Ujjain, April 4, 2004: A group of Christian missionaries has arrived in this holy town of Ujjain to serve the Hindu hole men and pilgrims who have descended here to take part in the month-long Simhastha Mela (fair). The missionaries belonging to the catholic Diocese of Ujjain opened a tented dispensary in Badnagar on Saturday to treat the saints along with the lakhs of pilgrims who may need medical treatment due to the extreme heat wave conditions." The dispensary will be functioning till the mela gets over on May 4. It will have four doctors, one pharmacist and seven nurses, who will work from 8am to 8pm. " If need arises we will open the dispensary for 24 hours," said Jose. " We will not charge anything from the patients," said Father Joseph K, who managing the dispensary".
" Within two days of the opening of the dispensary, we have treated 42 people, " said Doctor Lissy Jose, who is the chief doctor with St Joseph's Hospital in Hoshangabad district and will be staying in Ujjain for the Simhastha Mela for a month.
" We opened the dispensary in order to show our solidarity with people of other religions. Also, we consider other people as our brothers and sisters and we want to serve irrespective of their religion," said Jose.
A totalof four doctors will be workin round the clock in shifts along with seven nurses during this one month. They inagurated their tented structure on Saturday with the Traditional Hindu rituals with sants and sadhus chanting mantras, said Doctor Lissy Jose with a smile and added that this was done keeping in mind the sentiments of the thousands of Hindu saints who have gathered here in Ujjain.
The Missionaries belonging to the Caholic Diocese of Ujjain attend to an Sadhu at the newly opened dispensary at Badnagar on Saturday. This dispensary is to treat saints along with lakhs of pilgrims who may need medical treatment due to the extreme heat wave conditions.*** Scroll down for more on Simhastha ***
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