NJH Donations exempt from tax under 80G

It was only recently that one of my friends told me to advertise the fact that donations to NJH are exempt from Income Tax under Section 80G. Considering into fact that there have been major needs emerging over the last years, we need serious funding . . . 

If you’re making donations to us, please specify the cause you want the donation to be used for.

The urgent needs for the hospital are as follows –

1. Construction of new residential buildings: This is something which we have received some funds to start off the construction (about 10% of total cost). 

2. Up gradation of Critical Care Unit. We still require about 2,500,000 INR to make the full fledged changes. 

3. Construction of burns unit: Here also the requirement is for about 2,500,000 INR more. 

Please, please do spread this message to friends and relatives . . .

From within India, you could send your donations in Indian Rupees to NAV JIVAN HOSPITAL in either of the following accounts -

1. Punjab National Bank A/C 0107000100251342 Daltonganj, IFSC Code: PUNB0010700
'or'
2. State Bank of India A/C 0011648040650 ADB Satbarwa Branch, IFSC Code SBIN0006063

If you are sending us donations from outside India, please transfer by foreign currency to

NAV JIVAN HOSPITAL SOCIETY,
Punjab National Bank A/C 0107000100090484 Daltonganj IFSC Code: PUNB0010700
SWIFT BIC: PUNBINBBRAN, Clearing Code: 822024002

As mentioned in my previous post, those in the US can directly transfer funds through the website - http://www.ehausa.org/donateportal.htm 

Donating sparsely used/unused stuff

Recently, I had a friend who after reading about the post on the donated CPAP machine, suggested that I put a list of things we need in the hospital for patients and staff. 

There are quite a few stuff which many a time ends up getting wasted in a developed country setting and quite a lot in many of our homes. There is also stuff which may be left out when a hospital or clinic is being refurbished or upgraded.

Below is a short list which few of us made up. Yes, there are stuff like canulas which needs to be new. Others like bed sheets and blankets could be sparsely used ones . . .

Baby blankets	Intravenous canula	Portable wheelchair
Bed sheets	Intravenous sets	Pulse oximeter
Blankets	Mannequins	Steam Inhaler
Central Lines	Multipara monitor	Sterile Wipes
Cpap masks	Nasogastric tubes	Stretcher
Crutches	Nebuliser	Suction Cather
Electric blankets	Ophthalmoscope	Suture material
Foley's Catheter	Otoscope	Syringe pump
Infant clothing	Pillow covers	Syringes of various sizes
Infant warmers	Pillows	Torch/Flashlight
Insulin Syringe	Portable toilet seats	Water beds

Please do contact me at jeevan53@gmail.com or jeevan@eha-health.org if you wish to make a donation/contribution in kind or cash. 

The Acute Care Unit

Over the last couple of months, especially after Dr. Roshinetook over the functioning of the Acute Care Unit, something which has bothering us is the major shortcoming in infrastructure for our very sick patients.

We’ve come a long way over the last 3 years. Acquiring 3 ventilators, 4 multipara-monitors, 6 fowler beds etc has not been an easy affair considering the sort of poor patients who come to us. But, we need to look for more and better facilities for our patients.

Part of our Acute Care. Here two children, both below 3 years of age being manually ventilated. 

As I write this, sitting in Acute Care, I’ve three patients who would have done with better machines for ventilation and monitoring. In addition, we also have a shortage of space. We’ve sort of developed a habit of shifting the least sick patient out as soon as a more sick patient comes in.

Many a time, the former patient would have benefitted for a few more hours of close observation.

Below are our requirements.

	Requirement	Cost
1	900 square feet of space	9,00,000
2	Ventilators (2)	15,00,000
3	Multiparamonitors (4)	3,00,000
4	Syringe pumps (6)	3,00,000
5	Furniture	3,00,000
6	Electricity back-up	1,00,000
7	Other instruments	1,00,000
	TOTAL COSTS	35,00,000

Well, the costs put here are only an estimate. In foreign currency, this would be about 55,000 USD/ 42,000 Euros/60,000 AUD/16,000 KD/36,000 GBP.

Please pass this message around to friends and acquaintances that could help us in this matter. 

If anybody is interested please send me a e-mail to either jeevan@eha-health.org or jeevan53@gmail.com. 

Bilevel CPAP

This blog is a official post to thank the people behind the donation of the Bilevel CPAP machine to NJH. 

The donation has been made in the name of Late. Mr. ARUMAI RAJ of 27/14B, Sinclair Street, Marthandom, Kanyakumari District. His wife, Mrs. JASMINE LILY consented to donate the machine to a hospital who will be benefited from the machine. 

I would also like to thank Mr. N Jeyakumar of Sharon, BOC Street, Marthandam who facilitated this donation. 

And of course, Dr. Manoj Job, former Junior Medical Officer at Premjyothi Hospital, Sahibganj District, Jharkhand who took all the pains to find a recipient of the kind donation. 

I would also like to thank Mr. Manikandan from Trivandrum, who helped us with re calibrating the machine. 

Of course, we've already used it for one patient, MD. MD came with severe breathlesssness. The diagnosis was a very bad stenotic valvular heart disease with had been undiagnosed for long. To make things difficult, she was in her third trimester of pregnancy. She was in pulmonary edema. 

We could use the bilevel CPAP on her to really appreciable results. 

Once she became relieved of her breathlessness, we referred her to Ranchi. I could not get a snap of her before she left to Ranchi. She walked out of the hospital into the vehicle. 

It was a blessing to have the machine with us as we avoided direct intubation and mechanical ventilation. As I wrote in my previous post, to get this machine as a donation after Dr. Roshine mentioned about acquiring one, was a big miracle. 

I'm sure that the Lord will bless the magnanimous gesture from the family of Late Mr. Raj. 

I hope that this would also be an eye-opener for others to donate unused or partially used medical equipment in good working condition to hospitals such as ours.