Sant Sarwan Dass Eye Charitable Hospital, Ballan, India.

Sant Sarwan Dass Charitable Eye Hospital, Dera Bal In order to serve the elderly people, an exclusive eye hospital has been established by the Dera adjoining the Dera itself under the aegies of Sant Sarwan Dass Charitable Hospital Trust. Shri Swarn Dass Bangar, Bibi Resham Kaur of Village Bal (U.K.) and their family became the motivating force behind the construction of this hospital. Since mid sixties they had been holding an annual eye camp at the Dera, but due to some restrictions imposed by the Government it became difficult to hold these camps. Therefore they mooted the idea of an exclusive eye hospital at the Dera and took the initiatve by donating the major chunk of the expenditure incurred on establishing this hospital. A donation of rupees one crore one thousand one hundred eleven was given by them for this project. The foundation stone was laid on 10-11-2004 by Shri 108 Sant Niranjan Dass Ji. The construction of the hospital was completed in record time. The hospital was inaugurated on 15th February, 2007 by Shri 108 Sant Niranjan Dass Ji on the auspicious occasion of Birth anniversary of Sant Sarwan Dass Ji. Modern machines such as Yag Laser, Phaco Emulsification machine, Carl-Zeiss Microscope, Carl-Zeiss Slit lamp and A Scan etc. have been installed in the hospital. People from far and wide areas of Punjab avail the facilities of this hospital. Nearly 200 eye operations are performed every month.