Meeting the Homeless and outcasts at the Dispensary



This homeless had a bad wound and
I needed to clean it before dressing it.

 Meeting the wounded homeless and uninsured of Calcutta at the Mother Teresa's Dispensary was hard to deal with. It was emotionally difficult to deal with someone's wound has been rooten for more than two weeks. I had to remember that I was trained to handle such difficult cases in order to follow the protocol of wound care and dressing.

These are homeless coming at the
SEALDAH dispensary for care

The second patient I met had a green stick fracture of the shin. It was also hard to deal with it. Nevertheless, taking my calm, I started to assess the deficient leg, assess the wound and francture. I had to clean it thouroughly and for long to reduce the infection. Because the foundation has a hospital capable to provide surgery, we finally had to sent him over there. He will undergo surgery which will help us to deep clean and provide a cast.

finishing a dressing of this patient

After all this care, I had to move to a Physiotherapy room where I have to provide physical exercises that will help straitghen bones and relax the muscles of the kids. This will prevent contracture or other deformities of the bones.
Mother Teresa's legacy will remain for ever as long as God will want. The foundation is not just reaching to Christians, but also Hindi, Bengali and other denominations. Yes it is the promotion of Humanity which according to her is above the religion. Let's us think above our own beliefs systems and religion.