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Prayer Requests - February 2013 |
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Prayer Needs
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Friday, 22 February 2013 12:25 |
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We want to give thanks for the following:
• We’ve had good winter rains and water supplies have been good!
• We enjoyed a wonderful hospital picnic and awarded 11 people for having served 25 years here!
• Short term surgeons who are helping us cover the needs here at the hospital.
We’d really appreciate prayer for the following:
• We are still looking for funding to build an additional large water tank to store more rainwater so that we have sufficient reserves for the dry season. This year we had to purchase water in the dry months and have it delivered by tanker.
• The New Life Psychiatric Rehab Home will be opening soon here in Tansen. This is a place to house people with mental illness who have no family to care for them. Please pray for the start up and for suitable workers and needed funding.
• We have submitted a proposal to start training Lab technicians. If we are successful this will start this training in 18 months to 2 years time and will need to prepare the necessary infrastructure.
• Continued good relationships with the community and patients.
• Long-term medical personnel is an ongoing need, especially to start in the next 6 months as several of our senior expatriate doctors have recently come to the end of their service. We are especially in need of long term general surgeons.
• Our Pastoral care team do an amazing job here sharing with patients, providing counseling, running the toy round, helping long-stay children with their school work as well as administering financial assistance to the poorest patients. It, as you can imagine, is extremely stressful and draining at times. Please pray for strength and real encouragement for them as the go about their duties.
Thank you for your ongoing support for the hospital.
Rachel Karrach
Hospital Director
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Friends of Tansen
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Friday, 15 February 2013 00:00 |
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Another Award for Tansen Hospital! |
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Hospital News
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Tuesday, 27 November 2012 11:01 |
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We were pleased to learn recently that Tansen Hospital has been selected by the Knowledge Resource Development & Welfare Group's (KRDWG) expert panel for "Healthcare Leadership Awards 2012" in the hospital category.
KRDWG held a one day seminar on "Contemporary Healthcare from the perspective of social well being: Reflection and Interventions" on November 4 in New Delhi where they also gave awards to individuals and organisations engaged in inclusive healthcare like medical practitioners, pharmaceutical companies, medical colleges, hospitals, NGOs, researchers etc. in India and abroad.
UMN board member, Heather Payne, who is based in New Delhi, received the award on behalf of the hospital. Tansen Hospital is thankful to be able to continue to offer high quality health care in our area of Nepal and are very appreciative of the recognition!
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Hospital News
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Wednesday, 01 August 2012 17:06 |
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A few weeks ago a journalist called the hospital and said he would like to interview the director about an award. It was a complete surprise when he told us that this hospital had been awarded the Best Hospital Award from ‘Swasthiya Kabar Patrika”, a monthly health magazine. This is a national award and the selection committee had evaluated various nominated hospitals before deciding that ours was best.
The annual Health Awards ceremony was held at the Everest Hotel in Kathmandu on the evening of Sunday 22nd July and was broadcast live on Nepal TV. It was almost like a mini Oscar awards ceremony! Eight different people received an award to recognize their contribution to specific areas of health in Nepal.
"And the award for the Best Hospital goes to... United Mission Hospital Tansen."
It was a proud moment for Rachel Karrach, as the Tansen Hospital Director, to go up on the stage and receive the award from the Minister of Health on behalf of all the staff at the hospital who work so hard. There was an opportunity for Rachel to say a few words about what makes this hospital different. In her acceptance speech she was able to tell people that our motto is “We serve, Jesus heals”. We want the glory to go to Him for our success, and also give thanks to all the hospital staff, whose faithful service has enabled this hospital to be the best hospital in Nepal.
Many hospital staff and local Tansen people were watching the program on TV and everyone was very excited that our work had been recognized and that this has put our town on the map. It was so encouraging and affirming for the hospital's (and UMN's) almost 60 years of service in Tansen to be recognized and applauded.
For photos of the ceremony, click here. |
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Hospital News
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Monday, 28 June 2010 14:54 |
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Despite Nepal being the second water-richest country in the world the infrastructure is not in place to capture it, with the vast majority flowing away down to India.
As a result Nepal as a country frequently faces the problem of water shortage and long lines of people can be seen queuing for water during the dry season. Here at the hospital over the years we have built storage tanks to allow us to capture and retain as much water as possible, however due to increasing patient numbers our resources are being stretched. The past few years we have had to buy water in via tankers to keep the hospital running.
As you can imagine, providing good care care to patients requires a consistent source of water. Due to the mountanous terrain, it is difficult to drill wells. Most of the water in the area comes from springs or small rivers. An important supplemental source of water is rainwater. We try to harvest rain water by having gutters which are connected to underground water tanks. During the monsoon season, the rain water exceeds the capacity of all of our water tanks. If this water could be collected and stored, it would help us through the dry months of summer. At times when the water level is low, we have to cancel surgery or send patients away.
We have obtained a construction estimate. The design of the underground water tank needs to be sufficiently robust to withstand earthquakes and land shifts (which are common in this region). The tank would hold 1 million litres of water, and the projected is estimated to cost US$ 250,000. A tank this size and of this quality would allow us to provide water for our hospital's needs for many, many years to come.
Please do pray about this as it is clearly a huge undertaking, but one we feel will be a huge asset to the hospital for the future. If you would like to donate towards this you can send money directly or by cheque. Please see p15 of Friends of Tansen showing options for giving.
Thank you.
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