[1] From a modest beginning in a rented two room dilapidated building it has grown to be a multi-specialty hospital for treatment of impoverished and needy people, under the supervision of the monks of Ramakrishna Order.

The hospital is located in an 18 acres campus, and houses Gynecology and Obstetrics, Pediatrics, Intensive Care Units, Pathological laboratory, Blood bank, Operation Theaters etc.

[3] In June 1901 the work was started in a two-room building which housed the beds for the ailing monks, the dispensary and the quarter of Swami Kalyanananda.

The latter moved from one location to another searching for the sick monks and brought them to the hospital for treatment free of cost.

[3] Gradually the Sevashrama undertook other works like serving pilgrims of Kumbha Mela in Haridwar, educational activities among poor, upliftment of the so-called untouchables and scavengers who did not have any access to schooling.

He arranged for the performance of the Durga Puja the Sevashrama which was joyfully attended by all the prominent monks of Haridwar.

[7] The Sevashrama is based on the philosophy propounded by Swami Vivekananda, of serving man in the image of God, esp.

Atmano mokshartham jagad hitaya cha - For one's own liberation as well as for the welfare of the world, was the ideology conceived by Swami Vivekananda for all organizations under the umbrella of Belur Math.

The hospital runs its own Dairy and Agricultural farms, catering to the patients and other needy local people, as well as the monastics and workers.