Located in Madhya Pradesh in North Central India, Chhatarpur Christian Hospital (CCH) has been in existence since 1930—that’s 93 years! The literacy rate in this area is just 65 percent, 36 percent of the people live below the poverty line of 47 rupees per day (57 cents per day), and 77 percent of the population also lives in a rural setting.

CCH meets a significant need for this community by providing low-cost, quality medical care. The hospital has 120 patient beds where 4,470 inpatients are cared for each year. The staff typically see 110 outpatients a day, and the CCH surgical team performs about 4 operations each day.

Some of the hospital’s biggest needs at this point are to upgrade their nursing school to a college of nursing per the Indian government requirements, to purchase a bus for the nursing school, and to improve and add staff housing.

Since CCH does more than 250 cataract surgeries each year, a common complication has brought about the need for one specific piece of equipment. Twenty to fifty percent of the cataract patients develop Posterior Capsular Opacification, which must be treated with a YAG Laser. Currently, CCH staff have to refer patients to another hospital 100 miles away because they do not have a YAG Laser. The cost to purchase one is $7,000.

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