The Government Mental Health Centre in Kozhikode is riding on the goodwill of a large number of people these days.
Help has been pouring in from well-wishers from all walks of life to make things better at the centre, which had been suffering from neglect for a long time.
It was the turn of Helping Hands Charitable Trust on Sunday to extend its two decades long good work to the Mental Health Centre as well. Around 100 volunteers of the Trust had turned up at the centre on Sunday with an aim to undertake minor repair works in various wards of the hospital.
“The problems at the Mental Health Centre are varied, yet simple, like a missing tap or bulb. But if we wait for the government to do something about it, it would take years to be solved. Hence we decided to do it,” said K.V.Niyas, president of the Trust in Kozhikode.
The Trust’s volunteers, mainly businessmen, did their bit while some expert workmen were also brought in for specialised jobs such as plumbing and wiring. At the end of the day they made water available to two wards of the hospital that has been struggling due to scarcity of water for a long time and also finished painting another ward.
Mr. Niyas said that they would continue working for a few more days to complete all the repairs at the hospital. The Trust had played a part in cleaning the premises of the hospital three years ago.
“At the time, this was a place no one cared about. But that is not the case now,” Mr. Niyas said hinting at the various activities being undertaken at the hospital under the aegis of various organisations and well- wishers.
Helping Hands Charitable Trust is a 20-year-old organisation with branches across the State. The Trust has been undertaking various activities at the Government Medical College Hospital in Kozhikode all these years. Its other activities include providing breakfast for all at the General Hospital in Kozhikode Beach every day and providing medicines free to bedridden patients.
The Trust also has a vehicle that is equipped with apparatus to detect kidney diseases, and is used widely for medical camps.
