Amader Haspatal Phulberia (GP Teghori) Bankura


The core philosophy of Amader Haspatal, is not to let any patient, however poor or sick, feel humiliated in any way. One of the main reasons why many poor people shun public health facilities – if they exist at all in their areas – is the harshness and indifference with which they are treated by hospital staff. This is about putting the concept of ‘care' back into healthcare. “There is no way, in a large country like India , we can wait till we have qualified doctors everywhere. We need to engage positively with existing rural doctors and not make them outlaws,”.


Amader Haspatal Map 

As of now one of the problems the hospital faces is lack of doctors to come and provide services, largely due to its location, around 270 kilometers from Calcutta . However, for the team, the Haspatal's remoteness is not as much an obstacle as the very reason to be here where no other medical professional dares to go. Villagers travel 30 KM to nearest hospital for emergency care and their only viable transportation is the ox-driven cart; often patients do not make to the hospital. We are building a 2-storey 12 bed in-patient care unit to provide some degree of immediate medical care to stabilize the situation before transporting the critically ill patients to a regular hospital, if needed. Another use of the facility will be a hands-on training centre for the untrained medical practitioners. They will be able to observe closely the trained physicians while the physicians treat the inpatients; they will discuss and understand the principles of diagnosis of diseases and the rationale of treatment protocol .




Location: Phulberia, P.O-Nischintapur, Chhatna, West Bengal 722136, India