Shree Baba Haidakhan

Charitable & Research Hospital

CHILIANAULA, RANIKHET

Serving humanity

through good health

Selfless service to humanityis the best way to worship me

Babaji

Shri Babaji manifested as HAIDAKHAN WALE BABA (old Haidakhan Baba) around 1800, and later, from 1970 to 1984, as BHOLE BABA of HAIDAKHAN. SHRI BABAJI is a Mahavatar (manifestation of the Divine in a human body, not born of woman), who has continually manifested in a divine body on earth since the beginning of creation in order to help ailing mankind.

In 1970 SHRI BABAJI appeared in the historic holy cave situated at the foot of Mount Adi Kailash at Haidakhan, Kumaon. He materialised as a youth of 18 or 20 years. His divine power was experienced by several people who saw Him simultaneously in different guises at different places. In September of that year He ascended Mount Kailash, and sat on the summit for 45 days without food or sleep, thereby exhibiting His yogic powers.

SHRI BABAJI spent most of the 14 years of this manifestation at Haidakhan where He established a beautiful ashram, and built nine temples on the bank of the River Gautami Ganga. The Haidakhan area and Mount Kailash in Kumaon have been spiritually graced with the power

of Lord Shiva’s tapasya (penance), for centuries. The main temple at Haidakhan was constructed by Old Haidakhan Baba Himself. SHRI BABAJI built several

other temples and ashrams in India. Below Ranikhet, at a small village called Chilianaula, overlooking the snow-peaked Himalayas, He constructed a large and breathtakingly beautiful temple and ashram. Spiritual centres dedicated to Babaji have been established in over 35 countries across the world.

SHRI BABAJI proclaimed that he had come to revive SANATAN DHARMA (The Eternal Law of Nature, the basis of every religion) and to transform every human being, laying stress on three basic precepts of Dharma: TRUTH, SIMPLICITY and LOVE. SHRI BABAJI put emphasis on selfless service to humanity as the highest form of Karma Yoga, and wanted to uplift the poor level of health in the Kumaon region.

SHRI BABAJI departed His physical body on 14 February, 1984. He was a living embodiment of His teachings, and He left after having completed His mission. Inscribed on a stone leading up the steps to the Haidakhan Temple is His promise: “I AM ALWAYS WITH YOU.” Babaji’s subtle presence goes on to guide and inspire devotees to spread His eternal teachings and OM NAMAH SHIVAYA to every corner of the earth, bringing to man a spiritual message and inscribing the name of God in every heart touched by His Divinity.

Dear Sisters and Brothers,

The Shree Baba Haidakhan Charitable & Research Hospital has been serving the people of Kumaon in line with Baba’s vision since 1992, under the able guidance of our spiritual head, the late Shree Muniraj ji. The Eye, ENT, Dental, Pathology and General Medicine Departments have rendered yeoman service to over 300,000 patients since inception.

We are deeply grateful to all who have enabled this service over the years.

We encourage and welcome all who wish to contribute to these endeavours.

I invoke the blessings of Shree Babaji upon all who accompany us on this journey of public service.

Alok BannerjeeChairman, Haidakhandi Samaj

The descent ofeternity into time...

Message from

the Chairman

SHRI BABA HAIDAKHAN CHARITABLE AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL is situated at 6000ft above sea level at Chilianaula, Ranikhet. The hospital faces a majestic view of Himalayan mountain peaks; Trishul, Nandadevi, Nanda Khat, Nandadevi East, Danghat, Mana, Kamet and many others.

1) Free cataract eye surgery is done for any economically deprived patient round the year.

2) Outreach camps treat patients from far off and remote villages throughout the Kumaon region. Screening camps are held in villages with due regulatory permission, to access and identify patients. Patients are brought to the hospital at Chilianaula, free cataract surgery is conducted, patients are provided overnight stay and then dropped back home in the hospital ambulance.

3) Very soon, a Retina Centre will be added - a first in the region.

Key services rendered by Shree Haidakhan

Baba Charitable Hospital

search of a living. When medical help is required, people are less likely to have either the family support or the means to seek assistance. The local transport system is still far from ideal, thereby resulting in precious time being lost when medical help is needed. A delay in diagnosis naturally results in high rates of morbidity and mortality, even for simple diseases. The people of Kumaon have a higher than average ratio of diarrhea, duodenal ulcers, malnutrition, thyroid problems, tuberculosis, gall bladder stones, giardiasis, burns and lung malignancies, orthopedic injuries, dental caries and cataract.

