Restoring health and hope through medicine and Divinity
Baru Sahib runs two Akal Drug De-Addiction and Rehabilitation Centres: at Cheema Sahib, Punjab (The Kalgidhar Trust, opened 2004) and at Baru Sahib, Himachal Pradesh (The Kalgidhar Society). They combine medical care, counselling, yoga and spiritual practice, free or at concessional rates for patients who cannot afford treatment.
The Akal Drug De-Addiction and Rehabilitation Centres treat addiction with a holistic blend of medical care, counselling, yoga and spiritual practice — at concessional rates or free of cost for patients who cannot otherwise afford treatment.
2004
First centre opened, Cheema Sahib
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Centres — Cheema Sahib and Baru Sahib
Free–concessional
Treatment for weaker-section patients
No Govt. funding
Run on Baru Sahib’s own resources
What Baru Sahib does about drug addiction
Akal Drug De-Addiction and Rehabilitation Centres are humanitarian initiatives of Baru Sahib, whose work in service of rural India, with a focus on northern India, dates back to 1956. The centre at Cheema Sahib is run by The Kalgidhar Trust and the centre at Baru Sahib by The Kalgidhar Society. The first centre opened in 2004 at Cheema Sahib, Punjab, in the hometown of Sant Attar Singh Ji, built and run entirely on the Trust’s own resources without government support.
A second centre followed at Baru Sahib, Himachal Pradesh, in July 2016 — the state’s first private de-addiction facility with dedicated women’s in-patient care. All two centres are covered together on one consolidated site, akaldeaddictioncenter.com, rather than maintaining a separate website per centre.
“Our mission is to eradicate drug addiction from Punjab by establishing de-addiction centres with the active support of volunteers and society.”
— Baba Iqbal Singh Ji, President, The Kalgidhar Trust
The two centres
All three are covered together on one consolidated site at akaldeaddictioncenter.com — this page is the organisational overview.
Cheema Sahib
Village Cheema, Tehsil Sunam, District Sangrur, Punjab – 148029
The first and largest of the three centres, built in the hometown of Sant Attar Singh Ji. Treats patients with or without in-patient admission, at low or no cost, and has treated several thousand patients since opening.
- Founded 2004, run without government funding
- Fee concessions for BPL and relapse patients
- Combines Gurbani (“food for the soul”) with medical treatment
Baru Sahib
A 50-bed OPD/IPD facility set within the 250-bed Akal Charitable Hospital, in the same valley as the Akal Academies’ founding school. The only private centre in Himachal Pradesh with dedicated women’s in-patient facilities.
- Himachal Pradesh’s first private de-addiction centre
- Dedicated women’s IPD wing
- Combines medicine, yoga and spiritual therapy
A holistic approach to recovery
Across all three centres, treatment combines four elements rather than relying on medicine alone.
Medical & psychological care
Clinical treatment and counselling, kept to the minimum medically necessary.
Spiritual practice
Gurbani, meditation and the spiritual atmosphere of the Gurdwara Sahib on each campus.
Yoga & physical activity
Daily yoga sessions and sporting or recreational activities as part of recovery.
Dignity & livelihood
Rebuilding self-confidence and, at the newer centres, vocational training so patients can support themselves after treatment.
Impact of Healing
Drug De-Addiction & Rehabilitation Center
Total no. of patients treated
Total OPD visits
Reported Success Rate
For treatment, admissions or support
This page covers Baru Sahib’s overall de-addiction mission. For clinical admissions, treatment details, and centre contact information, visit the centres’ own website.