A snippet from outside the operation theatre recently. One of our staff was waiting anxiously outside the operation theatre while his wife was undergoing an elective caesarean. More of our staff “supporters and well wishers” who were with him during this wait used the time to convince him that his wife was actually having twins. […]
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A lady H had come to us with awareness of a mass in the abdomen and pain. Examination revealed a large mass arising from the pelvis. Ultrasound had showed a cystic mass filling the pelvis adjacent to the uterus. On surgery a large ovariancyst was found adherent and torted. It is amazing how much discomfort
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Mr. R had come to us from Chamba, over two days journey away. He had sustained a fall and a straddle injury which destroyed one testes and ruptured his urethra three months ago for which he had a suprapubic cystostomy to drain his urine. He had already been to PGI Chandigarh and IGMC Simla, but
For a number of years, we have been working towards obtaining a ct scanner in manali. The nearest CT scanner is in Kullu, one hour away by road. This journey can be a life threatening one for a patient who is seriously injured. As a result, we have often had to perform exploratory burr holes
Two tourists from Punjab had come with the history of assault with a sharp edged weapon. One had all his nerves, arteries and tendons divided in his forearm, and his hand was lifeless. The other had all the tendons that cause flexion divided. All night surgery managed to restore function and blood supply to the
We were blessed to have Drs. Feico and Madeline with us for the last four months. Drs Feico and Madeline had visited Manali when they were young doctors and since have visited us again together and separately. In fact, Manali was a common interest for them which drew them together, and now they return to
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We thank Drs Feico and Madeline who have volunteered here with us since August. Dr. Feico has relieved Dr. Anna of a huge burden of pediatric patients and managed some very complicated pediatric and neonatal patients. Dr. Madeline has also volunteered in our opd clinic, and has been the chief person instrumental in being able
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The EMFI biennial national conference was held in Mahabalipuram this year from the 25th to the 28th of October. Drs. Philip and Anna Alexander took the student sessions on “Current concerns in health care and missions”. Six hundred delegates attended, of whom about four hundred were students. This was an unprecedented number for any emfi
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Click here to go to the project site. We thank the University of queensland students for making this possible. We look forward to their visit here with us. http://www.manalihospital.com/project/manali-medical-aid-2012/
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The whole hospital went in batches to Dhundhi, and had a picnic. A picnic organisation committee with Luder Chand, Sunil Verma, Thampy John, Tikmu and Hukum Daniel had outdone themselves in organising the whole thing, including tents, cooking tent, music and dancing out in the wilderness. Ms. Shoba Sreekumaran of Open Doors Mumbai was the