Category Archive for: Updates

Health Aide Course At St. Mary’s School Of Nursing

Happenings, Updates

December 19, 2016

A brief report on Health Aide Course at St. Mary’s School of Nursing and way forward: Transformation! Transformation! Transformation! “From innocence to Spiritual, Educational, Physical, Social, Economic development and with opportunities ”. Name of the Course:  Girl Child Empowerment – Health Aide Course Purpose of the Course:  Empowering the girl child toward Self-reliance Duration of

Summer Free Surgical Camp

Surgeries, Team, Updates

August 16, 2016

CSI-DORNAKAL DIOCESE St. MARY’S MISSION HOSPITAL, KHAMMAM. Free Surgical Camp from 8th to 13th August 2016 (with extension of 4 days) Greetings from St.Mary’s Mission Hospital family! We have been successfully organized Summer Free Surgical Camp. 74 major & minor surgeries done.

St. Mary’s Mission Hospital | Full Report 2016

Team, Updates, Yearly Reports

January 27, 2016

Free Surgical Camp Report Jan. 10 – 23, 2016 St. Mary’s Mission Hospital (SMMH), Khammam, India   Nine of us volunteers from the USA arrived in Hyderabad from JFK/NYC Saturday evening and checked into the Novotel with our 21 duffles of medical/surgical supplies, mostly donated from generous partners in the USA. Luckily all the baggage

Breaking Records | Full Report 2015

Surgeries, Team, Updates, Yearly Reports

January 28, 2015

Twelve of us volunteers from the USA arrived in Hyderabad from JFK/NYC Saturday evening and checked into the Novotel with our 17 duffles of medical/surgical supplies, mostly donated from generous partners in the USA. Luckily all the baggage arrived on time with us. We were joined at 9AM (India time is 10 1/2 hours ahead

Andrah Pradesh India

Journal, Updates

July 10, 2014

FOCI’s work is in the state of Andhra Pradesh in southeastern India.  Andhra Pradesh, India’s fifth-largest state, has 76 million people in an area of 27,000 square kilometers.  The people of Andhra Pradesh speak predominantly Telugu and Hindi, with Urdu and English also spoken.  Andhra Pradesh has a literacy rate of about 60%, meaning that

Patient Ward Reconstruction Underway!

Renovations, Updates

June 20, 2014

We are delighted to announce that we have received a generous donation from one of our highly supportive US benefactors to engage in the refurbishment of our four post-operative wards at St. Mary’s Mission Hospital. These patient wards have a total of about 50 beds and are all in some stage of major disrepair with

Free Surgical Camp | Full Report 2014

Surgeries, Updates, Yearly Reports

January 27, 2014

Hey Statesiders, We’re all safely back and reacclimatizing, slowly. Some more slowly than others, depending on whether you got a good case of the airplane flu or not, which, I did….big time cough, laryngitis, sore throat, phlegm, mild fever, and chills, but this too is passing. We’re all safely back and reacclimatizing, slowly. Some more

Holding Back Tears

Journal, Updates

January 4, 2014
Free Surgical Camp Holding Back Tears

Everyday is a different and eye-opening experience here…even for me who’s been to and seen a lot of varied cultures over the years. We have continued to work in the operating room in the hospital and also had a few very emotional exchanges.   Its Pongal now, a Hindu/national holiday that lasts for 3 days. It

New Operating Room Construction Completed!

Renovations, Updates

April 10, 2013

2013: We are delighted to report that do to the generous donation of a wonderful benefactor we have been able to complete the  construction of a new Operating Room which is adjacent to the current one. Additionally, we have upgraded the instrument sanitation room, added two indoor water working toilets and a meeting room for

Changing Lives One Person At A Time

Surgeries, Updates

February 15, 2013

We have been running the Free Surgical Camp each January since 1999. The beginnings were very poorly equipped and somewhat scary, but with the help of people like Americares and other wonderful donors, we have been able to bring the supplies, equipment, and safety up considerably toward modern USA standards. Last January we did 338