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This edition of HealthServe marks a number of milestones. It marks the first edition of the New Year, the start of the third year of the magazine under the title of ‘HealthServe’, and the start of the one hundred and twenty-fifth anniversary year of the MMA. Such milestones can often be times for reflecting on the...
In human terms, 125 years is a long time - considerably more than the span allotted to man to live on this earth. But in the context of eternity, as Moses put it: "even a thousand years is like a day just gone" (Psalm 90). These twin perspectives we hold...
It had taken the best part of a year to pull together the programme for this year’s Healthcare Mission Forum – the main reason being that it was on a subject of such significance to the present and future of Christian healthcare mission that we wanted to get the widest...
Although the Medical Missionary Association was founded in 1878, it did not first open a hostel until 1885. Dr James L Maxwell was the first warden, being also the Secretary of the MMA at the time. He had been not only one of the founders of the MMA, but also...
It all began on the train. My father bumped into an old friend from Crusader days and got talking, discovering in the process that his daughter was at medical school in London, and living in this really nice hostel for Christian students in the health professions - run by the...
‘Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed. Rescue the weak and needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.’ - Psalm 82v3-4 (NIV) My medical elective found me spending time with the ‘family’ of dedicated staff at the Navajeevana health...
