Voluntary Action in the North-east

Ramakrishna Mission Hospital, Itanagar

The Medical Centre of Excellence in Arunachal Pradesh
Compiled by Ankur Acharya from Aradhana, the silver jubilee souvenir of
Ramakrishna Mission Hospital, Itanagar.

This interesting and inspiring compilation about a pioneer medical

institution in the remote North-eastern State of Arunachal Pradesh is a
good read for all and sundry. This institution, the Ramakrishna Mission
Hospital in Itanagar, the capital town of Arunachal Pradesh, is a living
testimony of how an earnest intention to serve the ailing humanity can
bloom into a formidable institution. But then again, no problem remains
a problem if faced with, Trust within and God overhead. This
hospital now enjoys the virtual status of the only referral hospital in
Arunachal Pradesh. We learn from this compilation that the hospital was
established in October, 1979 as a branch of the Ramakrishna Mission,
which has its headquarters at Belur, District Howrah, in the state of
West Bengal. Over the years, thanks to the selfless service by the monks
in charge and the doctors and the staff, this institution has grown into a
prestigious health-care centre in North-east India with fair amount of
reputation for its services. Despite many odds, the Ramakrishna Mission
Hospital with its devoted service to the ailing people has grown from
strength to strength and illuminates our vision for a shining India. It is
hoped that with time, the Hospital will extend even greater services to
the suffering humanity.
A.A.

Introduction
Thirty years ago in the year 1979, a monk (sannyasi) from the
headquarters of the Ramakrishna Mission at Belur in West Bengal, Swami
Prathamananda or Preeti Maharaj, along with a few of his colleagues
came to Itanagar, the capital of Arunachal Pradesh. He was equipped
with just one thing: a resolution, firm as a rock, dyed in the colour of the
ideal of selfless service as preached by Sri Ramakrishna. The Government
of Arunachal Pradesh had suggested to the mission to start a school in
Itanagar. But the Mission authorities thought of establishing a hospital to
serve the local tribal community who suffered in the absence of
adequate medical facilities. The Seva Yajna to serve the Rogi Narayan

(ritualistic sacrifice by way of service to God in the form of the sick and
the ailing) thus began with a small dispensary and ten indoor beds.
The hospital has now grown into a 191-bed hospital with state-of-the-art
modern diagnostic and therapeutic facilities. Life Line of Itanagar - a
term used by many to describe this hospital speaks volumes of the
appreciation the people have in their hearts for this hospital. It has a
bright history of cooperation from people from all walks of life. And of
course the blessings of Sri Ramakrishna, Sri Ma Sarada, and Swami
Vivekananda. The Ramakrishna Mission Hospital in Itanagar is a living
testimony of how an earnest intention to serve the ailing humanity can
bloom into a formidable institution. But then again, no problem remains
a problem if faced with, Trust within and God overhead, as evident
in the Ramakrishna Mission Hospital, Itanagar. It now enjoys the virtual
status of the only referral hospital in Arunachal Pradesh.
The Background
Arunachal Pradesh is a state with a difference. It is not only backward
but it is a State which does not have rail or air link. The rugged terrain of
this remote State makes even the motorable roads undependable as
chance blockade of the roads by landslides pose a threat. This is the
State which still has interior places which can be reached only by foot
and that too after two to three days or more of walking. This is the State
where people still believe that illness can be cured not through
medicines but by performing rituals and sacrifices. Arunachal Pradesh
does not have direct links between its various districts and some districts
can be entered through neighbouring Assam only. The Ramakrishna
Mission with centres in almost all parts of the country has been rendering
selfless service all over. But the service it has rendered in this remote
part of the country is unique in itself. Unlike its centres in other parts of
the country where it has access to all modern amenities, the Mission has
to overcome a lot of problems regarding communication, and other
aspects. The nearest big city is Guwahati, which is 500 km away.
Just a few years back, whenever there used to be rains, the road
communication would break down for days together due to landslides.
Thanks to GREF the problem has been solved. Imagine the situation
twenty-five years back, when even Assam was not adequately developed.
There are about 26 major tribes in Arunachal Pradesh, who have a
different and distinct identity of their own. Itanagar being the capital
city has people of all these tribes. The hospital receives patients
belonging to all these tribes, each having a separate identity. Moreover,
the hospital being a referral hospital, people from the interiors are
referred to the hospital for treatment. The monks posted in the hospital
often have a tough time handling these people. The people from the

