About Us
Aims of S. B. Devi Charity Home |
The first aim was to improve basic medical services for the poor people in a quarter of North Kolkata. Basic services according to the “Primary Health Care” of WHO are provided. The types of treatment offered are Allopathy, Homoeopathy and Ayurveda - which is the patient's choice. Physicians from each of these streams of medicine working together can learn from each other to enhance their own practice and the quality of comprehensive care for their patients.
"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" is now a cliche. Our second aim takes the meaning of this proverb literally. Preventative medicine was introduced so that people could become aware of ways to keep healthy. When someone is attacked by a disease, treatment is necessary. However, it is even more important to develop immunity so that a person's life will have a minimum of disease and the need for drugs will be less.
The third aim is the exchange of medical students. Physicians coming from economically disadvantaged communities in India want to provide the best service possible for their patients. Though they are competent doctors they lack experience in the advanced methods and techniques of developed countries. We support physicians who wish to achieve foreign specialised degrees.
European medical students are also given the chance to visit our country and work in government hospitals where they become familiar with tropical diseases and also get a good opportunity to study different cases which are rare where these students come from. They can also become aware of homoeopathy and ayurveda as it is practiced in India. This intercultural liaison results in a mutually beneficial relationship between S. B. Devi Charity Home and Calcutta Project Basel.
The fourth aim is to conduct clinical studies for research purposes. This is an opportunity for gathering experiences and knowledge in different spheres of the medical field. Medical professionals are also given the opportunity to manage projects under this venture.
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| Governing Body of S. B. Devi Charity Home |
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| Dr.Debashis Banerjee, Mr.Pratap Kumar Roy, Dr.Sujit Basu, Dr.Ajoy Mukherjee, Dr.Gitali Roy Mitra |
Dr.Debashis Banerjee, Mr.Pratap Kumar Roy (Vice President), Mr.Dhirendra Kumar Das (President), Dr.Sujit Basu (Chief Medical Advisor), Dr.Ajoy Mukherjee (Medical Services), Dr.Sekhar Chattopadhyay (General Secretary and Administrator), Ms.Anita Banerjee (Treasurer, not pictured) |
| Calcutta Project Basel Members |
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| Chandan Chattopadyay, Christophe Schmidt, Theo Amacher, Judith Heckendorn, Marcel Tanner, Peter Koch, Klaus Gyr |
Dr.Sekhar Chattopadyay and Dr. Tapas Jana at the airport with Calcutta Project members |
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Dr. Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee
Senior Researcher |
Dr.Gitali Roy Mitra
Program Supervisor |
Dr. Tapas Jana
Asst. Program Supervisor |
Dr.Bikas Basu
Monitor PHPA |
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Dr. Nityananda Paul
Monitor PHPA |
Sunipa Chattopaydyay
Student Exchange Monitor |
Ruby Basu
Konika |
Tapas Mondal
Pharmacist |
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Sonali Basak Mukherjee
Librarian |
Miss Preeti Jha |
Karabi Bhattacharya |
Ratip Dutta |
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Sumita Rakhsit |
Kajal Kundu |
Moumi Chakraborty |
Sonali Majumder
Nutritionist
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Dr. Saumik Das |
Dr. Rahul Dutt |
Dr. Anirvan Mitra |
Dr.Mousumi Khan |
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Dr. Bipasa Sen |
Dr. Sarala Goyal |
Dr. M.K. Sengupta |
Dr. S.N.Pachal |
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Dr. Pradyot Bikas Kar Mahapatra |
Dr. Gitali Roy Mitra
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Dr. Bikas Basu
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Dr. Tapas Jana |
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| Dr. Nityananda Paul |
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The late Sona Bala Devi was a devoted social worker.
She worked tirelessly for the deprived class of people very quietly.
S. B. Devi Charity Home was named in honour of that great lady.
The organisation is the child of her dream.
The story began many years ago. The sensitive lady thought about the mischief
of treatment of the destitute people. The increasing expense for medical treatment
was leading them to a horrible fate. S. B. Devi planned to start a charitable
clinic for the welfare of this deprived class. She expressed her noble resolution
to her sons staying in Switzerland. At that time Chandon Chattopadhyay, her
grandson, was the President of the Student Association of Basel University.
Sekhar Chattopadhyay, a son of S. B. Devi, residing in India, had a discussion
with Chandon Chattopadhyay on this matter.
The General Body meeting of International Federation
of Medical Students Association (IFMSA) was to be held at Prague
in the Czech Republic. Chandon Chattopadhyay attended the meeting
and placed before the IFMSA the proposal of starting a project
in India. IFMSA responded enthusiastically. Then he presented the
proposal to the students in Basel University. They became very
eager to take total responsibility for the proposed project.
Finally representatives from Switzerland visited
Kolkata and from Kolkata representatives went to Switzerland to
discuss the proposal. In the year of 1989 two societies were formed
at Kolkata and Basel; S. B. Devi Charity Home and Calcutta
Project Basel. An agreement was signed between these two
institutions with responsibilities of each organisation clearly
stated. The agreement is reviewed every five years and extended.
Calcutta Project Basel is mainly responsible for fundraising and
forwarding know how and S. B. Devi Charity Home is responsible
for implementation.
After the foundation of both societies in 1989, an application was made for registration.
S. B. Devi Charity Home was registered by the State Government on 10th of July,
1991. That was the first step towards a new horizon. The society is licensed
under the West Bengal Clinical Establishments Act, License No: L/634-(97)-06/668 dated 28.11.2006. The organisation is now also registered under Foreign Contribution (Regulation)
Act 1976, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India.
| Initially S. B. Devi Charity Home was operated from only one room. S. B. Devi offered the salon on the ground floor of her residence for the project. The same room was used for the clinic as well as official purposes. In 1999 Dr. Chandon Chattopadhyay purchased the adjacent building with the help of Calcutta Project Basel. Suggestions and opinions were taken from members, well-wishers and experts before renovating the building. A survey was organised to collect suggestions from local people. Despite some major obstacles the building was completed on the 21st January 2002. His Excellency, Mr. Viren J. Shah, Governor of West Bengal, agreed to inaugurate the New Building. |
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