By Shanta Mahato | President, Prabhat Alloi Foundation (India)
Nabakusthashram now houses 33 leprosy patients. All of them have been severely impacted from leprosy disease and many have been abandoned by their households and families. The average age of residents at Nabakusthashram is between 60-70 years.
Prabhat Alloi Foundation (PAF) runs a free Medical Centre with nurses at Nabakusthashram. The clinic runs 7 days a week and provides dressing for the residents' wounds on a daily basis.
PAF presently carries out the following activities at Nabakusthashram –
Running of the Medical Centre including arranging for supplies and paying salary of the 2 nurses engaged (PAF also arranged for vaccination of the residents in the month of September-October, 2021);
Arranging for food supplies and cooking of food for the 33 residents on daily basis
Placing a part time resource at the disposal of residents for assisting in routine matters (e.g., Govt communications, bank work etc.)
Deploying night guards for safety and security of the residents
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