Sri Madhavananda Austria Hospital

The Sri Swami Madhavananda Austria Hospital Project in India aims to offer compassionate service to the sick and needy, promotes an holistic approach to health care and fosters high standards in health related education and research. It aims to provide adequate medical services for people.

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Austria Hospital in India

Austria Hospital in India is a registered non profit public benefit organisation which aims to offer medical aid and long term assistance in remote areas of India. It has been in operation since 1994. Its primary goal is to acquire charitable gifts and other resources for Sri Swami Madhavananda Austria Hospital Project’s programs, services and operations.

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Sri Swami Madhavananda Austria Hospital Construction

The cornerstone ceremony was held in April 2003, in the presence of Her Excellency, the Austrian Ambassador to India, Dr Jutta Stefan Bastl. The project is almost finished and we are now starting with the equipment and the furnishing. Our first campaign – buying the 170 beds for the hospital in Jadan, finished successfully thanks to many supporters. The next activities and donations will be used to finance the equipment of the hospital, i.e. the medical apparatus and instruments and all other technical facilities.

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Ambulance Service

An ambulance was purchased in 2001 as an interim service to provide free emergency transport for people from remote areas in the Pali district of Rajasthan.

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Women’s Community Health Service

Women and children are often the most vulnerable groups to diseases and health emergencies. Health care and preventative education programs for women and children are therefore an important part of the Hospital’s work. We are currently training women to act as volunteer community health mentors for remote villages.

Project Details

The SRI SWAMI MADHAVANANDA HOSPITAL is a 111-bed allopathic hospital being constructed in Jadan by OM Vishwa Deep Gurukul Sri Swami Maheshwarananda Ashram in conjunction with the Society “Austria Hospital in India” from Vienna, Austria. The Austrian Ambassador in India, Dr. Jutta Stephan Bastl, laid the foundation stone in April 2003. Construction work is being carried our under contract with strict guidance from the Ashram’s European architectural, construction and design specialists – thereby maintaining world-class high quality standards.

Total construction area: 4.868 m2
Project cost - Dec 2007: cca 900.000 Euros (45.600.000 Rs)

In this completed stage the hospital will provide the following services:
1. 11 six-bed wards with attached bathrooms
2. 21 one/two bedrooms with attached bathrooms
3. An emergency block with 3 small operating theatres for minor treatments, examinations and emergencies
4. 2 large operating theatres for the provision of minor and major surgery and 1 for gynaecological operations
5. 1 block for paediatric services and 1 block for neonatology
6. 6 Maternity units with delivery theatre, post-operative care and intensive care facilities for babies
7. Intensive care with 10 beds
8. Infectology department with 9 beds
9. 10 General Practitioner examination rooms
10. Equipment and facilities for laboratories, x-ray, ultrasound, casting, etc
11. Emergency ambulance servicing the local region.

As an architectural masterpiece plinths area of 1134 m2 , the hospital is a unique star-shaped complex, representing the Anahata chakra (the heart chakra or energy centre). This symbol is originating from Vedic culture represent healing, compassion and humanitarian care. It captures the spirit of the hospital’s role in this remote rural community, which has been without adequate medical care for a great many years. The complex includes quarters for doctors, technicians and other employees, as well as a parking area and surrounding fields with shady trees, gardens and lawns. A gently sloping hill constructed around all sides of the Hospital covers the basement level, providing internal earth-covered rooms for labs, examination halls, storage and various rooms for public and employee services. In the centre of the building a spacious atrium provides natural light and greenery to the floors above.

Atriium and natural light

Jadan health program

In December 2009 started the JADAN HEALTH PROGRAM. In this program the children of the Jadan school are instructed about ways to maintain good health. The first lecture was about dental hygiene. It was followed by the topic - "What is healthy vegeterian food". The children and the teacher accepted the program with lot of joy! And some of them had for the first time a toothbrush in their hands.

For more information visit: www.helphospital.org