Traditional Healthcare in India

Traditional healthcare India began in 2007 in the village of Datam, Jharkhand India. The village is in a remote region of Bengal, considered one of the poorest areas of India. The dry winters and monsoon floods create unstable growing conditions which have drastic impacts on crops and puts pressure on the communities ability to feed itself.

The Datam project began in 2007 when two Australian acupuncturist’s Tom and Tasja travelled to an acupuncture clinic in the town of Pundag, West Bengal, where people would walk for days to receive treatment for there ailments. 

While practicing there they met Dada Bishwanath Sing a former monk and fellow acupuncturist who took them to his village of Datam. A crowd formed around their temporary clinic, treating almost 200 people in it’s first day. When it finally came time to leave it was obvious that there was a need for a more permanent presence within the community, and so inspired the birth of Traditional Healthcare.