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- ↑ International Co-operative Alliance (ICA), Asia and Pacific Health Co-operative Organisation (APHCO) was established at a general assembly held in Kathmandu, Nepal on 26 August 1997.
- ↑ An excerpt from: Better Health & Social Care: How are Co-ops & Mutuals Boosting Innovation & Access Worldwide? An International survey of co-ops and mutuals at work in the health and social care sector (CMHSC14)Volume 2: National Cases: India
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- ↑ Free Cleft and Palate Deformity Detection camp at Shrushrusha Hospital: 2007
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- ↑ Swachh Bharat Abhiyan with the Senior Citizens group on 14 May 2016 in Shushrusha Hospital by CSSC India, The Center for the Study of Social change