1. religion and spirituality
2. christianity

March 2015
Vol. 1 Issue 4
A monthly newsletter of Satribari Christian Hospital Guwahati.
Greetings to all the readers in the name of Jesus!
We have been witnessing so many good and bad incidents in our nation as
we get to read in Newspapers and other media. I began to think deeply
about the priceless and precious gift of God given to mankind and was
overwhelmed with joy when I saw and heard the heart wrenching
testimony of Nick Vijucic- the man born without limbs. (Website “Life
without Limb”)
At the age of eight years, he attempted suicide as he had no limbs but failed. Then,
he started reading the Bible and when he read the gospel of John 9:3 (Jesus healed a man
born blind) Nick understood that illness or suffering are not punishments for committing
some sin. It is so that the work of God might be displayed in their lives. Jesus had a plan for
the blind man; he has a plan for our lives too. Nick then completely surrendered his life to
Jesus Christ and that was the beginning of his personal relationship with Christ. Today,
Nick is a source of inspiration to many, through his testimony many lives are restored to
Christ.
Dear readers, there are times in our lives when we are depressed which leads us to
think that life has no meaning and no purpose. But until and unless we understand the plan
and purpose of God in our lives, there will be problems. To know the purpose of our living
we must surrender our lives to Jesus- the Giver of Life. Knowing the purpose of life would
make every moment beautiful and worth living.
Three Great Questions that we should ask ourselves are Why was I born?
 Why am I here?
 Where am I going?
Very often God allows trials and catastrophes to come down upon man so as to show His
power and His glory. If this man had not been blind, he might not have had the chance to
know Christ and to believe in Him (John 9). Therefore, when we come to know about the
purpose of our existence on this earth, we will grasp the opportunity to do good work for
God. But opportunity waits for no man. A good work delayed is often a good work never
done.
Night is approaching, when no man can work which means bodily death comes to
everyone. Then we shall no longer be able to work. We shall be judged according to what
we did while we were alive, while it was day (2 Cor 5:10). Therefore, let us utilise the
opportunity God has given us to do.
In His Service
Mr. Thensem Singson, Chaplain
Our life begins with our cry and ends with another's cry. Try to fill this gap with as much LAUGHTER as possible, so be happy.
Outreach team conducting awareness programme and free medical check up.
Saluting National Flag on Republic Day 2015 in the Hospital Campus.
For private circulation only
Editorial Team:T.Singson, Chaplain & K Sushila, Vice Principal , SON
Address: Satribari Christian Hospital, KC Road, Satribari, Guwahati-781008
E: [email protected]
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Students of Nursing appearing the
Assam Nurses' Midwives' &
H e a l t h Vi s i t o r s ' C o u n c i l
examination in School of Nursing,
Satribari Christian Hospital from
24th to 27th March 2015.
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Negative Control And Domination In Relationships
In a lot many of the different types of relationships we find ourselves in, may they be our personal relationships or
at the workplace, we sometimes feel ourselves to be in a position where we feel we are being dominated and controlled
negatively by the opposite person. A very common example of the above negative energy, in personal and non-personal
relationships, is when someone gets angry with you and manages to make you react and get upset, they manage to
dominate you. Over a period of time they start realizing that they possess an invisible and powerful remote control,
using which, whenever they want to control you, what they should do is to get angry with you and that way they will
achieve the desired control. Their anger becomes a remote control. When you react you are allowing this control or
allowing the other's remote control to work. It is you that chooses to allow yourself to be influenced and dominated. It is
important for us to realize that we can choose and take the decision to allow ourselves to be controlled and dominated, or
we can choose to express what we feel without being affected by the reaction of the other and still maintaining our love,
respect and good wishes for the other.
Let us not allow ourselves to be dominated and influenced by entities external to us which includes objects and
people or we will lose energy. Each moment we allow another person's remote control to work successfully or we allow
an object to control and dominate our emotional state, we weaken internally. We become like a puppet in the other
person's hands. A puppet is never powerful because it does not act on its own but is controlled by someone else. We need
to prevent that, if we want to conserve our energy and remain spiritually strong. Meditation and spiritual knowledge
both increase our spiritual strength and also increase our self esteem or self respect over a period of time. Both these
increases help us remain in self control and not only disallow the other's remote control to work but also become
assertive (not aggressive) and take a stand when required.
Community Health Nursing Care as part of Student
Upcoming Events
Palm Sunday 29th March
The biblical account of Palm Sunday can be found in the following gospels.
Matthew 21:1-11; Mark 11:1-11; Luke 19:28-44; and John 12:12-19.
On Palm Sunday Jesus went to Jerusalem sat on a donkey to celebrate the Jewish festival of Passover. Many people
gathered on the streets to catch the glimpse of Jesus, waving palm branches as he rode by. They shouted 'Hosanna' which
means 'save us now'. Palm Sunday, often referred to as "Passion Sunday," marks the beginning of Holy Week, which
concludes on Easter Sunday.
Good Friday 3rd April & Easter Sunday 5th April
The biblical account of Good Friday, Jesus' death on the cross and Easter Sunday, His resurrection, raising from the
dead, can be found in the following passages of Scripture:
Matthew 27:27-28:8; Mark 15:16-16:19; Luke 23:26-24:35; and John 19:16-20:30.
Good Friday is observed on the Friday before Easter Sunday. On this day Christians commemorate the Passion or
Suffering, and Death on the Cross of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Many Christian spend this day in Church Services, fasting, prayer, repentance and meditation on the agony and suffering
of Christ on the cross.
