Charitable Dispensary, Hospital & Panchakarma - Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Narendrapur

SPOTLIGHT

The Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Narendrapur is a branch of Ramakrishna Mission, Belur Math. It was founded by Swami Lokeswarananda in 1956. Prior to its inception, he was in-charge of a “Students’ Home” run by the Mission in North Kolkata. Accordingly, with 12 students from there he first established a similar Home in tents at Narendrapur. Next year, i.e. in 1957, he opened another Home for the visually handicapped children which afterward took the shape of the Blind Boys’ Academy.

Charitable Dispensary, Ayurvedic Hospital & Panchakarma

These units provide treatments, diagnostic facilities and medicines to the out-patients as well as in-patients all together more than 60000 in every year. Following are the departments run in the Charitable Dispensary and Hospital :

General, Eye, E. N. T, Dental, Pathology, Child, Skin, Cardiology, Radiology, U.S.G. Other than the permanent doctors and technicians, visiting specialist are serving in them. Patients, especially the poor, throng to avail of their services. Panchakarma Unit It offers therapies like Vamana, Virechan, Vasti, Sirovirechan, Raktamokshan, Sirodhara and Abhayanga to patients even from far and wide. It also produces some Ayurvedic medicines.