GIVING LIFE TO THE VISIONTo give shape to Shree Babaji's vision of serving the poor, the Shree Haidakhan Baba Charitable Hospital (SBHCH) had its beginnings in 1981 at Haidakhan Vishwa Mahadham, Haidakhan Village, Nainital District with the opening of a charitable allopathic and ayurvedic clinic. This clinic was inaugurated by the then Governor of Uttar Pradesh Shri CPN Singh under the auspices of Babaji, whose vision included the establishment of a charitable allopathic and ayurvedic facility at Chilianaula, Ranikhet.

Giving shape to Babaji’s vision, the foundation stone of the SBHCH was laid on 4 October, 1992 by Rajesh Pilot, the Union Minister for Communication at that time. Even before the actual hospital became a reality, the Haidakhandi Samaj began to organise two annual medical camps at Chilianaula, Ranikhet and one at Haidakhan to serve the poor, from 1993, on a regular basis. The huge numbers of patients that these 3-4 day camps

UNDERSTANDING THE MEDICAL NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE OF KUMAONA large segment of the population in the Kumaon region lives in low socio-economic conditions, with an extremely poor level of health awareness. Poor economic conditions lead to migration of the adult male population to the cities, in

The Genesis

of Shree

Haidakhan Baba

Charitable

Hospital (SBHCH)

Babaji

All must strive to do their duty in the best way possible and not wander from their duty. Service to humanity is the first duty.

attracted, precipitated the need for the hospital. Three years later, the hospital complex in its current form was formally opened to the public on 27 September, 1997 with an in-house Physician, Surgeon and Gynaecologist, by Shri Munniraj ji, the spiritual head of the samaj.

HIGH QUALITY MEDICAL SERVICES FOR KUMAON To enlarge the scope of medical services offered at the hospital, specialists from various other streams were brought in from the best hospitals of Delhi. As a first step in this direction, the first major 6 day Cataract Eye Surgery Camp was started in 1998, in association with Sir Ganga Ram Hospital under the leadership of Dr. A K Grover (one of India's most renowned eye surgeons). Subsequent camps were held with technical assistance and professional guidance from Sir Ganga Ram Hospital. All the latest equipment such phaco-Laser machines were brought in and thousands of poor patients were

successfully treated free for cataract at these cataract eye surgery camps which were held 2-3 times a year, from 1998-2007. The hospital became a popular cataract surgery destination in the region.

2003 onwards, patient outreach programs were organised covering a radius of 200 kms to deliver free cataract eye surgeries. Patients from remote places

were brought to the hospital, operated for cataract and dropped back to their homes the next day. In addition to eye camps, regular camps covering other disciplines such as General Medicine, Orthopedic, Dental, Gynaecology, Pediatrics, ENT & Diabetes were also conducted at Chiliyanaula, Ranikhet.

CHALLENGES SURMOUNTEDThere were major operational challenges given that the SBHCH was in a remote area. Excellent hospital infrastructure was established which attracted proficient specialists and surgeons who would join for a period and then leave owing to the remoteness of the location. As a result various facilities were established and closed down, owing to a paucity of doctors and surgeons.

By 2007, it was clear that the best way to serve the people was to set up a permanent Cataract Eye Surgery department and since then, the hospital has had a permanent resident Eye Surgeon at Chilianaula, Ranikhet. To fully operationalise the Cataract Eye Surgery service, a fairly large capital investment was made towards the procurement of the latest surgical equipment such as Phaco-laser machine and other technical equipment. Other departments have also been set up for permanent operation since then and the hospital now offers complete outpatient services.

Shree

Haidakhan Baba

Charitable Hospital

(SBHCH) :

Serving The Poor

In Kumaon

Today, the SBHCH has the following departments : 1. Eye 2. ENT 3. Dental 4. General Physician 5. Basic Pathology

The SBHCH is an OPD based allopathic hospital which focuses on eyecare with a special emphasis on cataract & glaucoma treatment. Dental treatment, ENT treatment and Pathology along with General Medicine, OPD facilities are also available. All surgeries are conducted free as poor patients from the Himalayan villages cannot otherwise avail of treatment. All medicines are also provided free of cost to the poor.