Easter Sunday, Jesus had told his disciples in advance that he would rise again on the third day after his death.
When some women came to visit the grave on the first day of the week they found that the huge stone had been moved and
the tomb was empty. Jesus was seen that day and for several days later, and He revisited old friends who realised what had
been prophesied had come true, Jesus had indeed risen from the dead. Easter is, therefore, a time of great celebration for
Christians, churches are sometimes decorated and the mood is joyful and laughter.
Mrs. Jacinta Bhengra, Sis. Tutor
Community is one of the areas for improving the health of the people. The community share the feelings,
behaviours and lifestyles together with close and frequent relationship. Student nurses need to visit community because
its main purpose is to improve and broaden the health service to rural communities.
As a part of our clinical exposure to rural and urban areas, students were posted at Dhirenpara PHC (Maternity &
Female Ward) and Rani CHC (Rural).
Student's activities include survey, home visit and health teaching. According to information mortality is high in
Rani Area due to malaria. So, students focused mainly on health teaching in prevention of malaria.
Students' survey revealed that malaria, hypertension, skin rashes and diarrhoea were more prevalent among the
community in Rani.
During their visit students identified the problems related to safe water supply, poor excreta disposal, health
facilities, transportation, and maintenance of personal environmental hygiene. Since a child spends a great portion of
his formative years in school, it is necessary that he/she should be protected from all kinds of diseases, recognising it,
school health programme was also conducted by our students and health teaching was delivered through the skit.
The students have achieved skill is identification of health problems as well as in delivering of health education to
promote health.
As the word of God says- I have come here to serve, not to be served. Come let us all serve the community.
Geriatric Ward (APPUN)
Mrs Mary Kutty Shaji, Incharge
Satribari Christian Hospital has a Geriatric unit opened on 29th January, 2014 and inaugurated on 7th February,
2014. The unit is for the elderly people for whom family members are unable to take care of. The unit is named APPUN
which means “dear ones”. It began with a 3 bedded unit and now it has been extended to 7 beds. The unit has 100% bed
occupancy. We offer excellent service and care and have a wonderful team of doctors nurses, physiotherapist and
support staff.
Republic Day Celebration
Satribari Christian Hospital celebrated the “Republic Day” on 26th Jan 2015. Mr Benard K Marak, Executive
Secretary Kamrup Asomia Baptist Sobha, was the Chief Guest and hoisted the National Flag and encouraged the
gathering to be subjective to the government authority and to the will of God. Ms Jenny Zenbiaklian read the scripture
from the book of Romans 13:1-7 and blessing prayer was done by Mr.T. Singson, Chaplain.
APRIL BIRTHDAYS
The swift would like to wish the following staff and students on their birthdays.
NAME OF STUDENT
DATE
NAME OF STAFF
DATE
Laxme Parme
1
ZN Khiuchunlungliu
1
Siewdorlin Mawthoh
18
Chitra Sangma
1
Puja kumara Subba
22
Ajai Lengmei
1
Lunganggongliu riamei
24
Lamkhoneng Doungel
1
Mala Goldsmith
1
Tracy Liannunsiam
1
NAME OF STAFF
DATE
Marry Kutty Shaji
6
Shymol Borah
14
Aparajita Brahma
16
Binod John
19
A Laxmi
25
Protima Boro (Housekeeping) 27
HOSPITAL ACTIVITIES
Sunday Campus Fellowship
Every Second Sunday Fellowship
Every Wednesday
Every Third Sunday Fellowship
Daily Roster Devotion
Nurses Youth Fellowship
Hospital Prayer Meeting
: 6:00 to 8:00pm
: Holy Communion
: Cottage Prayer Meeting
: Bible & General Quiz
: 7:30-8:00 am (Monday to Saturday)
: 7:00-8:00 pm (Only on Friday)
: 7:00-9:00 pm (Every 1st Saturday)
Medical Camp Report - Mr Prabhat Barman, Outreach Coordinator.
The Hospital conducted awareness and free medical camp in six villages, they are.....
Sekhar Village, Baksa Dist on 28th February.A total of 262 people comprising of children, women and men were
benefited.
Baruajani Village, Kamrup Dist on 4th March. Total of 326 people benefited.
Mallang Joypur Village, Kamrup Dist on7th March. Total number 264 benefited in the camp.
Khetri Laharighat Village, Kamrup Dist on 14th March. No of patients 348 were benefited.
Awareness Camp was held in Lega, Kamrup Assam. Total 78 people attended for the programme.
Plasha Baptist Church, Ribhoi District, Meghalaya on 20-22 March 2015. Total of 342 benefitted in the camp.
The Swift appreciates their dedication and hard work and continues to pray for the team leaders, doctors, nurses
and the support staff so that they can continue with their good work and serve the needy.
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I am Miss Awungshi Shiro Mimila batch of 2012. First of all I thank God for bringing me here in this
school of Nursing, Satribari Christian Hospital and making me to be a part of this family. I have learned
many things here and have certain principles in my life out of which one is to stay connected with God. I
have learned honesty from dishonest people, humility from proud people and silence from talkative
people. I have realised that not all friends are good and not good friends are old ones. One can pull us up
whereas the other may lead to regret. But we need to move on to make choices and take decisions.
Sometimes life is like swimming in the deep sea, fighting against it to stay afloat. Encouragement needs
to come from within, we need to hear the “still small voice” and follow it. It would be such a joy when the Master says
“well done good and faithful servant”. And let us not forget that God helps those who help themselves.
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