a formal orientation led by a DFY representative — not a PowerPoint overview, but a grounded conversation about what the week ahead would demand and deliver. From there, the hospital opened its doors: department by department, students toured the facility, watching how a functioning hospital breathes. The highlight of the morning was a hands-on first aid training session conducted by the Medical Superintendent and nursing staff — bandaging, basic life support, emergency response. By afternoon, students were placed across departments, observing, asking questions, and beginning to understand what healthcare actually looks like from the inside. The day closed with a structured feedback and discussion session before pickup.
Batch 2 — GIMS, Government Institute of Medical Sciences, Greater Noida
Meanwhile, Batch 2 headed out of Delhi to Greater Noida, where a DFY representative oriented them to a very different model of care. The focus here was on Mobile Medical Units (MMUs) — vehicles that carry healthcare to communities that can’t easily access it. Students engaged directly with these units, understanding their scope, their limitations, and their impact. A duty doctor and nurse then led a focused discussion on Maternal and Child Health — infant mortality, maternal nutrition, vaccination coverage, the real numbers behind public health policy. The day ended with feedback and open discussion.
Day 2 — Tuesday, June 9
The Swap
Reporting: 9:15 AM | Pickup: 3:30 PM | Pickup Location: Meena Devi Jindal Hospital, Civil Lines
Day 2 was intentionally designed as a mirror of Day 1 — the batches exchanged locations so every student experienced both settings before the week moved forward.
Batch 1 — GIMS, Greater Noida
Batch 1 now made their way to Greater Noida. A DFY orientation set the context, and students were placed with the Mobile Medical Units, getting hands-on with how these units are organised and deployed. The duty doctor and nurse led them through the maternal and child health session — a conversation that brought statistics to life with real cases and real challenges from the field.
Batch 2 — Meena Devi Jindal Hospital & Research Institute, Civil Lines
Batch 2 arrived at Civil Lines for the experience Batch 1 had the day before. The DFY orientation. The department-by-department hospital tour. The first aid training with the MS and nursing team — this time, a different group of students learning to respond to emergencies with calm and precision. Then the afternoon of active engagement across departments, followed by the now-familiar feedback circle before heading home.
By the close of Tuesday, the entire cohort had seen both ends of a crucial spectrum: the institutionalised hospital and the mobile, community-reaching model of care.
Day 3 — Wednesday, June 10
Into Delhi’s Biggest Public Hospital — and Onto the Streets
Reporting: 9:15 AM | Pickup: 3:30 PM | Pickup Location: Meena Devi Jindal Hospital, Civil Lines
Day 3 was where the program stepped up in scale.
Batch 1 — Vardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi
Students were taken to the VMMC-Safdarjung complex — one of the largest and busiest public hospitals in the country. After a DFY orientation, they were taken on a comprehensive tour of hospital departments — casualty, OPD, wards, diagnostics — watching how thousands of patients are managed daily with limited resources and extraordinary skill.
Mid-morning brought a ten-minute address by the Hospital’s Medical Superintendent, Director, or MSWO — a rare chance to hear leadership speak candidly about running a public health institution. Then came the session that many students would later describe as the most memorable of the week: a cancer awareness and education session led by the Program Head, covering detection, prevention, myths, and the human reality of oncological care. Students were then oriented to the cancer helpdesk — learning how it functions, who it serves, and how they could potentially contribute. The day closed with a structured debrief.
Batch 2 — Health Camp at Wazirabad Signature Bridge
While Batch 1 was inside a major hospital, Batch 2 went to the community. Under DFY’s guidance, students helped mobilise patients for the health camp — going into the neighbourhood, communicating with residents, and encouraging people to come forward for screening and consultation. They supported community sensitization activities, learning how health messaging reaches people who are suspicious of institutions, pressed for time, or simply unaware of what’s available to them. The debrief at the end of this day carried a different weight — a more human, less clinical kind of learning.
Day 4 — Thursday, June 11
Camps and Campuses
Reporting: 9:15 AM | Pickup: 3:30 PM | Dual Pickup Locations (see batches)
Batch 1 — Health Camp at Mahipalpur Rangpuri Pahari, New Delhi
Pickup: Meena Devi Jindal Hospital, Civil Lines
Batch 1 headed deep into one of Delhi’s dense urban settlements — Mahipalpur Rangpuri Pahari. After a DFY orientation, students threw themselves into the work of the health camp: moving through lanes and bylanes to mobilise patients, speaking to families, helping set up and manage the flow of people coming in for check-ups and consultations. The community sensitization activities here were on a different scale — more crowded, more immediate. Students returned to the pickup point quieter, more thoughtful.
