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1 DEAR CHRISTIAN FRIENDS IN THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, IT IS WITH GREAT PLEASURE WE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE EXCITING NEWS WITH YOU! WITH GREAT EFFORT AND THE WORKINGS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT WE HAVE REGISTERED CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE AND TEACHING HOSPITAL IN NEPAL! THIS IS THE FIRST CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE REGISTRATION IN THE HISTORY OF THE NATION RECOGNIZED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF NEPAL. NEPAL OPENED UP AND WELCOMED CHRISTIANITY SINCE 1950, HOWEVER WE STILL HAD TO CONFRONT MANY PEOPLE WHO TRIED TO BLOCK THE REGISTRATION. DESPITE MANY STRUGGLES AND MUCH LOBBYING, WE HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN OBTAINING THE CERTIFICATE OF CORPORATION. INTRODUCTION THE CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE AND TEACHING HOSPITAL (CMCTH) IS GOING TO BE A LARGE MULTI-SPECIALTY TEACHING HOSPITAL LOCATED IN PALUNGTAR MUNICIPALITY, GORKHA, NEPAL, ABOUT 152 KM TO THE NORTH WEST OF KATHMANDU. THIS IS A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF CMCTH. MORE INFORMATION WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE OF CMCTH. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE OR WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW YOU CAN JOIN HANDS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH US, THEN PLEASE WRITE TO US AT OUR MAILING ADDRESS. VISION STATEMENT THE CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE AND TEACHING HOSPITAL, PALUNGTAR MUNICIPALITY GORKHA, NEPAL SEEKS TO BE A LIVING WITNESS TO THE HEALING MINISTRY OF JESUS CHRIST THROUGH EXCELLENCE IN MEDICAL TRAINING AND EDUCATION, SERVICE AND RESEARCH.

2 THE OBJECTIVE THE OBJECTIVE OF THE CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE AND TEACHING HOSPITAL IS THE ESTABLISHMENT, MAINTENANCE, AND DEVELOPMENT OF A CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE AND TEACHING HOSPITAL IN NEPAL, WHERE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN SHALL RECEIVE AN EDUCATION OF THE HIGHEST GRADE IN THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MEDICINE, NURSING, OR OTHER RELATED PROFESSIONS, TO EQUIP THEM IN THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST, FOR SERVICE IN THE RELIEF OF SUFFERING AND IN THE PROMOTION OF HEALTH. MISSION STATEMENT THE PRIMARY CONCERN OF THE CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE AND TEACHING HOSPITAL IS TO DEVELOP THROUGH EDUCATION AND TRAINING, COMPASSIONATE, PROFESSIONALLY EXCELLENT, ETHICALLY SOUND INDIVIDUALS WHO WILL GO OUT AS SERVANT-LEADERS OF HEALTH TEAMS AND HEALING COMMUNITIES. THEIR SERVICE MAY BE IN PROMOTIVE, PREVENTIVE, CURATIVE, REHABILITATIVE OR PALLIATIVE ASPECTS OF HEALTH CARE, IN EDUCATION OR IN RESEARCH. IN THE AREA OF RESEARCH, CMCTH STRIVES TO UNDERSTAND GOD S PURPOSES AND DESIGNS, FOSTERING A SPIRIT OF ENQUIRY, COMMITMENT TO TRUTH AND HIGH ETHICAL STANDARDS. RESEARCH MAY BE

