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| Haile Selassie the First - December 5, 1963 |
Statistical data testify to the fact that our women-folk suffer from diseases
and complications that arise out of ignorance and lack of ante-natal care
and maternity facilities.
Today, when we open this hospital for gynaecology and obstetrics which
is run by our Foundation, we are happy not only because we note with
satisfaction that mothers have a well equipped hospital, but also because
the hospital which the Indian Community had presented to Us on the 25th
anniversary of Our Coronation which We in return dedicated to the
memory of the greatness of Mahtma Gandhi, who is marvelled for his
dedication and sacrifice the world over, and named after him has now
reached this stage.
When we express our concern about the medical care of Our people one
of the main aspects is ante-natal and post-natal care.
Since the responsibilities involved in a hospital of this nature are great, all
of you who have been selected to serve here have to live up to these
responsibilities.
We wish to remind you mid-wives and other nurses, to be aware of the
fact that you are given to the patients to serve them willingly, patiently and
with devotion.
A modern building with all its physical facilities alone is not enough to cure
patients, and you should not forget that your will to serve and your smiling
faces act as tonics that contribute towards the recovery of the patient.
We hope that the children born in this hospital will be blessed and healthy.
It gives Us great pleasure to see that a ward has been dedicated to the
memory of Woizero Mentwab Desta, from whom we had inherited some
land which we gave over to the Foundation.
We thank all those who kindly donated medical instruments and other
equipment for the hospital.
and complications that arise out of ignorance and lack of ante-natal care
and maternity facilities.
Today, when we open this hospital for gynaecology and obstetrics which
is run by our Foundation, we are happy not only because we note with
satisfaction that mothers have a well equipped hospital, but also because
the hospital which the Indian Community had presented to Us on the 25th
anniversary of Our Coronation which We in return dedicated to the
memory of the greatness of Mahtma Gandhi, who is marvelled for his
dedication and sacrifice the world over, and named after him has now
reached this stage.
When we express our concern about the medical care of Our people one
of the main aspects is ante-natal and post-natal care.
Since the responsibilities involved in a hospital of this nature are great, all
of you who have been selected to serve here have to live up to these
responsibilities.
We wish to remind you mid-wives and other nurses, to be aware of the
fact that you are given to the patients to serve them willingly, patiently and
with devotion.
A modern building with all its physical facilities alone is not enough to cure
patients, and you should not forget that your will to serve and your smiling
faces act as tonics that contribute towards the recovery of the patient.
We hope that the children born in this hospital will be blessed and healthy.
It gives Us great pleasure to see that a ward has been dedicated to the
memory of Woizero Mentwab Desta, from whom we had inherited some
land which we gave over to the Foundation.
We thank all those who kindly donated medical instruments and other
equipment for the hospital.
| Ba Beta Kristiyan Haile Selassie I |
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| Chapter XI |
| Opens Ghandi Hospital Dec. 05, 1963 |
| Health |