"With the spirit of St. Bartolomea and St. Vincenza we continue in our dedicated service to the sick, the aged and the unwanted………" (CS.53).
The healing ministry in our province is carried out in the dispensaries through the dedicated service of our Sisters. There are namely 3 dispensaries where our Sisters render their services in remote villages. They are:
St. Joseph's Dispensary: (Wellington, Nilgiris Dt.)
St. Joseph's dispensary was started in the year 1952. Ever since 1952 our dispensary caters to the needs of hundreds of poor people of this area. Few years later the Mother and Child welfare programme was started attached in the existing dispensary and the beneficiaries were over 500 pregnant women and children. In 1992 our dispensary took another step forward to admit few in-patients and administered delivery cases. At present our main service is towards the alcohol addicted people and their families.
Anbalaya Dispensary: (Meenachipuram, Virudhunagar Dt.
Anbalaya dispensary was started in the year 1998. A dispensary was an immediate need of the people of Meenachipuram. A Sister Nurse was sent there and a lot of poor people benefitted from this centre. Later on pregnant women and new born children were treated and this service continues till today. Health education and awareness about the cause of various sicknesses is brought to the awareness of the people.
Infant Mary convent Dispensary: (Kalaikulam, Sivagangai Dt.)
Holy Infant Mary's dispensary was opened in the year 2010 in a rented house. The dispensary was opened in order to meet the medical need of the people, providing possible treatment at our residence, as well as to the elderly in their homes. On 11th February 2013, the new convent building was inaugurated, part of which is set aside as a furnished dispensary to carry out the mission of healing more fruitfully and effectively.
These three dispensaries at different places are at the service of the poor, the sick and the elderly. Since they cannot afford to go to a hospital which is quite far away for many villages, they come to these centres for their medical aid. We strive to reach out to them through possible ways. Often we also visit the remote villages to distribute medicines, to those who are not able to walk and those who are seriously ill. At times palliative care is also carried out by our Sisters.
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