interior parts of Arunachal Pradesh often do not understand any other

languages apart from their own language. In dealing with such cases, the
monks have to understand their body language and gestures to guess
their problems. Moreover, the monks have to be very cautious in dealing
with the elderly patients of the interior places of the State as the people
of this beautiful State are often emotional and get perturbed easily.
Moreover, care also has to be taken to see that the religious and cultural
sentiments of the people are not hurt. Arunachalee people as a whole
are very peaceful, but by nature they are very conservative about their
cultural and religious practices and do not tolerate any disrespect shown
to them. The patients who come from the interior are not well-to-do
economically and often come to the hospital with the help of financial
aid of some well-to-do personalities. The remoteness of the State also
hinders easy availability of super specialists to come over and work in the
hospital. Even in cases of extreme emergency, the hospital cannot afford
to call over specialists as they are available only at places as far as 500
km away.
In spite of all these problems, the hospital has grown at a rapid pace and
has served the people with dedication and patience.
How it all Began
"If you want any good to come, just throw your ceremonials overboard
and worship the Living God, the Man-God, every being that wears a
human form - God in his universal as well as individual aspect," - said
Swami Vivekananda. (Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, VI, 264).
Further, you may invent an image through which to worship God, but a
better image already exists, the Living Man. You may build a temple in
which to worship God and that may be good, but a better one, a much
higher one, already exists, the human body. (Complete Works II:311).
Swami Vivekananda's scheme of national reconstruction is based on a
single goal - uplift of the masses. Swamiji was a monk dedicated to the
welfare of the masses. His great ambition concerning India was to rouse
its masses and improve their living conditions. He had felt that unless the
masses are given their share India would never prosper. He cautioned,
Remember that the nation lives in the cottage.
In order to fulfil this vision of mass uplift, Swamiji had envisaged a
modern concept to the ancient idea of religion - the Practical Vedanta.
In his concept of Practical Vedanta, man is the greatest symbol for
worship of God. While giving importance to the worship of God, the
invisible in various ways, he also pointed out an equally important aspect
of worship in the service of God in man. His unique message, Service
to Man is Service to God, not only has a deep spiritual import but it also

has the widest social relevance for it is beyond the reaches of any
religious prejudices, frenzies and passions.
With the aim of fulfilling Swamiji's scheme for the uplift of the masses
and with the motto of "Service to Man is Service to God," the
Ramakrishna Mission started providing medical care services in this
remote part of India to the tribal population of Arunachal Pradesh which
was then a Union territory. The Ramakrishna Mission had already started
its activities in the field of education in the year 1965, on request of
public leaders of the State, the then Lt. Governor Sri KAA Raja and the
Prime Minister late Smt. Indira Gandhi. Taking its leap towards Health
Care, the birth of the Ramakrishna Mission Hospital took place on the
morning of December 28, 1977 when Lt. Governor Sri KAA Raja laid the
foundation stone for the hospital premises. This was the start of a great
journey by the hospital whose only aim was to provide solace to the
suffering. Nobody at that time had any idea as to what level this hospital
will grow or for how long it will stay. But as time has proved the hospital
has grown from strength to strength and has attained great heights,
which at that time may have looked uncertain.
On October 19, 1979, the hospital was formally inaugurated and declared
open by Srimat Swami Vireshwaranandaji Maharaj, the 10th President of
the Ramakrishna Math and Mission. A small out patient department with
a clinical laboratory was opened in a modified residential quarter near
the proposed site of the hospital. With this also began the construction
work of the hospital complex. It may be mentioned here that the hospital
is now situated on 26 acres of land leased by the Government of
Arunachal Pradesh. The hospital is managed by a local managing
committee, in which there is a good representation from the tribal
community which the Mission serves. Monks take an active part in the
day-to-day administration of the hospital. Moreover, it is blessed with a
dedicated team of doctors, nursing staff and paramedical staff. The
hospital was providing health care to the people absolutely free of any
cost, in the first decade of its establishment, from 1979 to 1989. As the
grants-in-aid started to taper down, the hospital management decided in
the month of May, 1989 to levy charges for costly investigations and
operations from people who can afford to pay for their health needs and
from government servants, whose medical treatment is reimbursed, with
a hope that this would supplement the revenue to meet up with
expenses.
Services Provided at a Glance
* 191 beds, * Serves as a Referral Hospital for whole of the State, *
Outdoor clinics in General Medicine, General Surgery, Orthopedics,
Ophthalmology, Pediatrics, Obstetrics & Gynecology and Dentistry, *

