Surgery at NJH

During my short vacation, it was quite a blessing to have Dr. Nandamani and Dr. Ango to be with us. 

And I believe that it was a big relief for quite a few of our patients, especially to 2 young men who came with acute abdomen. 

The first one was VK, a 16 year old who came in with acute abdominal pain and distension. Of course, it was intestinal obstruction. 

On opening the abdomen, this is what we found . . .  

In addition, there was an area of constriction caused by tuberculosis which caused the obstruction. 

Then, there was one more young man who is still recuperating from the surgery for a duodenal perforation. 

After quite a long time, we had quite a large renal stone (staghorn calculus) removed. 

It does not need much research to conclude that a surgeon is a very much essential component in the scheme of things in a mission hospital. I wish we had a surgeon who was always around. Our surgical load is immense. Dr. Nandamani did about 70 surgeries in a space of around 2 weeks. 

Dr. Nandamani coming on a bimonthly basis is a major relief for us. We praise and thank the Lord for his bigheartedness. 

Could I request prayers for a regular surgeon to be at NJH? 

VK just before discharge . . . 

Water Tank, Progress

The progress of the water tank construction . . . in pictures . . .

Do continue to remember the construction in your prayers . . .

Wiping off . . .

Snaps of Chesed wiping off the cake batter and enjoying it . . . Priceless snaps for us . . .   

Uh . . . Uh . . . You also want . . .

Look there . . . 

Slurp . . .

Lemme see if there is more . . .

Oh yes . . . there is some . . .

It's quite stuck in the bottom . . .

That's for you . . .

Birthdays at NJH

Yesterday was Shalom's birthday. He shared his birthday with Roshini, one of our colleague's daughter. 

And then, today was Dinesh's birthday. Snaps from the celebration. 

For Dinesh, this birthday was quite special was it was the first one after his wedding. 

Last year, Dinesh and Shalom had celebrated their birthdays together. 

Simplicity

During the recent CMF session, one of the sessions on financial dealings in our lives ended with a clear call on simple living. 

However, it was only very recent that I learnt about simple writing, which means the ability to express oneself in very simple words. It was from a post in Peter Saunder's blog, which is quite a good blog. 

There is even an index to measure the readability of any text, called the Gunning Fog Index. 

Writing in simple phrases is quite a tough ask. 

I remember one statement read long back which said that one needs time to write in simple language which can be understood by one and all. 

Now, if you were wondering about the Gunner Fog index of this post, it is 11.0.