Azim Premji Foundation Launches First Hospital in Jharkhand
Ranchi: The Azim Premji Foundation has announced the launch of its first hospital in Jharkhand, which will offer free health services to the poor. The 230-bed super-speciality hospital and medical college is set to be completed by January 2027 and will be replicated across the country with 15 similar ventures.
The hospital is being constructed on about 150 acres of land at the Azim Premji University campus in Ranchi’s Itki block. The facility will eventually have 1,300 beds, with the first phase to be operational by January 2027. The foundation plans to enrol at least 1,200 students in the school, which will follow the CBSE curriculum.
The Foundation is also working to improve the health parameters of tribal communities in Jharkhand, identifying 100 districts nationwide, half of which are tribal-majority with poor health indicators. The Foundation envisages investment of up to Rs 7,500 crore per annum on health across the country.
The health status of tribal populations has improved over the past few decades, but there remains a significant gap between health indicators among tribal and many other social groups. National Family Health Survey-5 data shows that tribal people suffer from various health-related issues such as low immunisation coverage and institutional delivery, besides anaemia and child malnutrition.
The Foundation is collaborating with the government to strengthen frontline health systems in two blocks in Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh and Bero and Itki blocks of Jharkhand’s Ranchi district.
Published on Apr 23, 2025 at 02:00 AM IST
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