3 AIMED AT GAINING KNOWLEDGE OF THE FUNDAMENTAL BASES OF HEALTH AND DISEASE, AT IMPROVING INTERVENTIONS OR IN OPTIMIZING THE USE OF RESOURCES. IN THE DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, CMCTH PROVIDES A CULTURE OF CARING WHILE PURSUING ITS COMMITMENT TO PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE. CMCTH IS COMMITTED TO INNOVATION AND THE ADOPTION OF NEW, APPROPRIATE, COST-EFFECTIVE TECHNOLOGY WHICH ENHANCES THE CARE AND PATIENT OUTCOMES. CMCTH REAFFIRMS ITS COMMITMENT TO THE PROMOTION OF HEALTH AND WHOLENESS IN INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES AND ITS SPECIAL CONCERN FOR THE DISABLED, DISADVANTAGED, MARGINALIZED AND VULNERABLE. CMCTH LOOKS FOR SUPPORT AND PARTICIPATION IN ITS PROGRAMS IN EDUCATION, SERVICE, OUTREACH AND RESEARCH, FROM FRIENDS AND LIKEMINDED AGENCIES IN NEPAL AND ABROAD, IN A TRUE SPIRIT OF PARTNERSHIP. IN ITS ROLE AS A LIVING WITNESS IN THE HEALING MINISTRY OF CHRIST, CMCTH SEEKS TO WORK IN PARTNERSHIP, BOTH WITH THE CHURCH IN NEPAL, AND THE UNIVERSAL/GLOBAL CHURCH AND THEIR INSTITUTIONS. ETHOS AS IS EVIDENT FROM ITS NAME AND THE VISION AND MISSION STATEMENTS OF CMCTH, IT IS UNASHAMEDLY A CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL, DRAWING ITS INSPIRATION FROM THE EXAMPLE OF JESUS CHRIST AND SEEKING TO MODEL ITS VALUES, PRIORITIES AND ACTIVITIES ON HIS LIFE AND HEALING MINISTRY. HOWEVER, ALL PATIENTS ARE WELCOMED AND TREATED WITHOUT REGARD TO THEIR FAITH, CASTE AND ECONOMIC OR OTHER STATUS. CMCTH STAFF ALSO REPRESENTS A VARIETY OF FAITHS AND EACH PERSON S BELIEFS ARE TREATED WITH RESPECT. A LARGE PRAYER CHAPEL WILL SERVE PATIENTS, STAFF AND STUDENTS PROVIDING SPIRITUAL COUNSEL AND SUPPORT AND ORGANIZING WORSHIP SERVICES IN MANY LANGUAGES. SPECIAL CONCERN FOR THE MARGINALIZED AS A MOTTO, CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE AND TEACHING HOSPITAL WILL ADOPT THE WORDS OF JESUS, NOT TO BE SERVED, BUT TO SERVE. THESE WORDS OF JESUS WILL DRIVE EVERYTHING CMCTH DOES FOR THE NEPALESE PEOPLE. CMC AND TEACHING HOSPITAL IS A CHARITABLE MEDICAL MINISTRY. THE HOSPITAL ITSELF SERVES TO CARE FOR THE SICK AND INJURED, BUT THE LARGEST IMPACT ACROSS NEPAL WILL COME FROM THOSE WHO WILL BE TRAINED HERE AND WILL GO OUT TO SERVE, TREAT AND TEACH OTHERS. OUR OBJECTIVE IS TO ESTABLISH CHRISTIAN MEDICAL AND TEACHING HOSPITAL AS A GREAT PLATFORM TO WITNESS AND SHARE THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST, WHILE WE PROVIDE HEALING TREATMENT TO THOSE WHO ARE SUFFERING PHYSICALLY. WE CAN INFLUENCE THE NEW GENERATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE OF NEPAL WITH INNOVATIVE EDUCATION AND PRODUCE TENT MAKING PROFESSIONAL MISSIONARY IN THE LAND OF NEPAL. IT IS ALSO TIME FOR THE WHOLE BODY OF CHRIST AND THE CHURCH IN NEPAL TO HAVE A MISSION FOR THIS NEW GENERATION TO SHOULDER THE RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ARENA. WE INVITE YOU AND THIS NEW GENERATION TO JOIN WITH US IN THE GREAT COMMISSION, COMMITTING OURSELVES AND OUR RESOURCES TO JESUS AND ENCOURAGING THIS NEW GENERATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE TO BE THE BEST POSSIBLE FOLLOWERS AND SERVANT- LEADERS FOR CHRIST. HISTORICAL RESPONSIBILITY AND HERITAGE

4 HAVING BEEN RAISED A HINDU TO THE AGE OF 15, WHILE IN KATHMANDU, NEPAL, PASTOR RAM CAME TO UNDERSTAND GOD S PLAN TO SEND HIS SON JESUS TO BE MANKIND S SAVIOR, AND HE HAS BEEN PROCLAIMING THIS GOSPEL MESSAGE SINCE GOD LOVES MANKIND SO MUCH THAT HE SENT JESUS CHRIST TO DIE FOR US AS A SACRIFICE FOR ALL OUR SINS, SO WE ARE FILLED WITH GREAT LOVE FOR HIM AND WANT TO SHARE THAT LOVE WITH OUR FELLOW MAN IN NEPAL BY CARING FOR THEIR PHYSICAL NEEDS WITH PROPER MEDICAL FACILITIES. CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE AND TEACHING HOSPITAL WILL BE AN OASIS OF JESUS S LOVE BY CARING FOR THOSE WHO ARE OFTEN IGNORED BY OTHERS AND ARE SUFFERING FROM ALL FORMS OF PHYSICAL SICKNESS OR INJURY. AT PRESENT, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF ESTABLISHING PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES, INCLUDING VACCINATIONS AND PROVIDING TREATMENT FOR MINOR SICKNESS IN THE RURAL TOWN OF GORKHA DISTRICT, AND MID-WESTERN PART OF NEPAL. KATHMANDU, APR 26 - THE DEATH TOLL FROM SATURDAY'S DEADLY 7.9 MAGNITUDE QUAKE THAT STRUCK WITH ITS EPICENTER AT GORKHA DISTRICT HAS REACHED MORE THAN 10,000. APPROXIMATELY 1,100 WERE CHRISTIAN PEOPLE. ACCORDING TO INFORMATION PROVIDED BY NEPAL POLICE AT 6 PM TODAY, 777 HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES IN KATHMANDU ALONE. LIKEWISE, 224 IN BHAKTAPUR AND 151 IN LALITPUR DIED IN THE CATASTROPHE. THE CENTRAL REGION IS THE WORST HIT WITH 1,017 DEATHS FOLLOWED BY WESTERN REGION WITH 209. FIFTY LIVES WERE LOST IN EASTERN REGION WHILE TWO DEATHS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN MID-WESTERN. NO QUAKE-RELATED DEATHS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN FAR WESTERN REGION. THE WORST HIT REGIONS AFTER KATHMANDU VALLEY INCLUDE SINDHUPALCHOWK, RASUWA, DOLAKHA, DHADING, GORKHA, AMONG OTHER DISTRICTS WHERE HUNDREDS LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE TREMOR. IN KATHMANDU, OLD SETTLEMENT AREAS SUCH AS BASANTAPUR, THAMEL, NARDEVI, AND JHOCHHEN HAVE SUFFERED MAJOR DAMAGES. HISTORICAL MONUMENTS SUCH AS DHARHARA, BASANTAPUR DURBAR SQUARE AND PATAN DURBAR SQUARE HAVE ALSO BEEN COMPLETELY DESTROYED. 8.2 MILLION PEOPLE WERE AFFECTED, 1.7 MILLION CHILDREN WERE DISPLACED AND ORPHANED AND DESTITUTE. NEARLY A MILLION HOMES HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY DESTROYED. AS A RESULT OF THE HORRENDOUS EARTHQUAKE, MANY PEOPLE WHO WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED DIED DUE TO A SEVERE LACK OF HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL SERVICES. ASIDE FROM THE RECENT EARTHQUAKE CATASTROPHE, NEPAL SUFFERS IN GENERAL FROM A LACK OF HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL SERVICES TO MEET EVERYDAY NEEDS. THE RECENT EARTHQUAKE JUST HIGHLIGHTED THIS NEED. CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE AND TEACHING HOSPITAL WILL BE OF GREAT HELP IN FILLING THIS GAP. CMC HOSPITAL HAS PLANS TO PROVIDE STAFF ON-SITE EMERGENCY CARE FOR THE NATURAL DISASTER RELIEF. FROM THE BEGINNING 2016, CMC HOSPITAL WILL BE ENCOUNTERING MAJOR CHALLENGE IN ORDER TO LAUNCHING THE PROJECT IN FAITH. BUT OUR GOD IS A GOD WHO HELPS US IN THE TIME OF TROUBLE. ON THIS BASIS, CMC HOSPITAL WILL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE SERVING GOD AND THE PEOPLE WE ENCOUNTER IN OUR MEDICAL AND MISSIONARY JOURNEY. I AM VERY THANKFUL FOR THE SOUND FOUNDATION LAID BY BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THIS HOSPITAL IS GOING TO BE DEVOTED TO THE CARING FOR SICK PEOPLE IN THE SPIRIT OF JESUS CHRIST: "THE SKILL TO HEAL" "THE SPIRIT TO CARE" "SERVING HUMANITY IN THE SERVICE OF CHRIST", INNOVATIVE, AND EXCEPTIONAL PROVISION OF MEDICAL SERVICES. CMC MEDICAL COLLEGE WILL

5 ALSO BE DEVOTED TO THE EDUCATION OF HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS AND MEDICAL PERSONNEL AND MISSIONARIES. IMPORTANT STRATEGIC ISSUES FACING CMC MEDICAL HOSPITAL INCLUDE: 1. DEVELOPMENT OF OUR CORPORATE CULTURE BASED ON CMC VIRTUES, INCORPORATING 12 MAIN THEMES: (GRATITUDE, ATTENTIVENESS, SINCERITY, MODESTY, FAITH, LOVE, JOY, TRUTHFULNESS, INNOVATION, PERSISTENCE, TOLERANCE, AND SHARING) THE GOOD SPIRIT AND EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN TRADITIONS OF CMC HOSPITAL WILL BE SUSTAINED AND HANDED ON AS WE ARE ABLE TO INCULCATE THESE VALUES; 2. COOPERATION AMONG OUR MEDICAL AND ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS FOR MUTUAL GROWTH AND FLOURISHING. WITH CONTINUING TRAINING BASED ON THE CMC SPIRIT, WE SEEK TO DEVELOP HIGH QUALITY MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS WHO LOVE AND CARE FOR PEOPLE WITH THE GOAL OF PROVIDING THE FINEST HEALTH CARE WE CAN; 3. INSPIRATION TO CONTINUE ACHIEVING NEW GOALS FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF OUR MISSION. THE BOOK OF NEHEMIAH IN THE BIBLE RECORDS HOW THE JEWS, LED BY NEHEMIAH, WITHIN JUST 52 DAYS RESTORED CITY WALLS OF JERUSALEM, WHICH HAD BEEN IN RUINS FOR MORE THAN 120 YEARS; 4. OPERATION AND MUTUAL SUPPORT OF THE CHRISTIAN PASTORS, PEOPLE, CHURCHES AND CHRISTIAN CHARITIES; 5. MODERNIZED MANAGEMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES; 6. STABLE FINANCIAL RESOURCES AND CONTINUOUS PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT; 7. COORDINATION OF DIVERSIFIED MEDICAL SERVICES, VERTICAL INTEGRATION, HORIZONTAL LABOR DIVISION, AND DEVELOPMENT IN LINE WITH CURRENT TRENDS; 8. PROMOTION OF QUALITY HEALTH CARE AND IMPROVED TREATMENT OF CRITICAL AND CHRONIC DISEASES; 9. CAMPAIGN AND SUPPORT FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE POLICY; 10. EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING AND INNOVATION IN RESEARCH. WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THESE ARE ALL GREAT CHALLENGES FOR US. THE BOOK OF NUMBERS IN THE BIBLE RECORDS HOW MOSES SENT THE TWELVE SPIES INTO CANAAN. THEY VIEWED THE LOCAL PEOPLE THERE AS GIANTS AND FELT THEY WERE TOO SMALL TO CONQUER THEM. UNLIKE THE OTHER TEN SPIES, HOWEVER, JOSHUA AND CALEB COMFORTED THE PEOPLE AND SAID THAT WE WILL BE GIVEN THAT LAND. IF THE LORD DELIGHTS IN US, HE WILL BRING US INTO THIS LAND AND GIVE IT TO US, A LAND THAT FLOWS WITH MILK AND HONEY! BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND APPOINTMENT BY THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF NEPAL, I NOW SERVE AS THE FOUNDER PRESIDENT OF THE HOSPITAL. I AM COMMITTED TO MY MISSION AND THE MINISTRY OF A HOSPITAL THAT MAKES OUR PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES FEEL AS IF IT IS A HOME. SHOULD WE DIFFERENTIATE OURSELVES FROM OTHERS PRIMARILY AS A HOSPITAL BLESSED BY GOD, OR AS A HOSPITAL WITH THE MOST ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY AND EXPENSIVE MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS? I BELIEVE THAT FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE MUST CARE FOR OUR PATIENTS WITH CONCERN AND SINCERITY. AT OUR HOSPITAL, OUR STAFF IS OUR MOST IMPORTANT ASSET, AND OUR COLLEAGUES ARE LIKE FAMILY. WE WILL BE OFTEN TOUCHED BY THE CARE OF OUR COWORKERS; WE ESPECIALLY NEED A DEDICATED, CARING AND HARD WORKING NURSING STAFF.

6 WE ASPIRE TO THAT CARING, UNCOMPLAINING ATTITUDE AND PLEDGE TO CHERISH OUR CMC COWORKERS AS FAMILY, OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN CHRIST. ENTRUSTED WITH UNPRECEDENTED HISTORICAL OPPORTUNITIES, RESPONSIBILITIES AND OUR CHRISTIAN HERITAGE, WE WILL WORK HAND IN HAND WITH THE HOSPITAL STAFF TO SERVE GOD AND OUR PATIENTS TO CARRY OUT OUR MISSION. MAY WE HAVE A HUMBLE AND LOVING ATTITUDE AS WE FIRST AND FOREMOST SEEK GOD S LEADING, RELYING NOT ON OUR OWN POWER OR SKILL, BUT ON HIS GUIDANCE AND STRENGTH TO EFFECT HIS WILL IN THIS ENDEAVOR. ON BEHALF OF THE NEPALESE CHRISTIAN CHURCHES AND 30 MILLION PEOPLE OF NEPAL MAY I REQUEST AND INVITE YOU TO COLLABORATE AND JOIN WITH CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE AND TEACHING HOSPITAL TO PROVIDE RESOURCES, PERSONNEL AND FINANCIAL PARTICIPATION, AS GOD SPEAKS TO YOUR HEART, IN ORDER TO FULFILL THE GREAT COMMISSION OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, WHO IS THE FOUNDER AND HEAD OF THE CHURCH. FINALLY, WE PRAY FOR GOD S BLESSINGS FOR OUR FUTURE HOSPITAL STAFF. THANK YOU ALL FOR READING THIS MESSAGE WHICH COMES FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS. WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR CONTINUING SUPPORT AND COUNSEL AND THANK GOD FOR HIS BLESSINGS AND THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING HIM AT CMC HOSPITAL. WE PRAY FOR ALL OF YOU, OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS, TO HAVE THE JOY OF GOD IN YOUR HEARTS IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES! PLEASE SEND YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO THE FOLLOWING BANK IN NEPAL. YOU COULD SEND FUNDS THROUGH ELECTRONIC FUND TRANSFER TO THE BANK BELOW BENEFICIARY : CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE AND TEACHING HOSPITAL A/C NO: SUNRISE BANK LIMITED MAIN BRANCH GAIRIDHARA CROSSING, KATHMANDU, NEPAL SWIFT CODE : SRBLNPKA KATHMANDU, NEPAL TEL : /61/62/63/64 FAX : INFO@SUNRISEBANK.COM.NP WEB : RAM NEPAL, FOUNDER. PRESIDENT AND CHAIRMAN OF BOARD CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE AND TEACHING HOSPITAL GPO BOX: 160 KATHMANDU, NEPAL PHONE: CMCNEPAL2015@GMAIL.COM WEBSITE:

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