EHA’s Lakhnadon Christian Hospital had to close its doors for two and a half years from 2019 to 2021 because they had no senior medical consultant. Services resumed in January 2022 when a doctor couple joined the staff.

The team at Lakhnadon seeks to provide quality health care at an affordable cost. With 12 general beds, 4 high-dependency beds, and 4 private rooms, Lakhnadon’s 4 doctors and 10 nurses work extremely hard to care for 80 inpatients, 3,000 outpatients, and 400 emergency patients each year.

Their greatest infrastructure needs are to repair or replace the main hospital building that was built in 1969. The clay tile roof leaks when it rains, causing unsanitary conditions in the operating rooms. They are also in need of an electrolyte analyzer ($2,400), a vehicle ($15,000), a computer and printers ($2,400), and four air conditioners ($1,925).

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Seven-year-old Satya’s parents brought her to Lakhnadon Christian Hospital with a fever and symptoms of an upper respiratory tract infection. As she was being examined by one of the doctors, the nearby psychiatrist noticed some behavioral issues. However, Satya’s parents denied any history of problems and only wanted treatment for the fever.

Five days later, Satya returned for a follow-up visit and her fever was gone, but the psychiatrist again noticed some issues. This time, the father admitted that their pediatrician had asked them to have Satya take an IQ test. The truth was that Satya was struggling with her second-grade work, having trouble writing two- to three-letter words and doing single-digit addition and subtraction. As a result Satya was being bullied at school, and she was responding with outbursts of anger and occasional violent behavior. The girl was miserable.

Over the next two months, Satya had several sessions with the psychiatrist to learn techniques and aids to help her overcome her learning disability. Now she can write five- to six-letter words and do three-digit calculations. Satya is catching up in her studies, and her behavior at school is improving. She is proud to have made several new friends.

The Lakhnadon staff are so thankful that God put Satya in the right place at the right time so she could get the help she needed. The biggest compliment came from Satya as she was talking to her psychiatrist at the end of a session. She said, “When you talk to me, the whole world seems so much better and easier to understand.”

The Lakhnadon staff jumped into action when Vinay was brought into the emergency department with severe chest pain. As a smaller hospital, Lakhnadon does not have advanced treatment capacity, but they had no choice but to help this man who was suffering a major heart attack. When Vinay became unresponsive, they began CPR immediately and continued for 20 minutes, but there was no sign of life from the still figure. They kept going for another 20 minutes; still nothing. Feeling little hope, the doctors told the patient’s son that they probably would not be able to revive his father. The family began to wail. But then Vinay gasped, and the team was motivated to continue CPR with renewed vigor.

After a total of 80 minutes of CPR, Vinay’s heart began beating on its own. No one had ever seen a recovery like that at any hospital they had worked at. The man had been virtually dead for almost an hour and a half, and then he sat up and began talking. The staff was speechless. Vinay was referred to a more advanced hospital, and when the Lakhnadon staff checked on him later, he was doing well after the blockage in his coronary arteries had been fixed. God had worked through the faithfulness of the Lakhnadon staff and brought Vinay back from the jaws of death. Their perseverance had paid off in a big way.

When 30-year-old diabetic Gulab Prasad was brought in to EHA’s Lakhnadon Christian Hospital, he was dehydrated, acidotic (having very abnormal blood gas levels), and suffering from failing to take his insulin. Thankfully, he did not have an infection, so the staff initiated ketoacidosis treatment, and he responded well.

When it was time for him to go home, his wife pushed a couple of hundred rupee notes ($2-3) toward the doctor in an attempt to pay their bill. They had no other money. The breadwinner of the family battled diabetes and the cost for his care ate up much of what he earned. In order to pay their bill at most hospitals, they would have been forced to sell land or possessions or to take out a very high-interest loan that they would never have been able to pay back. But at EHA hospitals, destitute patients often have their fees reduced or eliminated because of funds set aside for just such a purpose. Often these funds are given by generous friends in the United States. If you would like to give to the Needy Patient Fund, visit our website.

Lakhnadon Christian Hospital is a 33-bed facility in Madhya Pradesh in Central India. Apart from the hospital’s medical work, Lakhnadon has a robust community health component which works in the areas of development, vocational training, palliative care, and disability. There is also a spectrum of pastoral care organizations and churches that the Lakhnadon staff work with as they reach out to the community. The hospital is manned by a physician, a community health doctor, and a junior doctor, and has an acute care facility that was developed over the past year.

The young man dropped unconscious after coming in to Lakhnadon Christian Hospital for poisonous snake bite treatment. The black cobra had bitten his ankle and the situation was dire.

Hospital staff jumped into action, immediately injecting him with anti-snake venom. However, they had to tell his family that his condition likely would be fatal. Knowing it was out of their hands, the staff began to pray. They shared about God with the family and continued to pray for the young man’s healing.

Amazingly, the young man responded to treatment and made a full recovery. Now he attends Sunday church services and shares his testimony with his friends. His brush with physical death has brought him spiritual life!