Medical Outreach
Shanti Bhavan Medical Center
Simdega, Jharkhand
It became clear that any number of mobile medical ministries or outpatient clinics would not be enough to serve the one million people in this large region who have no access to a hospital or advanced medical care. During 2002, Brother N.J. was on a family vacation to Branson, Missouri when he encountered a theater building that provided a vision to him for a 200 bed, full-service medical center to be built near Simdega.
The land was acquired in 2005, and plans for the hospital began to take shape. A skilled and experienced team of architects from ©Engineering Ministries International of Colorado Springs, Colorado, completed the initial engineering and architectural work. An experienced Indian architectural and construction team was selected, and the building planning commenced.
Construction on phase one of Shanti Bhavan Medical Center began in 2006. By the summer of 2008, fund raising and construction continued steadily to the point that the superstructure of the building had grown to three floors. The outpatient clinic and a 75 bed hospital will open in the fourth quarter of 2011. The 75 bed hospital will be expanded to a 200 bed hospital in a third phase to be completed as funding becomes available.
All India Mission has successfully secured over $3,220,000 and much of the furniture and medical equipment for the Shanti Bhavan Medical Center. We are now seeking an additional $11,201,104 of additional funding to complete the outpatient clinic and 75 bed hospital of Shanti Bhavan Medical Center.
Village Medical Caregivers
Not only will Shanti Bhavan serve as a clinic and hospital for up to one million people from the hundreds of villages surrounding it; Shanti Bhavan will also serve as a medical education center. The staff at Shanti Bhavan will train up to 300 native village women in basic healthcare so that they might return to their native villages as trained ‘medical practitioners’ to conduct nutritional and sanitation training as well as provide the first level of preventative healthcare, emergency care and triage those people who need additional medical care to Shanti Bhavan Medical Center.
A Very Significant Gift
In 2007, Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) built a new hospital in Lee’s Summit, Missouri. HCA leadership generously donated all of the furniture and equipment from the original hospital to All India Mission for Shanti Bhavan Medical Center. The gift, which filled over five shipping containers, included all the beds, chairs, basic medical equipment, and kitchen equipment; even the operating theater equipment to our mission (over one million dollars in replacement value).
We now have in storage, on the ground floor, much of the furniture and equipment required to outfit our outpatient clinic and the 75 bed hospital. The electrical systems being built into Shanti Bhavan Medical Center will accomodate the the 120 volt systems of the equipment that was provided by HCA.