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Monica

Founder

Founder of Herbertpur Christian Hospital · Anand Service Society

Monica is the founder of Herbertpur Christian Hospital (1936)[1] and Anand Service Society (2000)[2], Indian non-profits working on healthcare, disability, women & children and education from Herbertpur.

Herbertpur Christian Hospital

Herbertpur Christian Hospital (HCH) is a 120-bed secondary-care hospital in Herbertpur, Dehradun district, Uttarakhand, founded in 1934 by British missionary doctor Dr. Geoffrey Lehmann and run as a unit of the Emmanuel Hospital Association. It provides surgery, paediatrics, obstetrics, orthopaedics, psychiatry, dermatology, round-the-clock ICU and NICU care, and rehabilitation services including physiotherapy and speech therapy to a largely poor, rural Himalayan population. The hospital also partners with the Uttarakhand government to help manage Nari Niketan, a state shelter home for destitute women.

Herbertpur Christian Hospital reports the following, on its own site:

  • 105,054 outpatient visits, 2,476 surgeries, 1,115 safe deliveries and 2,258 babies immunised

Anand Service Society

Founded in 2000 by Gyanendra and Monica Purohit in memory of Gyanendra's deaf brother, Anand Service Society mainstreams deaf and speech-impaired people through education, sign-language interpretation, legal aid and employment support. It runs India's pioneering deaf helpline with Indore Police, a home for deaf orphan girls, and residential centres reaching tribal districts like Dhar and Alirajpur; its founders composed the national anthem in Indian Sign Language and were honoured on Kaun Banega Crorepati.

Anand Service Society reports the following, on its own site:

  • 10,000 persons benefited directly and indirectly
Organisations
2
Based in
Herbertpur
Founded
1936, 2000
Press
4

References

  1. [1] “Founded in 1936 by a British medical missionary doctor, HCH is situated at the foothills of the Himalayas in Uttarakhand.” — Herbertpur Christian Hospital. Source
  2. [2] “The society was founded in the year 2000 by Gyanendra Purohit and his wife, Monica” — Anand Service Society. Source

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