As the pandemic period had started, Calcutta Rescue had stopped providing vaccinations to the children of the slum community contemplating the safety of the staff. After seven months CR decided to start the the services that were stopped. A few days ago Calcutta Rescue street medicine programme started. Read More: CR Street Medicine Programme Starts […]
Vaccination Programme Starts on World Immunisation Day Read More »
The COVID pandemic has meant that, until now, it wasn’t safe for Calcutta Rescue’s street medicine ambulances to work in the slums. This has made access to medical care more difficult for many people. But the charity’s team now have the personal protective equipment they need and has developed ways of working which should keep
CR Street Programme Starts Again! Read More »
Due to the COVID pandemic, Calcutta Rescue street medicine ambulances have not been able to go to core slum areas and provide service like before. Currently, we are only able to serve our registered patients but there are more and more people who need us. It is important to reach out to these beneficiaries. Given the
CR trains community women for health education Read More »
It took six long months to build this small room where patients can have their dressings changed in private and in a hygenic setting. Building started back in January but came to a complete halt on March 25 when the nationwide lockdown was announced. The wound-dressing room was finally completed in June and has
Nimtala clinic’s new wound-dressing room is finally finished! Read More »
A traumatised woman searches through the charred wreckage of her family’s home after a fire swept through Canal East slum in Kolkata earlier this month – destroying 54 huts and leaving 280 people homeless. A number of Calcutta Rescue patients lost all their possessions in the blaze and rang the charity to see if it
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“The risk of infection, the government lockdown, containment zones, monsoon floods, having to travel long distances…nothing can stop my team continuing to serve Calcutta Rescue’s beneficiaries.” So says Dr Ghosh, the deputy CEO (medical), who has been at the forefront of adapting the way the charity operates since the pandemic began. Here she talks about
CR Medical team to the rescue! Read More »
Dear Friends of Calcutta Rescue, I know that many of you will be worried about the situation following Cyclone Amphan last week, so I just want to give you a quick update. The good news is that all our staff and schoolchildren survived the horror of Wednesday night and the impact on our own buildings
Cyclone Amphan Update: Letter from the CEO Read More »
Congratulations have poured in from around the world for two of Calcutta Rescue’s most dedicated supporters who were knighted in Holland last month. Lilian Teunissen and Henk Loos were made knights of the Order of Oranje Nassau by the King of the Netherlands for over 25 years service to the poor in Kolkata. Calcutta Rescue’s
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Nothing is going to stop Babita from caring for her TB patients – not the lockdown, not staff shortages, not police barricades, nor even a shortage of the drugs they need daily to beat this potentially fatal disease. Babita runs Calcutta Rescue’s TB clinic near Belgachia slum, a red zone hotspot of COVID-19 cases, and
Under Babita’s care, Calcutta Rescue TB patients are safe Read More »
On 25th November the atmosphere of Calcutta Rescue’s Tala Park Clinic could be described as ‘vibrant orange’! The clinic was decorated with orange balloons, orange threads were looped together, staff had orange ribbons entwined on their wrists and dresses. The women who lead the event wore orange clothes. 25th November marked the International Day for
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