Red Cross Home, ( St. Mary's Home) Bangalore
A Home for the
Totally Disabled Ex-Servicemen
This Red Cross Home is located in a beautiful very old building and
adjoining cottages just opposite the Kensington Swimming Pool on Ulsoor
Lake. There are remnants of a Chapel still standing. The Home was started
in 1947 by Maj. N.J. Nicholas, who was it's Medical Superintendent from
13.2.1947 to 25.2.1948.
The Home caters to battle causalities, and provides total care in looking
after the wounded. The inmates used to get small jobs from ITI to help
in the therapy, and give certain exercise to the paralyzed. The Home is
only for non-commissioned soldiers, who need total care and re-inhabitation,
nursing, financial support. The soldiers are treated by the Superintendent
Dr. C. Prabakar, who is assisted by a Welfare Officer and Staff Nurses.
Some of the Staff stay on the premises. About 200 inmates have passed through
the Home, and presently there are only 17 inmates.
The Red Cross has however stopped taking in any more
inmates!. Serious illness are treated by the Command Hospital which
is on the HAL-Airport Road and quite close to the Home.
Some of the Superintendents that served the Home are:
Captain M. Bhattacharjee ( 26.2.1949 to 20.10.1959 )
Captain A.N. Sharma ( 21.10.1952 to 9.3.1960 )
Major P.S. Dorairaj ( 10.3.1960 to 27.2.1961 )
Major D.R. Batura ( 28.2.1961 to 15.6.1965 )
Major A.M.A. Khan ( 16.6.1965 to 17.2.1966 )
Major V.V. Venkatramiah ( 18.2. 1966 to 6.4.1966 )
Major N. Achyut ( 7.4.1966 to 2.12.1970)
Dr. B.S. Venkatashamanna ( 20.7.1971 to 16.4.1972 )
Major A.G. Gupta ( 29.1.1973 to 13.12.1974 )
Air Cdre K.N. Kothaneth ( 16.1.1975 to 26.4.1976 )
Captain Dr. C. Prabhakar ( 7.1.1977 till date)
St. Mary's Home
The Red Cross Home was previously St. Mary's Home. This institution
was under the charge of the Sisters of the community of St. Mary the Virgin,
Wantage, England. The object was rescue work amoung young girls and women.
There were two departments one a home for children and the other a training
home for older girls and women. It was maintained by voluntary subscriptions.
Extract of News: Deccan Herald , Bangalore,
Tuesday, April 1, 1997, Page: 5
Extracts as reported by a Staff Reporter of the
Deccan Herald, Bangalore March 31:
"A few members of the Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS) alleged
that attempts were being made by some unscrupulous elements to sell the
property belonging to the Indian Red Cross Society building located at
Ulsoor to Real Estate Agents.
Speaking to reporters at Bangalore, for vice-chairperson of the IRCS,
Ms. K.P. Aiyappa and some members jointly criticised the people who were
trying to dispose of eight acres of Society land.
The members alleged that the property deal is being negotiated with
Real Estate Agents for a sum of Rs. 60 Crores by using fictitious names
and records. They said they would move the court on the issue and seek
justice.
They said the prime property belonging to the IRCS was purchased
by the Society from the Church of South India (CSI) for Rs. 10 lacks in
1971 to help promote its humanitarian activities for which the Red Cross
is known the world over.
The members pointed out that several letters having been written
to the Secretary-General of the IRCS, Delhi, and despite sufficient correspondence
requesting him to issue a public notice that the property belonged to the
IRCS, no action has so far been taken.
The members alleged that several attempts have been made to dispose
of the property before the present Secretary-General of the IRCS who took
charge in 1995. Dr. S. Seshagiri Rao who was the General Secretary of the
Red Cross Society, Karnataka branch, for nearly 15 years, said that during
his tenure the Red Cross Society had purchased the land from the CSI and
had informed the IRCS of the facts, requesting the officials concerned
to take immediate action to stop this nefarious activity.
However after his death, the premises of the IRCS again attracted
Real Estate sharks who purportedly with the connivance of a few unscrupulous
officials of the Society are trying their best to hoodwink the public as
well as the Indian Red Cross Society.
The members said a memorandum had been submitted to President Shankar
Dayal Sharma who is also the President of the IRCS on March 21 when the
President was on a visit in Bangalore. The President assured them that
he would look into the matter, they added."
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Blessed are you poor, For yours is the kingdom of God. Blessed are
you who hunger now, For you shall be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, For you shall laugh.
Blessed are you when men hate you, And when they exclude you, And revile you,
and cast out your name as evil, For the Son of Man's sake.
Rejoice in that day and leap for joy! For indeed your reward is great in heaven,
Fon in the manner their fathers did to the prophets.
But woe to you who are rich, For you have received your consolation.
Woe to you who are full, For you shall hunger. Woe to you who laugh now,
For you shall mourn and weep. Woe to you when all men speak well of you,
For so did they fathers to the false prophets."
Holy Bible: Luke 6:20-26
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