A 280-bed Charitable Hospital at Baru Sahib in Himachal Pradesh, where free of cost healthcare facilities are provided to underprivileged rural and hilly people, virtually at their doorsteps. This hospital caters to the medical needs of patients covering an area of a radius of 100 Km. In addition to the routine medical and surgical services, emergencies of all kinds are also attended. Akal Charita
ble Hospital is the only hospital in the region attending to the patients of snake-bite for which expensive antivenin is given. The patients and their attendants travel to Akal Charitable Hospital by bus, horse or on foot, undertaking quite long and arduous journey on difficult terrains to get rid of deadly diseases completely free of cost, the treatments that would normally cost up to INR 100,000. In addition to the free medical checkups and treatments, dental care, surgical procedures and post-operative medical care, all patients and their accompanying family members receive free accommodations and meals, regardless of religious faith or social status.
