Prem Jyoti Community Hospital at Jharkhand

18888932654

info@ehausa.org

northern India

Jharkhand

Prem Jyoti Community Hospital is a community of God-centered individuals who reach out to the poor and marginalized, especially the Malto tribals of Jharkhand. The ministry began in December 1996, as a unique partnership between three major Indian mission agencies: the FMPB, EFICOR, and EHA. Today, the hospital’s goals include providing quality, accessible, and compassionate health care, as well as empowering communities to take care of their own health and development needs. They strive to develop local leadership and expertise while serving as a model to challenge others, so that these communities can develop to their fullest potential. Focusing on the Malto’s health needs, they work through a network of community health volunteers, peripheral clinics, and the hospital itself. They emphasize training and empowering the community to tackle their own health problems. One of the areas they focus on is infectious diseases, such as malaria, TB, and kala-azar. To this end, they work with the government to spray DDT in Malto villages and distribute mosquito nets. They are also the Designated Microscopy Center for the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Program. Another program allows patients suffering from kala-azar to be treated free of charge. Conducting school health programs allows them to teach young people better health awareness and care. Desiring to strengthen their teams, the staff fast weekly, pray together, and study the Word. In order to witness to those who walk through their door, they pray, share with, and counsel the patients and their families. During outpatient department days, they play movies and songs with a message for the patients waiting for treatment. Through all of these programs and services, Prem Jyoti reaches out to the community with the love of God, offering not only physical healing, but also true spiritual healing through this message of hope