Hmmn ... the BKWSU's relationship with the citizens of Mount Abu. That would make a good thread. On the basis of my knowledge, all I can confirm is that the hospital WAS built with the needs of the Seniors/BKs and that there WERE bad relationships with the locals. I can see the logic of the "pay off" towards the local people and, yes, it is NOT a BK hospital per se. What do we have ... something that, as usual, is as muddied as a *******. The BKs can claim it is theirs and that it is not theirs as it suits them.
GHRC wrote:In 1991, the Brahma Kumaris, a worldwide socio-spiritual organization having its headquarters at Mount Abu, established J.Watumull Global Hospital & Research Centre. The hospital was envisaged to be in a position to fill a lacunae in health services for residents of district Sirohi, Rajasthan and especially for the local community of Mount Abu. The hospital would also cater as an emergency medical centre for the numerous guests of national and international conferences and retreats organized by the Brahma Kumaris at its complexes at Mount Abu and Abu Road. A charitable trust Global Hospital & Research Centre (Mumbai) was registered to manage the affairs of the hospital.
Mumbai is where Ramesh works and set up the other trust, is not it? There is a Mr Sanjay Kirpalani, Businessman, Mumbai in the Trustees. Keeping it in the family? Looking at the 2005 accounts, employment and administration costs are approximately $ 391,399 per annum. Are those all BKs being paid?
In my opinion, the BK can use the ambiguities to break the Maryadas, e.g. collection donations from non-BKs because the donations are not going to the BKWSU ... no, they are going to the J Wattumal Memorial Hospital. And then when they need some good PR or credibility, like on the Wikipedia, then SUDDENLY the hospital or the village outreach programme IS theirs and they LOOK good ... like a "real" charity. For example,
the website asks for public donations outrightly. That is directly against what is written in the Murli.
What I want to know is, who or what is the "B.K.HEALTH CARE FUND" listed as a $792,133 in 2003 liability. The accounts are,
here.
June 30, 2004 Conversation with Healthcare Professionals
The Point of Life Foundation hosted a conversation among healthcare practitioners and friends at a reception for Pratap Midha, MD, the Medical Director and BK. Nirwair Sani, Managing trustee of the Global Hospital and Research Center (GHRC), Mt. Abu, Rajasthan, who were both visiting New York.
How do they manage this .. well, it is business as usual ... but they manage it as having BKs in a PERSONAL capacity being directors of the Trust and then claim credits institutionally.
Looking at it from a different perspective ... why were BKs giving donations to a non-BK charity, or giving donations to and doing general social work-type charity? That too is against Shrimat in the Murli. I have heard it myself directly from Jayanti Kirpalani. Why would the BKWSU want to create karma with non-BK Shudras? Why help them when they are only going to go on and sin? So, yes, logically and intuitively, I would say a 'politics and PR' job and, sure, I can imagine them working the widow but we would need to find out for sure.
Legally, for there to be a "partnership", there would have to be a something on paper. It sounds like the BKWSU took donations from BKs and then GAVE it to the
non-BK Trust that manages the hospital. I wonder how that works out on the tax side of things. I wonder if they were able to take tax relief out at both ends, i.e. taking it from BKs and giving it to the other trust? If the family had a lot of money then it would save them death duties or inheritance tax.
There are other BK run "trusts" involved ...
http://Indiacare in Germany. It says on their website, "Verein zur Förderung gemeinnütziger Projekte in Indien" (Trust To Promote Charitable Projects In India). Our goals, activities and partners of the association. Since 1990, oversees the "Charitable Society for the promotion of social, medical and cultural institutions in India eV" In particular the Global Hospital & Research Centre in Mount Abu, Rajasthan, India, since April 1996 Member of the International Network Gesundheitsfördernder hospitals.
These guys also pulled in the money and technology for the solar energy systems ... again no mention of the Brahma Kumaris, only stuff like "Mount Abu", "Academy for a better world in Mt Abu", "WRST" (World Renewal Spiritual Trust) and Point of Life in the USA.
Who we are
The Point of Life Foundation (POL) is a US non-profit entity, established to serve the global community. It is founded on the vision of a spiritual model of healthcare with a focus on the well-being of the whole person. It aims to integrate a people-centered approach within the existing paradigms in healthcare and to inform people about issues relevant to the holistic, with emphasis on the spiritual approach to health, care, healing, self-care, and healthcare education.
How we came to be
The work of the Point of Life Foundation has been inspired by the working model of the J. Watumull Global Hospital & Research Centre (GHRC) in Mount Abu, Rajasthan, India. This hospital, in addition to making basic health services accessible to a deprived population, is an international flagship introducing holistic and spiritual approaches to healthcare, through medical research and outreach projects. Further, the staff creates a healing environment of peace and positivity through daily contemplative practices.
POL supports the work of the
J. Watumull Global Hospital & Research Centre (GHRC) and similar projects through facilitating ... donation of equipment and monetary assistance.
What we envision for the future
Implement and, through training of facilitators, continue to promote, in the US, Values in Healthcare ... designed by
The Janki Foundation, UK.
The Watumull's main business was/is the Bank of Hawaii, right? I am not sure about which Watumull died ... Ellen Watumull's husband died in 1959. Was it Indru and Gulab?
From
divinehumanism.orgSince then, word of the hospital and its philanthropic aims has gone around and financial support has been forthcoming from the Americas, Australia, Germany, Holland, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Kenya, Mauritius, Philippines, South Africa and United Kingdom.