Calcutta Rescue’s Tala Park Clinic, the largest of its four Clinics, is situated on Tara Sankar Sarani in North Kolkata. The Clinic, started there on the 18th August 1995, also houses the Tala Park School and was originally a waste area on which CR has been given permission to erect a single storey temporary structure. It faces the open green space of the park itself, where some of the patients and students live under plastic sheeted structures. The area is an interesting socio-economic mix - smart apartment blocks sit comfortably alongside bustee settlements.
The Clinic caters to approximately 120 patients per day, 6 days per week. A team of doctors along with nurses, midwives, pharmacists and suitably trained paramedics ensure quality medical and social initiatives for those for whom we care. Our wide range of services includes:
- Treatment for special categories of patients, e.g. cancer, thalassaemia, neurological conditions, tuberculosis, multi-drug resistant tuberculosis, thyroid conditions and HIV.
- A strong emphasis is placed on health education, with education sessions given according to the needs of the patients.
- A physiotherapist – for children as well as adults - is available at the Clinic on a regular basis.
- A Mother and Child Health (MCH) programme provides antenatal and post-natal care, special feeding program for malnourished babies, as well as important health education on family planning. In addition, there are regular check-ups for mother and child.
- Immunisation is provided to both mothers and newborns, and specific nutritional benefits are provided on a needs basis.
- Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis (TB) through the DOTS (Directly Observed Treatment, Short-course) treatment programme, as per the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP) in partnership with the Calcutta District TB Control Society. Wound care and dressings are provided daily to patients requiring ongoing care for conditions such as burns, post-surgical wounds and ulcers due to trauma.
- Providing treatment for multi-drug resistant TB excluded from RNTCP.
- The Disability Project operates 3 days a week (currently Monday, Wednesday and Thursday) from the Tala Park Clinic and is responsible for the needs of around 75 patients there.
- The supply of crutches and wheelchairs
- The HIV Clinic operates once a week (currently Thursday afternoon) from the Tala Park clinic providing HIV medications, education and counselling to between 70 and 80 HIV positive patients.
- Benefits such as food and transport allowances are provided to the patients, dependant on their income, medical condition and requirements for extra nourishment.
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