Maitreya Healthcare Project

Local people outside a clinic Even before we begin building the Maitreya Buddha statue we can bring significant healthcare, education and economic benefit to the people of Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh and the villages in the region.

To that end, as soon as the Government of Uttar Pradesh turns the land site over to Maitreya Project we will begin Phase 1 of the Maitreya Healthcare Project.

We invite you to join us in bringing public healthcare of international standard to the poor and under-privileged, including women and children.

Overview of Maitreya Healthcare Project

The mission of the Maitreya Healthcare Project is to provide both curative and preventive medical services, health education and essential healthcare to adults and children in Kushinagar and the surrounding areas.

The Kushinagar district encompasses one of the poorest communities in rural India, with some of the highest rates of illiteracy, percentages of scheduled castes, and gender inequality. These factors contribute to lack of access to health services, poor utilisation of the limited existing services, and high levels of maternal, infant and childhood illness and mortality.

The Project will address most common health problems prevalent in the communities of rural UP including tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, under-nutrition, anaemia, worm and parasitic infestations, gynaecological problems in women, family planning issues, post polio syndrome, respiratory infections, hypertension, skin diseases and the other problems resulting from poverty, drought, inadequate food, and poor sanitary conditions characteristic of impoverished communities.

Care will be provided for both acute and chronic medical problems, looking closely at the socio-cultural and family issues that contribute to the depth of some of the problems faced by the local community.
In consultation with tertiary care centres, the programme will offer primary care to persons with cancer, heart disease and advanced HIV infection in collaboration with specialty physicians.

The programme will also focus on and be committed to consistent health education, addressing issues of nutrition, hygiene, sanitary conditions, reproductive health and sexually transmitted diseases.

Phase 1

The establishment of a comprehensive medical project is a complex management task; bringing it into operation, as well as continuing to keep it up to standard as new phases are brought on line. It is essential that the Project develops in a phased and structured manner, and does not overextend itself early on by developing too quickly or being unnecessarily complex.

Thus Phase 1 will be developed primarily in response to the immediate needs of the population as identified by local healthcare practitioners and research studies. During this phase, the Project will establish a small primary outpatient and inpatient facility combined with secondary village clinics served by mobile units.

Consistent with a careful, phased development, the Project will deliberately keep high technology installations to a minimum in Phase 1. This will greatly reduce potential problems arising from breakdowns (such as difficulties in getting a maintenance engineer or a spare part) before a more complete infrastructure is in place.

As the hospital expands and as the operation of the hospital becomes less vulnerable to supply and staffing problems, so the shift to a higher technology base can also take place.

Phase 1 is expected to cover a span of 18 months to 2 years.