This renovated Charitable Clinic Building was inaugurated on Sunday, 6th February 2005 by Dr. Surjya Kanta Misra, MIC, Health & Family Welfare, Govt. Of West Bengal  Dr. Nishim Kumar Addy examining patients at IMA Charitable Clinic. Patients waiting for their turn at IMA Charitable Clinic & Vaccination Centre
Patients receiving free medicines from support staff at IMA Charitable Clinic
 Dr. Ganga Prasad Ray (Paediatrician)vaccinating a child with Hepatitis B vaccine at IMA Charitable Clinic

Supporting Staffs Raju Samanta, Prasun Mandal, Pintu Mandal and Raju Mandal at IMA Charitable ClinicPatients queue up for registration at IMA Charitable Clinic & Vaccination CentreDr. Prabodh Kumar Banerjee, lending service since last 25 years! We salute you Sir!

THE CHARITABLE CLINIC HAS BEEN CHRISTENED IN THE MEMORY OF SAYAN AS

SAYAN BHATTACHARYYA MEMORIAL IMA CHARITABLE CLINIC & VACCINATION CENTRE

We are really grateful to Late Sri Samar Roychoudhury, the then Chairman of South Suburban Municipality and Late Sri. Rabin Mukherjee, the then Transport Minister by whose patronage IMA Behala Branch received this plot of land from Govt. Of West Bengal for IMA Outdoor Charitable Clinic & Vaccination Centre and IMA Behala Branch Office way back in 1984. It must be mentioned that Dr. Sunil Kumar Nag, the then Hon. Secretary of IMA Behala Branch played a pivotal role.

28 years have passed bye, the Outdoor Charitable Clinic and Vaccination Centre observed its SILVER JUBILEE YEAR in 2009. What our predecessors started in a "Thached Hut" is today an elegant building, the lighthouse of medical power in Behala.

It must also be stressed that the clinic building was built with donation from Well Wishers, Member Doctors, Pharmaceutical Houses, Hospitals & Diagnostic Centres.

We did not receive any financial help from any local councillors, MLA or MP during our days of struggle as few believe.

 Today also we run this clinic from funds of IMA Behala Branch and with donation from well wishers only.

The Department of Health, Govt. of West Bengal which recognised our activity and used to supply vaccines have withdrawn its supply recently on flimsy grounds.

It must be stressed that the clinic is run by 30 doctors of IMA Behala Branch who attends this clinic in rotation. They not only examine patients but serve the full prescription with medicine prescribed free of any charges. We salute their devotion. We are proud that Dr. Prabodh Kumar Banerjee and Dr. Sushil Kumar Bhattacharyya are the two Doctors who have served this clinic continuously since last 25 years.

Although Kolkata Municipal Corporation has withdrawn its vaccine supply and Anandabazar Patrika (6th February 2009 by Parijat Bandyopadhyay) has carried out  defamation stories about our clinic, the only IMA clinic in Kolkata carrying out such service free of charges we are still continuing vaccination at our clinic from our own funds. 

The clinic runs from Monday to Friday It starts with registration of patients at 3.45-4.30pm @ Rs. 2.00 only and then from 4.45pm onwards our Doctors take care of the patients till the end. Vaccination is given every Tuesdays at the same time

Annually we serve around 7000 patients on an average and today our clinic is blessed by the downtrodden section of the society.

The timing of the clinic was fixed by our predecessors with some brilliant ideas to serve the downtrodden section:

"During this time the outdoor of Govt. Hospitals does not function; Those who work as domestic help get time to attend this clinic between their morning & evening daily activities; Our Doctors who serve the clinic are free between their morning and evening chambers; IMA Office also runs during this time parallely"

THE REWARD FOR OUR WORK

Sri. Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharyya, Mayor, Kolkata Municipal Corporation (2005-2010) turns down IMA's  appeal & slaps a annual building tax of Rs. 21,193.00 on an institutional building doing charitable work.

Thank You Sir!  

 An Appeal

Indian Medical Association, Behala Branch appeals to all Pharmaceutical Houses to donate medicines to this Charitable Clinic.  

Donation of Memorial Slabs (Prepared) in the Charitable Clinic @ Rs. 15,000.00 (Fifteen Thousands) per slab. The Donated amount will be Fixed Deposited & Interest will be used for the clinic.

Friends, Well Wishers and Other Voluntary Organisations who want to help us in our endeavour are requested to contact us at

imabehalabranch@yahoo.co.in

 ALL DONATIONS SHOULD BE IN ACCOUNT PAYEE CHEQUE DRAWN IN FAVOUR OF

"IMA BEHALA BRANCH-CHARITABLE CLINIC FUND"