Press Statement from the Sambhavna Trust On the eve of the 33rd Anniversary of the Union Carbide Gas Disaster in Bhopal, members of the Sambhavna Trust Clinic today marched with candles and portraits of gas victims who have died untimely deaths this year. Members of the bereaved families joined them in remembering the over 25 […]
Addressing a press conference on the occasion of the 33rd anniversary of the Bhopal gas disaster, members of the Sambhavna rust Clinic today called for immediate medical attention to thousands of families poisoned by ground water contaminated by Union Carbide’s hazardous waste. They said that records from the clinic show that there are nearly twice […]
Ayurvedic doctors at the Sambhavna Clinic have successfully applied for grant funding from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). The grant money, which is expected shortly, will be funding research focused on: “Ayurvedic Virechana therapy as a means to detoxify persons in Bhopal with history of chronic exposure to chemicals and heavy metals and […]
Swati Janu writes about Sambhavna Clinic, Bhopal 2011, landscapes of memory ‘Situated on a two-acre piece of land just two kilometres from the Union Carbide Plant, the clinic acts as a research and documentation facility for the study of industrial disasters. The proximity of the clinic to the site of disaster is no coincidence, and […]
Over the last year, financial uncertainty resulting from the Brexit referendum has seen the value of sterling fall steeply. Foreign exchange rate fluctuations are able to have an acute impact upon the Bhopal Medical Appeal because the charity converts significant amounts of sterling to Indian Rupees each year. At the time of writing, we’ve consequently […]