Emergency & Casualty, * Laboratory, * Blood Bank, * Four Operation

Theaters, *Radiology & Imaging Services (Ultrasonography & Echo
Cardiography, Whole Body CT Scanner, Colour Doppler), * Upper GI &
Lower GI Endoscopy, * Physical-Occupational Therapy, * Artificial Limbs
Fitting Centre, * Free 24-hour Ambulance Service, * Free diet for all
indoor patients, * Free Beds in indoor section, * Free doctor consultation
for indoor patients, * Free nursing care for indoor patients, * Free
registration for outdoor clinics, * Free doctor consultation for outdoor
patients, * Free essential medicines for outdoor and indoor patients, *
Apart from the above free services, many poor and deserving patients
are beneficiaries of huge concessions in already nominal investigations
charges, operation charges and other allied service charges, * BPL (Below
Poverty Line) patients are given absolutely free services in the following
areas in both indoor and outdoor sections: Laboratory investigations,
Blood transfusion/testing charges, Surgeries/Operations, X-Rays,
Ultrasound Scanning, Upper GI and Lower GI endoscope investigations, CT
scanning, Physical-Occupational therapy, Artificial Limbs Fitting Services.
Some Other Services
Not content with only providing medical services to the people of this
remote State of India, the hospital started a School of Nursing in the year
1985 for training tribal as well as non-tribal girls of Arunachal Pradesh.
The school offers a three-year certificate course in General Nursing and
Midwifery. The School was accorded recognition and was affiliated to the
Assam Council for Nurses, Midwives, and Health Visitors in the year 1987.
It is also registered and licensed under the Indian Nursing Council. The
School of Nursing, apart from conducting its regular course, also extends
its course to a good number of in-trainees deputed from various hospitals
of the State who come to the hospital at regular intervals. The trainees
are given training in different departments of nursing in batches and
issued certificates by the School of Nursing.
Besides this, the hospital has a Medical Reports Department, Medical
Library, Dietary Services, Laundry Services, Maintenance Department,
Ambulance Services, Mortuary System, and a Dairy and Poultry Unit of its
own.
Services for the Staff
The hospital has its own Staff quarters premises within its own boundary
wall. It has a Staff Cooperative Society Limited which has double storied
building of its own. It runs a Medicine shop, a fair price shop and a
canteen. The hospital has a Staff Welfare Fund which provides essential
help to the staff members including loans at low interest as and when
required. The hospital has a sub Post office in its own premises, named

as the Ramakrishna Mission Post Office. The hospital has an auditorium of

its own named Vivekananda Hall, which can seat 400 people. Besides, the
Government of Arunachal Pradesh has constructed a Helipad within the
hospital premises which helps in airlifting critically ill patients to other
major hospitals for further treatment and to bring patients from interior
parts of the State. Finally, the hospital has a Monks Quarters where all
the monks reside. The Monks Quarters has a shrine which conducts
various religious festivities, irrespective of religion. The Shrine and
Quarters lend an atmosphere of spirituality to the entire hospital.
Other Activities
Over and above the medical services, the monks of the Ramakrishna
Order, attached to the hospital, also cater to the spiritual, intellectual
and value-based needs of the society. Besides, the monks also offer
counselling to the people in need of this service. The hospital also holds
various conferences to keep its staff abreast of the latest developments
in various fields. Cultural functions are also organized every year.
Recognition
It may be mentioned here that all important dignitaries visiting
Arunachal Pradesh pay a visit to the hospital, which has blossomed into a
prestigious health care centre in North-east India with a fine reputation
for its services. It has received awards and letters of recognition from
time to time, some of which may be mentioned:
1. The District Administration of Papum Pare District in which the
hospital is situated, awarded the hospital in a public function with the
First Annual Verrier Elwin Award and a citation in recognition of its
outstanding contribution in Community Work.
2. The Itanagar Chapter of the Indian Federation of Working Journalists
felicitated the hospital. A citation was awarded to the Secretary of the
hospital in a public function.
3. All Itanagar Market Association felicitated the hospital with a Letter of
Credit in recognition of the selfless services rendered by the hospital for
the people of Arunachal Pradesh.
Over the Years - A Recollection
1. Swami Gautamananda - Senior Trustee of the Ramakrishna Order.
Let me, at the outset, say that I had a wonderful time for 13 years from
1976 to 1989 in Arunachal Pradesh. I was in charge of the Ramakrishna
Mission, Along, during the whole period. I had to visit Itanagar from 1979
onwards for administering the wonderful school complex at Along.