FREE DAILY OPDEveryday the SBCHRC holds free OPD for all who walk in. The OPD is open to people from all walks of life and from every community. The Kumaon region offers few medical facilities on account of the region's remoteness, enabling the hospital to serve the community well in the areas of Eyecare and Surgery, ENT, General Medicine and Pathology. While all medical facilities are free for anyone who needs them, those who can pay, are encouraged to do so.

Housing for Staff & Doctors

“All medication is given free of cost to poor

patients”

Babaji

If you want to live a true life, you have to be active and hard working.

RURAL OUTREACH CAMPS

Currently, the hospital teams move out five to eight times a month, into the remote villages and set up camps where all people in need are given free treatment. Since 2008 the SBHCH has held regular outreach eye camps covering a 200 kms radius, which are coordinated with Village Panchayats and Gram Pradhans. Pamphlets are distributed a few days in advance. An SBHCH optometrist visits the outreach centers and identifies cataract patients through a proper check up. These patients are then brought to the hospital, operated upon free of cost, provided overnight stay and then dropped back to their villages the next day. The SBHCH caters to places that are so remote, that many there have never seen a doctor, let alone heard of eye surgery. Any poor patient can

walk into the SBHCH and avail of free cataract surgery along with free treatment in the Dental, ENT, General Medicine and Pathology departments. If anyone wants a better lens, s/he has to pay only the cost of the better lens - the surgery itself is free.

The hospital serves 700-800 people every month through the OPD. Including the rural outreach camps, the hospital provides medical assistance to over 2000 people every month.

“Rural outreach and screening camps for

remote patients with all due regulatory permissions”

Departments of

The Shree Haidakhan Baba Charitable

and Research Hospital (SBHCH)

EYECARE AND

EYE SURGERY

The Eye-care and Eye Surgery Department of the SBHCRH offers excellent modern diagnostic, therapeutic and rehabilitative services. The hospital works to eradicate blindness among the poor in the Kumaon Himalayas, by building an accessible, model institution, with internationally approved performance standards and focused on overall quality and excellent patient-care. Moreover, these services are taken to peoples’ doorsteps through outreach camps in the remote Kumaon Himalayas.Over the last 15 years, over 300,000 patients were examined and treated at the hospital and camps. Over 28,000 cataract and other surgeries have been carried out free or at lowest cost.

The hospital offers the following facilities :

Anterior segment:1. Cataract & IOL surgery through modern Phaco-Emulsification Machine2. ND-YAG laser for Capsulotomy and Iredectomy 3. Glaucoma diagnosis through sophisticated equipment such as HVF, Gonioscopy etc. and treatment including Cryo-Laser and Surgery 4. Corneal disease Orbit & Oculoplasty1. Paediatric opthalmology 2. Squint surgery 3. Refraction and orthoptics

Before After

“Over 3,00,000 patients

treated so far”

The Eye-care and Eye Surgery Department of the SBHCRH offers excellent modern diagnostic, therapeutic and rehabilitative services. The hospital works to eradicate blindness among the poor in the Kumaon Himalayas, by building an accessible, model institution, with internationally approved performance standards and focused on overall quality and excellent patient-care. Moreover, these services are taken to peoples’ doorsteps through outreach camps in the remote Kumaon Himalayas.Over the last 15 years, over 300,000 patients were examined and treated at the hospital and camps. Over 28,000 cataract and other surgeries have been carried out free or at lowest cost.

The hospital offers the following facilities :

Anterior segment:1. Cataract & IOL surgery through modern Phaco-Emulsification Machine2. ND-YAG laser for Capsulotomy and Iredectomy 3. Glaucoma diagnosis through sophisticated equipment such as HVF, Gonioscopy etc. and treatment including Cryo-Laser and Surgery 4. Corneal disease Orbit & Oculoplasty1. Paediatric opthalmology 2. Squint surgery 3. Refraction and orthoptics

Various Ear surgeries Tympanoplasty, mastoidectomy,trauma repair, stapedectomy etc.

