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April 6, 2022
RDO Trust, FINISH Society, Signify Foundation, and Signify India joined hands to install solar power plants and LED lights in 18 Primary Health Centers in Bihar & Jharkhand State of India to enable 24/7 access to electricity.
In India, PHCs represent the first tier of the health care system, providing a range of essential outpatient services to people living in rural, suburban, and hard-to-reach areas. However, one in every two Primary Health Centers in India suffers from an intermittent power supply.
The 18 selected Primary Health Centers provide care for 20-30,000 people from nearby rural villages, including delivering an average of 30-50 infants per month. This requires energy for lighting, refrigerators and fans. Most of these Primary Health Centers were entirely dependent on unstable grids and diesel generators as power backup. This caused a series of operational challenges for the staff working there, let alone the heavy carbon emission caused by burning diesel.
The COVID-19 Pandemic has further put massive pressure on the health systems with the patient influx. Primary Health Centers have a pivotal role to play in promoting and delivering COVID-19 vaccinations on a mass scale.
To support the Primary Health Centers with uninterrupted power supply, Signify Foundation partners with RDO Trust and FINISH Society to install 2.5Kw solar power plants with battery backup in 18 Primary Health Centers in Bihar & Jharkhand State of India. LED lights and fans are also installed in all critical and high usage areas in emergency rooms, labor rooms, laboratories etc. which enables 24/7 access to electricity and undisrupted operations.
Additionally, floodlights were installed outside of the Primary Health Centers to create a safe and illuminated passage for visitors to access the health center after sunset.
System sustainability is always a challenge for projects in remote locations. This time, cloud-based remote monitoring systems were placed to monitor and analyze the system performance remotely.
Dr. Avinash Kumar
Medical Officer in charge at the Community Health Centre in Thawe, Gopalganj, Bihar
Sweta Priyadarshi
Staff Nurse
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