Kumudini Devi

Kumudini Devi

Founder

Founder of Sivananda Rehabilitation Home

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Kumudini Devi is the founder of Sivananda Rehabilitation Home (1958)[1], an Indian non-profit working on healthcare, disability and livelihood from Hyderabad.

Sivananda Rehabilitation Home

Founded in 1958 by Rani Kumudini Devi in Kukatpally, Hyderabad, Sivananda Rehabilitation Home is one of India's oldest leprosy care institutions — housing and treating leprosy and TB patients, running reconstructive surgery, vocational rehabilitation and awareness drives that have shaped the city's public health response for six decades.

Sivananda Rehabilitation Home reports the following, on its own site:

  • A large well-known institute housing more than 300 patients
Organisations
1
Based in
Hyderabad
Founded
1958
Press
3

References

  1. [1] Sivananda Rehabilitation Home (SRH) was founded as a charitable institution in 1958 by Rani Kumudini Devi in Hyderabad, Telangana, India to serve the needs of people affected by leprosy.” — Sivananda Rehabilitation Home. Source

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