Hospital in remote Jharkhand district taps solar power to improve services for patients
by and -In Sahibganj district, north-eastern Jharkhand, Premjyoti Hospital is the only medical facility within a radius of 200 km, that has the staff and services to perform surgeries. More than two decades ago, in 1996, a team of enterprising doctors set up this hospital to cater to the predominantly tribal community of the region. The district had no electricity then. In the later years, when grid power reached this remote region, power was still available for barely 6-8 hours every day, especially in the peak summer months, when temperatures soared up to 45 degrees Celsius.
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