SUMMER/FALL STORIES 2005
July 2005
IMEC and ADRA 
Since 2002 International Medical Equipment Corporation (IMEC) and Adventist
Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) have been shipping to Scheer containers
filled with medical equipment and supplies. Jim Lanning of ADRA and Jen
Keefe of IMEC are always on alert of our needs. This month, Scheer received
its fifth container from them. Everything they send is greatly appreciated.
Nothing is ever wasted—not even the packing material or boxes.
(Jim Lanning with wife, Janie, and
daughter, Lou, on their trip to Nepal in Nov 2004 when they went the extra
mile in caring for Scheer needs—They hand-carried two giant turkeys for
Thanksgiving dinner.)
August 2005 
Just how far would you go for Scheer?
Give a hundred dollars or a pint of blood maybe? How about jumping off a
plane at 10,000 feet? That’s what the Fearless Fifteen of Sanitarium (a
health food company in Australia) did for Scheer. When they heard that one
of their former employees Stuart Forbes, was volunteering at Scheer as a
teacher they decided to skydive to make a difference
Many thought they were crazy, others
reminded them of sky diving accidents reported in the papers, and
a few came right out and cautioned them of that death was a high
possibility. In spite of it all, they jumped—all 15 of them. They expected
to raise $AU 1000 through pledges, but they didn’t! When all had jumped and
all the pledges were calculated they had raised $AU 5146.
A big thank you to David Woolley and
Rachel Parsons, Organizer and Participant of the crazy event.
Thank you also to the even crazier
skydivers: Charlotte Duncan, Melanie Burgoyne, Andrew Hewson, Matt Cowdroy,
Kristy Knight, Troy McDonald, Wayne Hawken, Justin Stafford, Jan Patterson,
Janina Vasquez, Dean Powrie, Rachel Humphries, Dale Willimas and David
Williamson.
September 2005
SEPTEMBER 19, 2005, BANEPA, NEPAL—
Capitalizing on a 45-year reputation of providing quality medical services
to the peoples of Nepal, Scheer Memorial Hospital launched today one of the
first BSc Nursing programs in the country.
With
accreditation by the Kathmandu University School of Nursing and affiliation
to the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, Nashville, TN, