Power Point Presentation on Project Cure

The India Projects Fund
INDIA TODAY
Medical care to
meet the critical
needs of the poor.
What is our
response?
Fatima Mission Hospital, a 25-bed facility
in Dindigul, Tamil Nadu, India, is operated by Sisters
of Bon Secours of St. Francis. It offers a glimpse
of what modest means and inspired skills can do
among the most vulnerable, highest risk populations
living in slum-like conditions.
Though modern-looking at a distance,
this town of 200,000 has a high percentage
of urban poor, with open sewers and
conspicuous opportunity for infectious disease. The
hospital is located right in the community.
By being visible
in the community,
sisters signal their
humanitarian
example, saving
and improving
lives among those
least able
to afford
medical
care.
A combination
of basic inpatient
care and an active
home visitation
program constitutes
the core of Fatima
Mission Hospital’s
approach.
The hospital is staffed by two
doctors, an administrator, four nurses
and two trainees. Teachers
augment the nursing staff on
visitation rounds in the
nearby community.
A Project C.U.R.E. assessment
representative analyzes the
Fatima Mission Hospital’s capacity
and determines what it needs to
serve the community better.
Surgeries and
maternity deliveries take
place in clean but basic
conditions with minimal
equipment and supplies.
All over India,
similar small
healthcare facilities
struggle to overcome
shortages of modern
diagnostic and
surgical equipment
and consumables.
Photos show current
equipment, supplies
and treatment
conditions.
The India
Projects Fund
supports
Project C.U.R.E.
in communities
such as Dindigul’s
Fatima Mission
Hospital service
area.
Nearby rural areas receive
home visits that identify potential
medical problems before they
become emergencies.
Project C.U.R.E. partners with the India Projects Fund,
Rotary International and with many individuals and organizations to “deliver
health and hope to the world.” Project C.U.R.E. never forgets that our bounty
should go to care for “the least of these.”
Project C.U.R.E., a
Centennial, Colorado based non-profit and
its many volunteers start in
any of four U.S.
warehouses to pack more
than 100 40-foot seagoing
containers each year for
shipment to destinations in
India
and across the globe.