Sambhavna trust

Sambhavna trust
Entrance to the clinic
Location	Bhopal , India
Profile	clinical
Established	September 1996
Chair [1]	Dr. Bhargava [1]
Specifications
Employees	57 [1]
Doctors	5 [1] [2]
Served by	about 45,000 people [1]
Coordinates
Address	44, Sant Kanwar Ram Nagar, Berasia Road, Bhopal , Madhya Pradesh , India [3]
Site	bhopal.net/oldsite/sam16...

The Sambhavna Trust (also the Bhopal People's Health and Documentation Clinic ) is a charitable foundation for a group of doctors, scientists, writers and social workers who have been involved in various ways with the Bhopal disaster at Union Carbide in December 1984. Sambhavna is a Sanskrit and Hindi word that means “opportunity” and consists of the roots “sama” and “bhavna” ^[1] .

The clinic, run by the Sambhavna Trust, opened on September 2, 1996 at the initiative of Satinath Sarangi as a free, independent nongovernmental medical disaster care initiative. The clinic uses a combination of modern and traditional ( Ayurveda , yoga , etc.) ^[2] treatment methods for victims.

The clinic is located in the middle of the area most affected by the disaster - 400 meters south of the former Union Carbide factory ( ) The clinic is located in close proximity to the area affected by groundwater pollution from chemical wastes and operates taking into account the principles of environmental sustainability: for the irrigation of a pharmacy garden (about 90 medicinal plants are grown ^[1] ), the clinic uses rainwater collection to generate energy solar panels are used, non-toxic material was used for construction, etc.