Case Study

The patients themselves
List of patients who were treated at the Shraddha Nursing Home. Some of these patients have shown remarkable improvement. Some names have been changed to protect identities.

Anand
Anand hails from a village in Uttar Pradesh and was with the Shraddha Nursing Home for a period of three months, before being united by his family.

Gokhale
Gokhale was found wandering on the streets of Sion. When he was picked up by the people at Shraddha Nursing Home, it was discovered that he was formerly a chartered accountant. Gokhale has been working and helping at the Home for the past eight years and also gives tution in his spare time.

S. Phadke
S Phadke was a Civil Engineer working with BMI. He lost both his parents to cancer and when his schizeophrenia started getting out of control his wife left him taking their ten-year-old daughter with him. Phadke has been with the home for over a year now, which also helped him get his old job back. Since, he hasn't been able to put in the same inputs at work as he could previously, he gave up his job voluntarily. He now helps around the home and gives tution to children.

Ramesh
Ramesh hails from Malad in Mumbai, where he was found wandering the streets. He now works as a ward boy at the Home.

Lucy
Lucy was found wandering the streets of Powai. A watchman in one of the building started noticing her very frequently and worried that something might happen to her, told the authorities at the Shraddha Nurshing Home about her. She was taken in and soon reunited with her parents.

Deulu
Deulu was found wandering the streets. When she was taken in, authorities at the Home didn’t know anything about her. One day someone happened to see a brief mention of a village which Deulu claimed she hailed from. She was taken there and reunited with her family later.

Barauni
Barauni hails from Uttar Pradesh and was missing for the past three years. His father owned a tea stall. When he was taken in and his memory grew stronger, he began to recollect where he lived, which made it possible for social workers to reunite him with his father.

Vani
Vani was taken off the streets and into the Home. Later, she was escorted to her native village with two volunteers, where she was reunited with her family.

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