Batch 2 — Vardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi
Pickup: DFY Head Office, G6 Ganga Apartment, Vasant Kunj
Batch 2 now experienced the VMMC-Safdarjung campus — the full program that Batch 1 had on Day 3. The hospital tours. The address from senior medical leadership. The cancer session by the Program Head. The cancer helpdesk orientation. By the end of Day 4, every student in the cohort had stood inside a government teaching hospital and at a roadside health camp. Both are India. Both are healthcare.
Day 5 — Friday, June 12
Superspeciality Science and the Story of Doctors For You
Reporting: 9:15 AM | Pickup: 3:30 PM | Pickup Location: DFY Head Office, Vasant Kunj
The program shifted base to Vasant Kunj, and the tenor of the day changed — more science, more career, more reflection.
Batch 1 — Primus Superspeciality Hospital, 2 Chandragupt Marg, Chanakyapuri
Primus was a contrast to the government hospitals visited earlier — sleek, specialist, and focused. After the DFY orientation, students toured hospital departments with a new eye, understanding how a private superspeciality facility operates. The afternoon brought a dedicated orientation by the Head of the Department of Pathology — microscopes, specimens, diagnostic workflows, the science behind the diagnosis. This was followed by interactive sessions on Microbiology and Biotechnology, where students engaged with lab techniques, research applications, and the growing role of biotechnology in modern medicine. The day closed with feedback and discussion.
Batch 2 — Doctors For You Head Office, Vasant Kunj
Batch 2 spent the day at the organisation that had been guiding them all week. A DFY representative began with a deep-dive orientation into Doctors For You and its 16-year journey — from disaster relief to pandemic response to everyday primary care in India’s most neglected corners. Then the Head of the Organisation addressed students directly in a 15-minute session that covered vision, values, and what it truly means to dedicate a career to service. Career talks followed — honest conversations about pathways in medicine, public health, NGO work, and healthcare management. The session closed with an open Q&A, one of the most candid of the entire week.
Day 6 — Saturday, June 13
The Final Field Day
Reporting: 9:15 AM | Pickup: 3:30 PM | Pickup Location: DFY Head Office, Vasant Kunj
Batch 1 — Doctors For You Head Office, Vasant Kunj
Batch 1 spent their last field day at DFY HQ, working on patient mobilisation and community engagement activities under the guidance of DFY representatives. It was active, on-the-ground work — the kind that rarely makes it into any career brochure but forms the backbone of public health delivery in India. The feedback session at the end of the day had a reflective, almost valedictory quality.
Batch 2 — Primus Superspeciality Hospital, Chanakyapuri
Batch 2 got their turn at Primus — the department tours, the pathology orientation from the HoD, the Microbiology and Biotechnology interactive sessions. By the end of Day 6, every student had experienced a private superspeciality hospital, a government teaching institution, a mobile medical unit, a community health camp, and the inner workings of one of India’s most respected healthcare NGOs.
That is not a small thing.
Day 7 — Sunday, June 14
The IIC Conference — Closing Ceremony
Reporting: 9:00 AM | Pickup: 4:00 PM | Location: IIC Conference Venue
The final day belonged to the students.
The week had been designed so that this moment would mean something — and it did. Students took the stage to present their learnings, distilling seven days of hospitals, health camps, labs, and conversations into coherent, confident presentations. A keynote speaker addressed the theme of the conference, placing the students’ experiences inside the larger story of healthcare in India. Lunch followed — a welcome pause after a week of early mornings and full days.
The afternoon brought awards distribution, recognising standout contributors across the cohort, and a panel discussion that brought together practitioners, organisers, and students in one final, open conversation about medicine, public health, and the careers that lie ahead.
What Mediminds 2026 Really Was
Career Width built Mediminds 2026 as a free internship — no fees, no barriers, just access. M3M Foundation made the scale of it possible. And Doctors For You brought sixteen years of on-the-ground credibility to every hospital visit, every health camp, every career conversation.
Together, they gave a group of students something genuinely rare: a week inside Indian healthcare that was honest about its beauty and its difficulty, its science and its humanity, its institutions and its streets.
Seven days. Six venues. Two health camps. One conference. And a cohort of young people who now see the healthcare world a little differently than they did before.
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