Posts Tagged ‘Bihar’
Bridging Worlds: The Duncan’s Story Shared in Dunblane
Trustee of the DHCT, Dr Graham Watson spent an evening last week with members of the Dunblane Civic Society. His talk whisked his audience from Dunblane to Bihar as he shared the inspiring story of the ASHA Street Kids School Project, the rich history of The Duncan Hospital, plus plans for future developments. Dr Watson…
Read MoreStronger Together: How Duncan Community Outreach Teams Brings Connection and Care to Remote Villages
In a quiet corner of a Bihar village, a circle of families gathers – parents, grandparents, children – all listening intently to members of The Duncan Hospital Community Outreach Team. Those in this group live with disabilities themselves or care for loved ones who do. Today’s visit is about more than medical care. The team…
Read MoreSeeing Progress Firsthand: 2025 Trustee Visit to The Duncan Hospital
We’re delighted that one of our trustees, Professor Gordon Mackay, is currently visiting The Duncan Hospital to catch up with friends Dr’s Prabhu and Blessy Joseph and to see firsthand the many developments that have taken place since the trustees’ last visit in November 2024. That visit marked a very special occasion, the inauguration of the…
Read MoreFrom Exams to the New Clanton Block: News from Our Sponsored Nurses
We’ve just had a lovely update – and some brilliant photos – from Dorcas Lepcha, Nursing Principal at Duncan Hospital – EHA The older sponsored nursing students have finished their internal assessments and are now hard at work preparing for their final board exams this October – (we wish them all luck) Meanwhile, some of…
Read MoreDr Philip Finny Visits Scotland: Strengthening Ties with The Duncan Hospital Charitable Trust
We were delighted to welcome Dr Philip Finny to Scotland recently. A long-time friend and supporter of the Duncan Hospital Charitable Trust (DHCT). Dr Finny spent many years working at The Duncan Hospital in Bihar, India. Now based in southern India, he continues to be closely connected to the hospital and plays an active role…
Read MoreTrustees celebrate opening of ‘The Giving Tree’ in Dunblane – pledging support for Duncan Hospital Charitable Trust
Huge thanks to The Giving Tree in Dunblane, Scotland who have chosen to support The Duncan Hospital Charitable Trust as their international charity. The Giving Tree is a charity shop that is part of Dunblane Development Trust – it supports local and international charities, as well as promoting sustainability. They will be helping to raise…
Read MoreTrustee visit to The Duncan, November 2023
We have so many projects on the go at The Duncan Hospital including the building of the new Nursing College and our sponsored Nurses in Training that we are delighted that Duncan Hospital Charitable Trust trustee, Professor Gordon Mackay of The MacKay Clinic is over in Bihar right now seeing how our latest donation funded…
Read MoreBuilding Hope and Advancing Health care in 2022
All at The Duncan Hospital Charitable Trust would like to wish our supporters a very Happy Christmas and send thanks for all your kind donations. Our biggest project to date – the building of the new Nursing College continues apace with the building slowly starting to rise from its foundations. We very much look forwards…
Read MoreLooking back at 2020 – including moments of joy
We are delighted to share this updated newsletter, direct from The Duncan. As we all know 2020 was very challenging for the hospital and its staff, however all was not lost as the staff battled to help not only their patients but those struggling in the local community as well. Later in the year as…
Read MoreDoctors out there: Why small hospitals matter
This piece was published in civilsocietyonline.com April 23rd, 2020 and explains more about The Duncan Hospital and other independent hospitals in India, how the staff in such hospitals work to better the health of their local populations. “In 1992 a young couple, both doctors, travelled from Madurai in Tamil Nadu to a remote corner of…
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