Calcutta Homoeopathic Charity

(Free Homoeopathic Clinic & Milk Distribution)

Calcutta Milk Project & Mobile Medical Unit 

Bengal Allen Medical Institute, Calcutta (India) and Allen College Of Homoeopathy, Essex (England) are pleased to be associated with the Kamala Benerjee Memorial Fund, which is a charity supporting the poorer people of Calcutta by providing free homoeopathic treatment (homeo clinics) in the slums and free milk to orphans and slum dwelling children, since 1986.

The mobile van has been operating since 1992. All these projects are entirely supported by donations.

Currently approximately 250 people benefit from the services each week. Please see the photographs of the project below.

THE CALCUTTA MOBILE CLINIC PROJECT 

'Bringing Homoeopathy to the Slum Dwellers of Calcutta'

Janet Robinson-Banerjea and friends of the charity regularly raise funds to provide milk for the children and a free homoeopathic mobile clinic which serves various slums in Calcutta.

Dr. Subrata Kumar Banerjea is the Director of the Charity with his brother Joy who runs the project on site. Our project co-ordinator, Janet Robinson, writes:

" We visited the site in South Calcutta where the van goes each Thursday. It was pouring with rain but this was no deterrent to the bare footed slum dwellers who either queued for milk at the rare of the van or at the side for homoeopathic prescriptions. Patients with all kinds of problems came for treatment, and because it was the rainy season, acute diarrhoea, tonsillitis and asthma were common.

Many of the chronic conditions presenting were due to 'wet weather aggravates' so there were plenty of patients with rheumatic symptoms and on this day a fair proportion of women's ailments such as dysmenorrhea and vague abdominal pains. There were many new patients and follow-ups which was encouraging. About forty patients were seen in this session and about thirty children given milk."

"WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT TO KEEP THE VAN ON THE ROAD"

To keep up the good work we need your help. Funds will be used to pay for the van maintenance, petrol, milk and staff payments (we employ a local woman to distribute the milk and a local female homoeopathic doctor).

With your support we will be able to expand the project to more of the slum areas and to some of West Bengal's remote villages where the people have no access to any form of medical treatment.

Your contribution we will get right to the heart of the project. Only essential expenses are taken from the donations such as postage and stationery.