Public Health
Public Health
Hindustan Chamber Of Commerce runs a Chikitsalaya (polyclinic) for the benefit of staff of our member firms and the general public. This was established in the year 1960. Facilities include consultation and treatment by expert Allopathic and Homeopathic Doctors, Dentists, Cardiologists, Skin Specialists, Orthopedic doctors, ENT specialists. Physiotherapy, x-Ray, Pathology services are also made available. Hundreds of patients are treated daily at very nominal charges. Poor patients are treated free.
Our Chamber also runs free Health Camps, Eye Camps, etc. from time to time. More than 1200 patients were treated in the last Eye Camp held in November 2003. 900 pairs of free spectacles were provided and 50 cataract operations were performed.

Mahatma Gandhi, Babu Rajendra Prasad, Rajarishi Purushottamdas Tandon, Acharya Kripalani, Morarjee Desai, R Venkataraman, Atal Behari Vajpayee, etc., were some of the prominent visitors to our Chamber. The list also includes Chief Ministers and Ministers of various states, Heads of Government Departments, etc.