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Calcutta Mercy Hospital Changing the Face of India

HospitalSince 1977, Calcutta Mercy Hospital continues providing care to more than 100,000 people every year with 40 percent of its total patient care free of charge to those in need. The seven-story health care and medical research institution, located in downtown Calcutta, India, provides pediatric and neonatal care, therapeutic, and rehabilitative services to abused and underprivileged patients, AIDS awareness, and educational services.

The hospital has a Research Centre School of Nursing that provides top level professional services to girls and women from all levels of income as they realize that in the Indian culture it is necessary for women to have training in various vocational fields in order to gain respect, success, and to break the cycle of poverty.

In the rural communities around Calcutta, the hospital sends out doctor and nurse teams to attend the medical needs of thousands of poor people who would otherwise go untreated.Tsunami

In the wake of the recent tsunami, Calcutta Mercy Hospital sent an eight-member team of doctors, nurses, and technicians to help the tsunami-affected people. This Operation Blessing in the western provinces of Kalmunai and Akkaraipattu, Maruthamunai, and Akbar lasted ten days and gave a fresh lease on life to the people through medical attention, love, and care.

In 2004, the Calcutta hospital treated thousands of children affected by Thalassaemia, a disease related to abnormal hem