Reynolds Memorial Hospital, Washim - India

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Reynolds Memorial Hospital,Washim - India

• South Asia Field Medical Partnership
• Church of the Nazarene

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Reynolds Memorial Hospital,Washim - India

• Was established in 1936 when medical care was
  available to very few
• Since its inception RMH has had the objective of
  bringing quality medical and preventive care to
  the doorstep of the rural poor

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Geographical Location

• It is situated in Washim, a town of considerable
  size in Maharashtra State of Western India.
• The town itself is founded in antiquity, with its
  roots steeped in Indian tradition, and it opens a
  window with glimpses of the past.

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The Visionary

• Dr.Hiram F. Reynolds
• General Superintendent
• Church of the Nazarene
• 1907-32

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The Founder

• Dr Orpha Speicher
• Founder and Medical Superintendent
• 1936-76

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MISSION STATEMENT

• "IN RESPONSE TO THE LOVE AND COMPASSION OF JESUS
  CHRIST, REYNOLDS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL COMMITS TO
  SERVE THE POOR AND THE NEEDY, IRRESPECTIVE OF
  CASTE OR CREED SO THAT THEY BECOME HEALTHY
  CITIZENS OF THIS WORLD AND THE NEXT."

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Major Milestones

• Founded in 1936 as a "Mission Hospital" for Women
  and Children
• School of Nursing started in 1948
• Became a 105-bedded general hospital for all in
  1952
• Registered as Charitable Society and Public Trust
  in 1975
• Community Based Health Care Project started in
  1987

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Services through the Hospital

• In-patient care more than 12,000 patients
  admitted each year
• 200 beds in
• Medical Ward
• Surgical Ward
• Pediatric Ward
• Obstetric Gynecology Wards

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Surgeries

• More than 1,500 major and minor surgeries are
  performed each year
• Dr Ira Cox Jr. assisting C-Section in January 1997

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Specialized Surgeries

• Cardiac Surgery Camps
• Orthopedic Surgery (Joint Replacements)

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Deliveries

• More than 2,500 babies are delivered each year

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Intensive Care Unit

• Intensive Care Unit with ultra-modern equipment
  has facility for four patients

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Pre-Matured Baby Care Unit

• Pre-Matured Baby Care Unit has a capacity to care
  for ten babies at a time

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Out-Patient Department (OPD)

• More than 30,000 patients are treated each year
  in OPD
• A patient going through preliminary examination

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OPD

• A medical officer examining a patient in the OPD

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Diagnostics (Imaging)

• X-Ray Machines
• 350 MA
• 60 MA Portable
• Ultra Sound Machine

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Diagnostics (Clinical Pathology)

• 50,000 investigations are done on
• Semi Auto Analyzer
• Cell Counter
• and other conventional methods

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Blood Transfusion

• Blood is collected in camps the year round
• Supplied to other hospitals in addition to RMH
  patients
• 1,500 lives are saved through transfusions

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School of Nursing

• Began in 1948
• 22 students (20 girls and 2 boys) are admitted
  each year for a 3-year course in General Nursing
  and Midwifery

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School of Nursing

• Students have a "hands on" learning experience in
  the hospital

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School of Nursing

• Nursing students assisting in governmental school
  health programme

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School of Nursing

• The students serve in the hospital and CBHC
  projects for two years after graduation

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College of Nursing

• A new College of Nursing offering a B.A. course
  was inaugurated in November 2006.

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Community Based Health Care

• CBHC Transforming the lives of 250,000 people
  living in 145 villages in the rural areas since
  1987

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Community Based Health Care

• To touch the untouchables and reach the unreached

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CBHC Training VHWs

• One female Village Health Worker (VHW) is trained
  for one village each

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CBHC Training VHWs

• On completion of the training each VHW is able to
  
• Identify high risk pregnancies and diseases and
  refer such cases
• Conduct normal deliveries at home
• Treat minor ailments

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CBHC Training VHWs

• On completion of the training each VHW is able to
  
• Assist CBHC team members to conduct Mother and
  Child Health Clinics
• Provide nutritional education
• Do home visits

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CBHC Saving Children

• Mother and Child Health Clinic in a village with
  the help of a VHW

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CBHC Saving Children

• Immunization of a child at the farm where her
  parents work as labourers

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CBHC Empowering Women

• Income Generation Projects for women of villages
  Garment making

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CBHC Empowering Women

• Tailoring class for village women in progress

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CBHC Empowering Women

• Help the women in marketing products

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CBHC Nutritional Rehabilitation

• Malnourished children under five years of age are
  identified by the hospital team and then brought
  to the centers for six to eight weeks along with
  their mothers.

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CBHC Nutritional Rehabilitation

• The mothers of such children are taught about the
  nutritious values of food available in their
  villages and also are advised on the correct ways
  of cooking.

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CBHC Nutritional Rehabilitation

• Within two months more muscle mass develops and
  healthy hair replaces coarse sparse hair
• This child's weight increased to more than 12
  pounds and he started walking!

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Disaster Management and Medical Relief

• Earthquake in Gujarat in January 2001

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Disaster Management and Medical Relief

• Several Medical Teams from RMH worked in the
  devastated area

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Disaster Management and Medical Relief

• Flood in Mozambique, Africa in February 2003
• Medical Team from RMH worked in the devastated
  area

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Chaplaincy Department

• Caters to the spiritual needs of not only the
  staff but also of the patients and their families

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Chaplaincy Department

• Devotions for staff and others are held each
  morning

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The Vision.

• to make Reynolds Memorial Hospital the
  extended hand of the Church on the South Asia
  Field

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NEEDS

• The vision to make Reynolds Memorial Hospital the
  extended hand of the Church in South Asia Field
  necessitates the need to strengthen and expand
  the existing infrastructure.

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NEEDS the Hospital

• HIV/AIDS Care and Counseling Centre
• Work and Witness Teams

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NEEDS the Hospital

• Equipment and Supplies
• Medicines
• Shipments and Individual Donors

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NEEDS the Hospital

• Medical Support
• Consultation/Training
• Specialized Instruction
• NIVS Short Term and Long Term
• Medical and Surgical Work Witness Teams

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NEEDS CBHC in South Asia

• Expansion of CBHC in Washim and Chikhli areas
• To establish CBHC in all Nazarene districts in
  South Asia
• Grants and Foundations

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NEEDS HIV/AIDS

• HIV/AIDS Care Counselling Centres in all CBHC
  Projects in South Asia
• Specialized Training to be provided by RMH

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NEEDS Disaster Management

• To provide relief during natural disasters
• To rehabilitate the communities after the initial
  relief

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NEEDS Parish Nursing

• To establish Parish Nursing in each district of
  the Church of the Nazarene in South Asia

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NEEDS Endowment Fund

• To build up an "endowment fund"

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• Please pray for us and join us as we minister to
  free the people from the bondage of poverty and
  sickness to rebuild lives in the Name of Jesus

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• . to reach out and comfort them.

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• and to rekindle the ray of hope..

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• I have come so that they may have life,and have
  it to the full
• John 1010