Along with the Lieutenant Governor (Shri K A A Raja) and the Chief
Secretary (Mr. I.P. Gupta) of the State, we had an excellent Chief
Engineer, Shri Rama Rao, and a very gentlemanly Tribal Chief Minister,
Thungon. All these people insisted that the Ramakrishna Mission should
start at Itanagar a residential school on the lines of a public school for
the tribals. Our Headquarters agreed and sent Swami Tanmayananda,
who is at present (2004) the Head of our centre in Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia. In the meanwhile, the administration wanted urgently a
modern hospital also. So they appealed to our Headquarters to start a
hospital also simultaneously. For want of monastic workers, our
Headquarters said, 'We can take up any one project, but not both.' It was
decided by the administration that Hospital should get priority and for
this work Swami Prathamananda, more intimately called Preeti Maharaj,
the Swami who headed the hospital from its beginning in 1979 to almost
2002 (23 years), was posted to start the hospital. Somehow or other
there was some delay in starting. Revered Swami Vireswarananda ji,
President of our Order, who was almost 90 years of age at that time,
wanted the project to be started at the earliest.
The new Lieutenant Governor, Shri Haldipur, decided to bring the
President Maharaj from Assam to Arunachal Pradesh, that is to Itanagar
and from there to Along, and take him back to Dibrugarh by his
helicopter. President Maharaj, accordingly, arrived in Itanagar sometime
in 1979. It was a great day and the first and the biggest hospital of the
State was started in four residential buildings at the present site - one
building for the monastic workers, another was for the indoor hospital
with 10 beds, 5 each for male and female patients, the third one for
outdoor dispensary and the fourth block was the quarters of the medical
and paramedical staff.
An interesting conversation took place between the Lieutenant
Governor, Shri Haldipur and Revered Swami Vireswarananda Ji. The
Lieutenant Governor asked the Swamiji, 'How old are you, Swamiji?' The
Swami replied, 'I am 90 years young.' In fact, he looked very agile and
active for his age. Why shouldn't he be? He was a good sportsman and the
captain of the college hockey team during his college days.
The inauguration being over, the hospital started off with 3 or 4 doctors
and 3 or 4 nurses. If I remember right, Dr. Mrinmoy Ghosh was the seniormost physician. His diagnosis was liked by one and all, from the ordinary
tribal patients to the Lieutenant Governor himself. He became very
popular. Among the monastics, Swami Prathamananda, his assistant
Swami Chinmayananda and Br. Dhanraj, along with some others were
there. Later came Br. Sundar, Swami Krishnarupananda, etc. The doctors
attended to the patients in the morning and they were sufficiently free
in the evenings, when we would all go out for a long walk towards the

