 Today this multi-dimensional institution of service (a 230 bedded General Hospital) sprawls into an area of and specially caters to the needs of the rural poor and underprivileged patients.The Health Promotion Program started in 2000, and very soon gained the support of famous organisations, such as the World Health Organization, the European Commission, the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust, the British Medical Association and the National Institute of Urban Affairs.It aims at the poor populations from the area of Varanasi, and provides them health education (especially through the Multimedia Health Education Program) but also attends to their essential health needs.