THE ROLE OF THE HOSPITAL IN THE - VOLUME 37 NUMBER 2 - EMERGING ASIAN NATIONS - March-April 1963

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Medical missionary publication describing the hospital’s role in emerging Asian nations, centered on patient care and teaching at Holy Family Hospital in New Delhi. The text highlights the rural-urban setting, the international patient flow from India, Pakistan, Nepal, and Afghanistan, and multilingual communication challenges within outpatient care. It details prevalent diseases and resource constraints affecting diagnosis and treatment, including malnutrition, anemia, and difficulty obtaining blood for transfusions, and explains the hospital’s mission to train doctors, nurses, and technicians.

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THE ROLE OF THE HOSPITAL IN THE

EMERGING ASIAN NATIONS

ATIENT CARE AND TEACHING AT HOLY FAMILY HOSPITAL

OUT-PATIENT DEPARTMENT AND MULTILINGUAL CARE

DISEASES, NUTRITION, AND BLOOD TRANSFUSION CHALLENGES

TRAINING AND TEACHING MISSION

the role of the hospitalin the emerging nationsMARCH-APRIL1963 medicalmissiomalPy 素medical missionary Published by # THE ROLE OF THE HOSPITAL IN THE V oLUME 37 NU MBER 2 EMERGING ASIAN NATIONS Harold K.Purcell,M.D.,F.A.C.S………………34 THE TWAIN DO MEET—AT HOLY FAMILY HOSPITAL,NEW DELHI E.F.Gerold, Jr…………………………………………………………40 WELL ORDERED CHARITY Rev.Pierre Charles,S.J…………………………………44 JAGMOHAN, STUDENT TECHNOLOGIST Sr.M.Francisco and Sr.M.Michael Ann.46 DELHI PASTORALE Sister M.Aquinas …………………………………………………49 NURSES TRAINING SCHOOL AT THE CROSSROADS OF THE EAST Sister M.Charles ………………………………………………52 FROM THE VILLAGE TO THE CAPITAL CITY Sister M.Suzanna………………………………………………56 BOOKS ……………………………………………64 Sister M.Fabian. Cover Photo: Sister M.F.Gemma gives a bottle of medicine to a clinic patient, H.F.H., New Delhi. Photo Credits: pp.62&63:Gov't of India. Art Credit:Inside front cover: Charles Madden. EDITOR:Sr.M. Angelica; Business: Sr.M. Kevin; Art:Sr.M.Lawrence,Frank X.Smith. THE MEDICAL MISSIONARY IS PUBLISHED BI-MONTHLY WITH ECCLESIASTICAL APPROBATION BY THE SOCIETY OF CATHOLIC MEDICAL MISSIONARIES, INC. SUBSCRIPTION:1 YR.$2.00;2 YRS. $3.00.2ND CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT PHILA.,PA. M A R C H-AP R 11. 1963 The movement in Indiato reduce poverty,disease,and ignorancethrough the applicationof the democratic processesis one of the most significantin the world today.One out of every seven personsin the world todayis an Indian.India is the world's largest democracyand the future world peacemay well depend on what happens here.John R.McGibony,M.D. # role of the hospital in the asianemerging nation ATIENT CARE AND TEACHING AT HOLY FAMILY HOSPITAL by Dr.Harold K.Purcell,MD.,F.A.C.S. lages all of a rural culture.Each familyhas a small home and many have abuffalo or two. Holy Family Hospital is located justoutside New Delhi.near the borderof the vast Punjab.In choosing a site fora hospital.one is often tempted to takethe spot which is most easily accessibleto the most people.However.in accordwith India's plan to help her 300 mil-lions who live in rural areas,MedicalMission Sisters chose a semi-rural spotfor the New Delhi Hospital. No wonder,then.that a great many ofour patients here at Holy Family areIndian villagers.Just the same,the de-mand for our hospital beds.from bothOld Delhi and New Delhi cities,is great.As Gerry Gerrold so aptly puts it in hisarticle."Holy Family is something of aUnited Nations."More and more pa-tients are coming here from far offplaces in India.Pakistan,Nepal,andAfghanistan seeking care at “the HolyFamily,"about which they have heardgood reports.(Word travels fast in Indiaeven though two-thirds of the peoplecannot read or write and would notknow how to use a telephone if they had The hospital,a large five-storied build-ing.is situated about seven miles fromthe center of the city but within buslimits.It faces south on a most relaxingscene of farms and lowlands.A few fur-longs to the northwest lies a privatehousing colony with spacious well builthouses.Scattered throughout the area tothe southwest are numerous small vil- m口APOZ●35 Holy Family Hospital,New Delhi,India,locatedin the capital City,atthe crossroads of the East,serves not only the Indianpeople,but peoples ofmany other nationalities. MEDICAL MISSIONARy one.)Americans and other internationalpersonnel,engaged in technical aid pro-grams in this part of the world,head forHoly Family when they are ill ...andthe American Peace Corps uses this hos-pital for an evacuation point for theirsick volunteers. Holy Family takes care of a largenumber of patients.The out-patientclinic is filled from morning till night.When I came here two years ago,I haddifficulty adjusting myself to the chang·ing hours during which the clinic pa-tients arrive in the morning.There areno clocks in India,at least among ourpatients,so people get up with the sun.If the sun comes up early,as in thesummer,the clini

FAQs

Holy Family Hospital主要为哪些地区和人群提供医疗服务？

文中说明医院服务不仅是印度民众，也包括来自多国的其他国籍患者，包括来自印度、巴基斯坦、尼泊尔和阿富汗寻求治疗的人。

门诊时语言差异带来哪些实际困难？

文中提到门诊环境中多种语言并存，医患、口译者与医师之间有时难以充分理解，给准确诊断带来困难，随后也通过学习印地语来改善沟通。

医院在医疗资源和常见病症方面面临哪些挑战？

文中指出营养不良与贫血较常见，部分手术患者的血液指标明显低于正常；输血所需血液也较难获得，往往因献血者本身也可能贫血。

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