Various Nose surgeries Septoplasty, nasal bonefracture, FESS, etc.

Various Throat surgeries Thyroidectomy, tonsillectomy micro-laryngeal surgeries, cut throat repair, etc.

This specialty department of the hospital offers facilities for diagnosis, treatment and research of disorders of the Ear, Nose and Throat.

The department has a competent audiology section with state-of-the-art diagnostic and therapeutic equipment. Treatment at the hospital uses flexible and rigid endoscopes and fine binocular microscopes. This equipment enables the hospital's specialists to deal with sophisticated procedures such as endoscopic cauterisation in epistaxis patients and biopsies of certain nose and throat lesions.

The hospital offers the following services in this department:OPD procedureI. Pure tone Audiometry with hearing aid dispensingII. Voice/Speech therapyIII. Balance tests IV. Microscopic/Endoscopic Examination & treatmentsV. Small OPD procedures like wax removal, ear piercing, nose piercing, biopsies etc.

OTOLARYNGOLOGY (ENT) DEPARTMENT

International research over the past few decades has led to a better understanding of retinal disorders. As a result of such sustained efforts, most retinal diseases are amenable to treatment today.Surgical, diagnostic and management expertise required for treating retinal diseases is vastly different from that needed for treating other eye diseases, thus creating the need for specialists dedicated purely to addressing vitreo-retinal disorders.The need for such specialised care of retinal diseases is particularly important in India - the diabetic capital of the world.

The urgent need for specialised care for retinal diseases has prompted the hospital to set up a dedicated Retina Center under the supervision of an experienced Vitreo-Retinal Surgeon.

Common retinal diseases and conditions include:1. Diabetic retinopathy.2. Macular degeneration - wet and dry.3. Retinal tears or holes.4. Epiretinal membrane.5. Macular hole.6. Retinal detachment.

To service patients with retina ailments, the hospital is investing in the following state-of-the-art equipment: 1. Fundus Fluorescein Angiogram (FFA).2. Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT).3. Retinal or Argon laser.

THE RETINA CLINIC

Fundus Fluorescein Angiography (FFA)

Retinal Argon Laser

The new Retina Centre :

the first-of-its-kind in the Kumaon region

All departments are fully staffed with the necessary doctors, surgeons and medical practioners and technical staff. All equipment needed for sophisticated surgeries and procedures is present at the hospital and in the mobile vans that service the village camps.

More than 75 tests are performed across the areas of Biochemistry, Hematology, Serology and Urine.

DENTAL CARE

AND SURGERY

PATHOLOGY

Suffering relating to dental ailments and poor dental hygiene is huge in the Kumaon region. The hospital works to educate people about preventive measures and provide treatment for most kinds of dental problems. The

department is equipped with new-generation dental chairs, dental x-rays and offers the full range of treatments needed by people in the region:

- Orthodontic Treatment - Root Canal Treatment - Dental Surgeries - Inspection Procedures- Periodontal Treatments- Prosthetic Replacement Treatment- Conservative Treatments

“Free pickup, free surgery, free overnight

stay & free home dropback for remote rural patients, as part

of Rural Outreach programs.”

Shri Alok Banerjee, Chairman, (Hony.) Brig. Dr. Arvind Lal, Padma Shri, Vice Chairman, Shri Pujari (Gerard Brouwer), Vice Chairman, Shri Khurak Singh (John Stewart), Vice Chairman, Shri Uday Chatterjee, General Secretary, Shri Vijay Bhatiani, Treasurer, Smt. Taruna Ben Patel, Joint Secretary, Shri Raghuvir (A.C.Boll), Joint Secretary, Commodore Premchand, Joint Secretary

Smt. Meena Chandra, Shri Ashok Chandra, Shri Sanjeev Sarna, Shri Sandeep Tandon, Dr. Savita Chopra, Shri Sushil Khanna - Members

OFFICE BEARERS & MEMBERS OF THE HOSPITAL COMMITTEE

SHREE BABA HAIDAKHAN CHARITABLE & RESEARCH HOSPITALChilianaula Ananda Puri Ashram,Chilianaula, Ranikhet, District Almora, Uttarakhand - 263 647, India.+91 5662-20658 shribabahaidakhanhospital@gmail.com www.babajicharitablehospital.com

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