Health Aide Course At St. Mary’s School Of Nursing
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
The 20th Free Surgical Camp | Full Report 2017
We are very pleased to announce that the 20th Free Surgical Camp at St. Mary’s Mission Hospital, Khammam India will be held from January 9-21, 2017. This year we are delighted to have a wonderful team of doctors, and volunteers traveling from the US who will work closely with the dedicated year-round staff at the
Summer Free Surgical Camp
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.
Elbow Burn Scar Release
This young 35-year-old woman entered the clinic on the fourth day of the camp. She has burns over 90% of her body all of which were self-inflicted. There is a cultural challenge in India that ostracizes women who are not asked to be married by their first suitor. From then on she is a social
St. Mary’s Mission Hospital | Full Report 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
Burn Scar Z-Plasty Neck Release
A beautiful young woman entered the clinic on the third day with terrible burn scars from her chin and all the way down her neck and chest. Two years prior in a complete state of heart broken despair this woman poured kerosene on herself and lit it on fire, yet then decided to change her
Breaking Records | Full Report 2015
Surgeries, Team, Updates, Yearly Reports
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
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!
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
Split-Thickness Skin Graft
An adorable five-year-old boy and his lovely mother entered the clinic on the very first day of the camp. The boy had been badly burned around his neck and back after his shirt had caught on fire. He had second-degree burns on his back and third-degree burns around his neck and shoulders. It was clear