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Most of the villages and islands in Sunderbans area where SHIS carries on its activities, remain marooned during most of the time especially in the monsoon. Poor inhabitants of these areas scarcely get opportunity for medical treatment either due to improper transportation or lack of fund to reach far to a hospital. It was Wohab and Sabitri who at the instance of Dominique Lapierre launched a boat dispensary, first of its kind in the remote Sunderbans area. The first boat was inaugurated by Dominique Lapierre on December 02, 1997. Today SHIS has four such Boats dispensaries equipped with all medicinal aids, X-ray Unit and pathological laboratory manned by trained health |
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and qualified doctors. These boats reach even the marooned villages
of Sunderbans area, which are plunged in deep water during monsoon
making medical services inaccessible. The lone boat dispensary to
cover the vast area of Sunderbans was too meager to meet the requirement
of the people living there. It was a great moment when the second
boat dispensary was launched and inaugurated by Dominique on 28 November,
1998 with medical facilities that include Medicines, Pathological
Clinic, X-ray Unit and Doctors. |
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there four such floating dispensaries those cover vast areas of Sunderbans
right from the north - Basirhat to the south - Kakdweep and Namkhana.
The huge boats are aided by small speed boats those are used to reach
into the small canals of the delta expeditiously at the need. The
last boat was inaugurated by Dominique Lappierre in November, 2002. SHIS makes humble submission to all for contributing towards more number of such small speed boats so that more number of needy people can be reached with medicinal aids. |
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