Dr Ghosh Charitable Trust

Performing free or partially waived surgeries is at the heart of the Trust’s activities. With Dr. Ghosh’s tight-knit team of highly skilled doctors and nurses on board, the Trust has performed over 350 neurosurgeries with a 99% success rate. We have 15 committed nurses for home and hospital care who monitor the patients.

The surgeries are performed with state-of- the-art equipment at Apollo Hospitals in Chennai and Kolkata. The management of Apollo Hospitals Chennai has kindly granted the free use of its equipment and infrastructure to the Trust by way of an annual allowance, thanks to Dr. Ghosh’s long association with the Apollo Group.

Affordable but quality medical treatment is practically a myth for the common man in India. It is to bridge this gap between affordability and quality that the Trust has set up 2 fully functional clinics in Ultadanga and Muchi Bazaar in Kolkata, where patients pay a nominal fee of Rs. 30 for a range of health services, such as Gynecology, Pediatrics, Cardiology, Neurology, Opthalmology, Dentistry and Orthopaedics. An average of 20,000 patients avail these services every year.

Apart from low-cost consultations, the Trust also offers free medication for up to 3 days after consultation. We are aided in this endeavor by several pharmaceutical organizations and individual donors. Apart from this, many neurological patients get their monthly medicine freely provided by the Trust.

To complete the holistic medical treatment experience, the Trust also offers a low-cost diagnostic facility where people can get the services of blood test, X-ray, ultrasound, ECG, ECHO, EEG TMT and Holter monitor at a fraction of the regular cost with no compromise on the quality of equipment. Senior citizens get an additional discount. Kind patron organizations and individuals have contributed funds in order for us to obtain this state-of-the-art equipment.

The Trust chooses a few exemplary students each year and grants a 100% scholarship for an MBBS degree in the State Govt Medical Colleges of Tamil Nadu & West Bengal. The Trust supports the entire cost of education of 32 students in West Bengal and 25 students in Tamil Nadu. Donors can choose to support a single student by paying Rs. 6000 per month for a period of 41⁄2 years.

The Trust has taken on several institutions that cater to disadvantaged individuals and handles all their medical needs. Doctors from the Trust visit these institutions every month, conduct medical investigations, and distribute free medicines.

Schools: The Trust has adopted two schools in Kolkata that comprise mainly of students from disadvantaged backgrounds. One of these schools, Gobindo Home, is an orphanage in Panihati and the other is a low-income school in Baghbazaar. The Trust sponsors all medicines required by the students yearlong and conducts large- scale health check-up camps for all students thrice a year.

Old Age Homes & Orphanages: The Trust attends to the medical needs of more than 250 inmates in various old age homes and orphanages across Chennai, like Kakkum Karangal, Aruvi Old Age Home, Annai Anbu Karangal and Amaithi Illam Orphanage. In Kolkata, it sponsors the medical needs of the Tollygunge Old Age Home.

Disability Institutions: The Trust also manages the medical needs of the two Cheshire Homes in Serampore and Tollygunge, which cater to individuals with physical and cognitive disabilities.

The Trust has conducted regular Head Injury Awareness programs, especially amongst college students, where the incidence of road accidents is the highest. Chennai holds the dubious distinction of the highest number of road traffic accident deaths in India, and the Trust is committed to raising awareness in order to change this. The Trust also conducted a Meningitis Awareness Program on World Meningitis Day on 24th April 2013.

The Trust adopted a village in West Bengal called Pandua in July 2015. 30 families in Pandua have been tested for anemia, high blood pressure and diabetes, and medication has been provided for the same. We endeavor to keep expanding the number of families we can serve and hope to cover the entire village.

The Trust has opened a guesthouse for its patients in Vanagaram, Chennai, so that they may stay at a moderate cost. We also provide free pick up and drop arrangements from the guesthouse to the hospital.

After the horrific floods at Chennai in December 2015, the Trust set up relief medical camps in the flood-affected areas and provided medicines and health check-ups free of cost.

CME programs are conducted in various medical colleges for doctors and medical students to benefit from the lectures by eminent doctors in the field. The Trust conducts regular CMEs on radiology, pathology, neurology, surgery & ancillary treatments.

Dr Ghosh charitable trust conducted a free medical camp at CHENNAPURI ANNADANA SAMAJAM, Parktown successful.
More than 85 inmates were highly benefitted.
We thank Dr. Anand Shah for his help.
Our heartfelt thanks to Dr. Suganthi, Dr. Arresh, Mr. John and Mr. Paul Immanuel for helping this to happen. We thank the sponsor Dr. Rajendran for sponsoring to provide medicines, Dr. Swatee Vasant Halbe for partly sponsoring the Investigation charges, we also thank Mr. Karthik for sponsoring to provide snacks, Mr. Vasanth, Mr. Govindan, Mr. Srinivasan and Mr.Mani for partly sponsoring to provide gifts.
All your support in this camp was a great source of help and we look forward to continue our work with you all.

On December 9th, cyclonic storm Mandous, which crossed the coast at Mamallapuram. People living near the coastal area were affected on property and material damage. So our DGCT conducted "Mandous relief camp" on Deveneri village.They distributed 500kg rice bags to the people who are all suffering by the cyclone.