Date:07/10/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/10/07/stories/2008100753180300.htm

Tamil Nadu - Coimbatore

Rural hospital opened at Alandurai

Special Correspondent

Coimbatore: The Isha Foundation opened on Saturday a hospital at Alandurai as part of the Action for Rural Rejuvenation project. The foundation said in a press release that the hospital would offer low-cost diagnostic and treatment facilities. It had modern and alternative systems of medicine, emergency care and a limited in-patient facility.The hospital would serve as a centre for child and geriatric care and also for the eradication of malnutrition in Alandur.To serve this purpose, the Isha Arogya Gramam project to cater to the medical needs of 30 villages was also launched on Saturday.