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Nav Jivan Hospital is a 100 bedded hospital and serves the poor from the Palamu and Latehar districts in Jharkhand. The hospital was started by Mennonite Missionaries in 1961. The great famine of 1967 had been a mile stone in the growth and establishment of this full-fledged hospital. In 1973 the hospital also started to train Village girls in Auxiliary Nurse - Midwives. Later many new services were added according to the needs of this area. Today, the hospital treats 35000 patients in the OPD and about 5000 Patients are given IP care every year. It has an Acute Care Unit (ACU) - which is the only ACU in the region. Around 1000 cataract operations are performed every year and over 5000 patients are seen in the Eye OPD. People come from far off places for the dental treatment and 2000 patients are seen every year. The hospital is also an RNTCP- TB unit where about 3000 patients receive free TB treatment every year. The community health and development program covers the whole block and is of assistance to the community. Every year 20 students graduate from the Nursing school, and serve in various levels all over the country.

YEAR 2009
Key Highlights:

• Neo-natal unit was initiated and completed.
• New endoscopy services started
• Mobile IEC van for TB procured.
• RCH project was initiated in the Satbarwa block
• Record response for family planning method as per the NRHM norms.
• Extension of nursing school.

Strategic Plan Highlights:

• ARPAN Project initiated to lower maternal and neo-natal deaths and provide better antenatal care.
• Tuberculosis IEC project to inform public on TB and advocate for RNTCP.
• Net-work with government in RCH, TB schemes to make these facilities amenable to BPL patients
• Tie up with Apollo Hospital, Ranchi for super specialty facilities for BPL patients especially in the area of heart diseases

visitor information

How to get there:
Travel by train from Delhi to Daltonganj by Jharkhand Express OR Swarn Jyanti Express then 1 hr ride by jeep.
OR
Fly to Ranchi then 3 hours by jeep.

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