village called Ganga. Once or twice, we climbed up to the lake at a

higher level in the hills.
One day Dr. Ghosh found a tribal patient suffering from dehydration due
to dysentery. The tribal people were lamenting that he would die. But
Dr. Ghosh assured them that he would be saved. The patient was brought
to the hospital in the evening and was put on intravenous fluid the whole
night. Next day the patient became absolutely normal. The tribals were
extremely pleased. One of them remarked, 'Why shouldn't he (the
patient) survive? They gave him injection throughout the night. Even one
injection saves people and he was given injection throughout the night.'
Swami Prathamananda had a very good knowledge of common
medicines and injections because of his association with so many doctors
in the hospital. The tribals used to love the Swami and revered him for
his generous and loving behaviour with them. They would almost always
show him the prescription of the doctors and only when he okayed them,
they would go to the compounder for injections or medicines.
Once the Chief Minister, Gegong Apang, got his emergency operation
done at the hospital. It was, if I remember right, a case of burst
appendicitis. Swami Prathamananda arranged to bring one of the best
surgeons, Dr. Basu, from our Ramakrishna Mission Hospital in Kolkata. In
the meanwhile, Swami Prathamananda had a call from Rajiv Gandhi from
Delhi, asking if he (the Swamiji) required any doctors from Delhi for the
Chief Ministers operation. Swami Prathamananda later told me, I said
no because if there were more doctors, there would be only more
meetings, deliberations and delay in taking decisions.
As I have said, the hospital had minimum buildings and had a common
dining hall where all the Swamis and monastics, doctors, paramedical
staff and the servants had to have lunch, etc. Only 6 persons could eat at
a time in the dining hall because of its small size. Many times the head,
Swami Prathamananda, myself and other monastic members, not to
speak of doctors, had to wait for half an hour until the nurses and other
staff finished their meal as they had come earlier. So it was a real
communist beginning, in the communist way of life of the tribals.
Many doctors from our Kolkata Hospital (Seva Pratisthan) came to help
in the newly started hospital at Itanagar. Two such doctors wanted to
read some medical books for their higher exams. After quite some time, I
asked them, Could you read your books? They said, No Swami. I said,
Why not? They said, Because of the piercing silence of this place.
These two doctors, Shri Kishore Choudhury and Shri Somnath Ganguly,
are well established surgeon and gynaecologist respectively in Kolkata.
What they said about the piercing silence was true. Once night came,

the whole area in Itanagar, especially the isolated area of the hospital,
was so dark and silent, it was really piercing as the doctors said. Once
Kishore Choudhury, the surgeon, operated on a tribal patient with
thyroid problems. The patient was having a huge growth around his neck,
called goitar. The patient looked so smart and beautiful after the whole
growth was removed by the surgeon. It was a case which impressed the
simple tribal people of the efficiency of our doctors.
We had a sick jeep which would stop anywhere and everywhere,
especially on the uppish roads in the hills. We had often to go by jeep to
attend the dinner hosted by the Chief Minister whose residence was on a
hill. Invariably our vehicle used to stop on the road and the police, who
knew us as great friends of the Chief Minister, had to rush to our help
every time. Once an angry policeman remarked, Swami, why dont you
administer medicine to this jeep also as you are doing to so many
patients. Every time you get stuck in your jeep we are put to hard
labour.
There were interesting cultural evenings later on when Sameer Maharaj
joined Swami Prathamananda. Both were musicians and there were long
singing sessions, drama, etc., by the tribal nursing students, celebrations
of Sri Ramakrishnas birthday, some tribal festivals, etc. Many tribal
employees visited our shrine and joined us in our prayers.
Some Interesting Incidents - as Related by the Staff Members of the
Hospital
1. Dr. GC Roy, Senior Medical Officer
There are many incidents which happened during these long years of
service in the hospital. However, one incident remains very vivid in my
memory. In March 1980, on a dark rainy night, at about 2 a.m., I heard
someone knocking on the window of my bedroom. There was a power cut
at that time. I picked up my torch and looked out. Outside I saw our then
Secretary late revered Preeti Maharaj (Swami Prathamanandaji) standing
with an umbrella and torch in hand. I immediately opened the door.
Maharaj came inside and told me that a patient with a cut injury had
come for treatment. I and Maharaj immediately rushed to the OPD,
(which was in the Type IV/6 Qtr.). As there was no power supply at that
time, Revered Preeti Maharaj held the torch while I examined the
patient. There was a huge gash in his scalp and it required nine stitches.
After doing the needful, we returned to our quarter at 3 a.m. The
incident reminds me of the dedication of Late Revered Preeti Maharaj
who left no stones unturned to see that patients were attended to.

