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Kalighat, the Home of the Pure Heart (Nirmal Hriday) (formerly Mother Teresa's Kalighat Home for the Dying Destitutes) is a hospice for the sick, destitute and the dying established by St. Mother Teresa in Kalighat, Kolkata, India.
Kalighat, the Home of the Pure Heart (Nirmal Hriday) (formerly Mother Teresa's Kalighat Home for the Sick and Dying Destitutes) is a hospice for the sick, destitute and the dying established by St. Mother Teresa in Kalighat, Kolkata, India.
- a home for homeless sick and dying destitute, in the Kalighat area of Kolkata. Mother Teresa wanted all those dying in the streets, those ‘unwanted’ by the hospitals or by their own families, to be given a chance to recover or to die with dignity, loved and cared for by the Sisters. Today in India, we have 180 Homes
In 1952, Teresa opened her first hospice with help from Kolkata officials. She converted an abandoned Hindu temple into the Kalighat Home for the Dying, free for the poor, and renamed it Kalighat, the Home of the Pure Heart (Nirmal Hriday).
Kalighat, the Home of the Pure Heart (Nirmal Hriday) (formerly Mother Teresa's Kalighat Home for the Dying Destitutes) is a hospice for the sick, destitute and the dying established by St. Mother Teresa in Kalighat, Kolkata, India.
Aug 25, 2010 · Kolkata (AsiaNews) - A place for the destitute and dying that produces the joy is something that defies human logic. Yet it is this experience that takes place when you go to visit the Nirmal...
Sep 1, 2014 · I was assigned a placement at Kalighat: Mother Teresa’s home for the dying, and the first Missionaries of Charity site. Since the building was undergoing renovations, the residents were temporarily relocated to a wing in the long-term care facility Prem Dan.
Sep 19, 1997 · IT is work as usual for the group of seven Sisters and 30 volunteers on a Tuesday morning at Nirmal Hriday, the Home for Dying Destitutes established in 1952 by Mother Teresa at Kalighat, one...
Sep 19, 1997 · Take Nirmal Hriday, the home for the Dying Destitutes in Kalighat. When Mother Teresa found hospitals refusing to take in destitutes who were left to die on the streets, she decided to start a...
Kalighat, the Home of the Pure Heart (Nirmal Hriday) (formerly Mother Teresa's Kalighat Home for the Dying Destitutes) is a hospice for the sick, destitute and the dying established by St. Mother Teresa in Kalighat, Kolkata, India.
