Healthcare with Livelihood
IMAP thinks that one of the key components of a suitable livelihood facility is primary
healthcare. All of our livelihood programs eventually included this service. Medical
professionals have offered assistance and cooperation to those in need.
Since its inception, IMAP's medical arm, Arogya, has been associated with compassion and
concern for the general populace. We have started offering services like the free distribution of
medications, blood sugar and pregnancy testing combined with an ECG, and the hiring of
trained nurses and pharmacist staff.
Arogya: The first Medical Centre
The purpose was entirely different when it opened its first medical centre in October 2005 at
Gangche village, Chandrakona 1. We discovered that 42 villages were clustered together in this
remote area along the Shilaboti River. The average distance between the closest government
hospitals is 15 kilometres. The first 10 km of which are on the fair-weather road. There was
little communication and poor transportation at the time.