Poor Patient's Fund (PPF)
Also known as Asha, it is an NGO which is solely run and orchestrated by the students (mainly the 5th semester students). Funds are raised by the students by various means such as organizing movie shows, dances, college fetes, sales of T-shirts and sweat shirts, donations from the students and faculty, etc. The fund is utilized for the treatment of those patients who are unable to afford it on their own.
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