2. Dr. Sekhar Das, Senior Specialist, Orthopaedics

I remember an interesting story of a young lady in her teens, who was
crippled down her waist with contracture of hips and knees since her
childhood. She was kept inside the dark corners of her parents' thatched
home in a remote village. When she was brought to the hospital, she was
totally devastated. Taking up treatment of the girl, four or five surgeries
were performed on her and she was provided braces. Gradually, with
crutches she was able to stand up and then finally walk. When she
returned to her village, one of her friends of the yesteryears fled in panic
on seeing her thinking her to be a ghost. When I met her last she was
very grateful to me and expressed her desire to take me along with my
family to her village someday. I thanked her amply, felt the depth of her
gratitude.
3. Mr. Amalendu Maity, Laboratory Assistant
During these long years I have come across many interesting incidents. I
will just narrate a few of them.
Once a tribal patient was advised to have his blood tested. I told him
about it. The next day, the person brought some blood on a leaf and in a
bamboo container to me. He had collected blood by cutting himself just
near the thumb of the leg.
Apart from these incidents, what I very much remember about those
days was when I saw our former Secretary, Late Revered Preeti Maharaj,
doing the duty of Emergency doctors and even nurses due to lack of
staff.
I also remember the day when I, along with some doctors and Revered
Preeti Maharaj went to Naharlagun for some work. As the vehicle in
which we went broke down, we came back very late at night. Preeti
Maharaj took us to the Monks quarters and gave us fish fry which he fried
himself at around 11.30 in the night. These are occasions, which I will
always remember and cherish throughout my life."
Conclusion
To conclude, the Ramakrishna Mission Hospital at Itanagar is indeed an
institution with a difference. Since its humble beginning 30 years ago, it
has indeed come a long way. After having being lovingly nurtured by the
founder-Secretary, Swami Prathamananda Ji or Preeti Maharaj, and
under the devoted and dedicated supervision and monitoring of Swami
Vishwatmananda Ji, the present Secretary of the Hospital, the hospital
has justly earned a reputation of being a prestigious health care centre
of Arunachal Pradesh. It is promoting the development process of the
State it serves, i.e., Arunachal Pradesh, by providing medical treatment

of a high quality. As of today, the tribal people of Arunachal Pradesh are

in the process of transition - transition to modern way of life; transition
from isolated community life to closer integration with the rest of India.
The Ramakrishna Mission Hospital by offering medical service with
honesty, sincerity and cordiality is cementing the human bond between
tribal people and doctors, nurses and employees coming from various
other parts of India. That is in turn subtly and slowly accentuating the
process of integration and holding out the promise of long years of
service with a difference for this unique medical institution - the
Ramakrishna Mission Hospital at Itanagar.

Preeti Maharaj or Swami Prathamananda Ji

(Founder Secretary of RKM Hospital, Itanagar)

Swami Prathamananda, popularly known as Preeti Maharaj, joined the

Ramakrishna Order at its Karimganj center (in the state of Assam) in
1951. He was an initiated disciple of Swami Virajanandaji Maharaj and
had sannyasa (formal vows of monkhood) from Swami Shankaranandaji
Maharaj in 1961.

He also served at Ramakrishna Mission Saradapitha and Ramakrishna

Mission Sevapratishthan centers in West Bengal besides his joining
center. He assumed the charge of the Ramakrishna Mission Hospital at
Itanagar in the year 1978 and built up the hospital to its present state.
He served the hospital for twenty three years.
He was an adept in construction jobs. The rehabilitation projects of the
Ramakrishna Mission that he carried out at Surat (Gujarat), Maner
(Bihar), Panisagar (Tripura), Puligadda/Divi Seema (Andhra Pradesh)
during the 1970s had earned him accolades and are being appreciated by
many even now. The Vivekananda Hall of the Ramakrishna Mission
Hospital at Itanagar, which has become a central attraction of all
organizations for holding meetings and seminars was constructed by him
with an estimated cost of Rs 8 lakh which nobody could believe. As per
the government estimate, the auditorium of such standard would have
cost not less than Rs 20 lakh. The sitting and sound arrangements are
superb and added to it are decorated pieces depicting cultural traditions
of the people of the State.
He was a person of large heart and empathic nature. Besides, he was an
affectionate, jovial, and hard working person. He endeared himself to all
who came in contact with him.
Preeti Maharaj was a man of action and a true follower of Swami
Vivekanandas Karma Yoga. He seldom consented to speak in public
gatherings. He had a child-like shyness in this respect.
The Swami was also a good classical singer and on many an occasion
performed in congregations and on stages. He also used to organize
musical nites by inviting classical musicians of national repute. The
Itanagarians were fortunate to enjoy the performance of great violinist
VG Jog, Dagar brothers and many others, thanks to the Swami.
Preeti Maharaj was a great planner and an organizer par excellence. He
was very punctual and never compromised with it. He had excellent
public relations and had wide contacts with people from all walks of life.
He was always on the move.
Preeti Maharaj is no more in this material world, but the hospital he
founded in the remotest part of our country with devotion and love
would remind everybody of his dedicated services to the ailing masses
with the ultimate vision of, Serve Man, Serve God.