There s not a single book from the medical curriculum, says Dr Hufrisha Suraliwala, a dentist and the Medical Information Manager. It s a consumer library, meant to provide information to the layman. Doctors can easily find their own information, but this often proves to be very difficult for the average person. We are a public library. Everyone is welcome.
Institutional members have to pay though.
Those unable to come personally can also send in queries via the post or email and many do, says Dr Suraliwala. In keeping with the cyberage, HELP s Internet link even provides information on the latest medical research from all over the globe. HELP has become a prototype of the modern digital library, too. Visitors can browse through them for free. This lets us extend our outreach services by providing consumer health information to Internet users from all over the world, adds Dr Malpani proudly.