Sampa Das is becoming an expert in identifying people who need medical help in her slum. In the past one and a half month she has identified 8 people suffering from thyroid and blood pressure issues – and referred them to Calcutta Rescue. She is one of four Community Health Workers (CHWs) recently appointed and […]
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Badal was one of Calcutta Rescue’s ‘lost patients’ – people with serious medical conditions who the medical team lost touch with during India’s protracted Covid lockdown. Now Badal, who is 70 and has nasty ulcers on his feet, is back getting treatment at Nimtala Clinic and is helping track down other ‘lost patients’ Badal has
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“Mental health issues are as normal as physical health issues. At some point in our life all of us face problems related to mental health. Be kind to yourself & be kind to the world.” – Suchandra Chatterjee (Calcutta Rescue social worker and counsellor, MA in Clinical Psychology Calcutta University, Diploma in Psychiatric Counselling from
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Ruksana (not her real name) is not about to let the Covid-19 virus stop her from helping patients in the private hospital where she works. She is a brave, independent woman, proud of her job and being able to support her family and her young daughter.Seeing her now, you would never guess she suffered years
On any other day, the students of Calcutta Rescue education centres would be in their schools, learning, playing and having fun with their friends. But in the lockdown period, they are forced to stay at home. However, students are trying their best to communicate with the teachers regularly either through their own phones or the
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30 years old Parvati’s actual home is in Bihar, another state of India.10 years ago after her husband left her and unlawfully took her two children with him. She spent her days looking for them but was unable to find them. She then decided to start a new life and came to Kolkata alone and
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