VAISAKHI FEATURE
Serving
Humanity At No Cost
India’s biggest kidney dialysis hospital, Guru Harkishan Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Kidney Dialysis Hospital, offers free treatment for all. By Shweta Kulkarni
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t is said that service to humanity is the best work of life and no one knows this better than the Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee (DSGMC), which since its inception is committed to ‘Manav Sewa.’ Right from managing various educational institutions, to hospitals, to old age homes, to libraries
and other charitable institutions in Delhi for years, the DSGMC, which is headquartered in Gurdwara Rakab Ganj Sahib, has assiduously contributed to society through various channels. Now the committee has added yet another feather to its glorious cap of social service by starting a freeof-charge kidney dialysis centre in Delhi.
With 101 beds, the Guru Harkishan Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Kidney Dialysis Hospital is touted as India’s biggest kidney dialysis hospital and aims to soon become even the world’s largest kidney dialysis hospital. Established at Gurdwara Bala Sahib, what makes this centre unique is the fact that there is no cash or billing counter anywhere on the premises. Commenting about the idea behind setting up the free kidney dialysis hospital, DSGMC president Manjinder Singh Sirsa said in an interview to a web portal, “There are more than 30 per cent kidney patients in India, who don’t have access 2021 VAISAKHI
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