Hospital: Bali Island

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Bali Island, Bijaynagar 9

Why

• The Sunderbans (a group of 102 islands spread over West Bengal and Bangladesh) is one of the most impoverished, neglected and remote regions.


• The area is prone to cyclones and has no basic facilities such as drinking water, electricity and medical care.


• The nearest 16-bed Government Primary Health Centre is in Gosaba, 2 hours away by boat.


• For specialised treatment, patients need to travel to Kolkata, which they can ill afford, both economically and in terms of distance.


• This distance proves fatal for patients, particularly snakebite and stroke victims.


• The hospital will raise hygiene awareness and provide medicare, and preventative treatment (vaccinations) to the 95 000 people living on Bali island and the surrounding islands.


• Our safe drinking water programme covers 17 villages.

Innovative Construction

• Construction of the hospital commenced on 12 February 2014 utilizing discarded PET bottles filled with waste mud (replacing bricks) and Nylon-6 fish net (replacing steel in the concrete slabs).


• This construction method promotes waste management and is extremely affordable, environment-friendly and cyclone and earthquake resistant.

Hospital

• Solar and diesel generated power has been installed due to the absence of electricity on the island.


• Lack of accessibility to the site was countered by acquiring two ambulance speedboats and by building a jetty, road and bridge.


• Measuring 7000 sq. ft., the hospital includes:
  
  
  
  • two General Wards with 10 beds each,
  
  
  • a Paediatric Ward with 6 beds,
  
  
  • an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) with 2 beds,
  
  
  • an Emergency Room with 1 bed,
  
  
  • an Isolation Ward with 1 bed,
  
  
  • an Operating Theatre,
  
  
  • an X-Ray Room/USG,
  
  
  • an Out Patients' Department (OPD).
  
  
  
  


• The hospital will focus on emergency, trauma, childbirth and neo-natal care.


• As most fatalities occur due to reptile and insect bites, stocks of anti-venom will be available.


• The hospital was inaugurated on 15 October 2014 and the OPD (Out Patients' Department) opened its doors to the public on 12 November 2014.


• We are in the process of obtaining appropriate licences for full-fledged running of the hospital with the facilities as specified.

Samarpan Foundation has applied for and is in the process of registering its patent for Nylon-6 Fish Net and PET Bottle Construction under the Patents Act, 1970, with the Controller of Designs under the Design Act, 2000 and under the Copyrights Act, 1957.

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