After longstanding political discussion over developing national public health systems, achieving universal health coverage, preferably publically funded programmes becomes the current agenda for societies around the world. However, this is happening at a time when the world is facing shortage of millions of health care professionals including doctors, nurses, midwives, and support workers. The most affected are developing countries struggling to come up with innovative strategies to address the challenge. Large parts of the rural population in India rely on untrained medical professionals, making it the only option for medical support in many villages. Methods: The study was conducted among participants and organizers of medical camp conducted at a rural village in southern part of India. The study employed a cross sectional descriptive study design to analyze the importance of medical camp as a short term medical intervention in dealing with shortage of human resources in rural villages. The needs, expectations and satisfaction of participants and organizers of the camp regarding health care workers were analyzed using thematic analysis methods to answer the research question. Results: The themes that emerged from data analysis shows that community medical camp approach attempts to complement the shortage of human resources and other resources essential for smooth functioning of primary health care services in rural areas. A coordinated effort to train village health workers and keeping them in a network of health care professionals from nearby towns who will be frequently available in the villages will serve the rural people better.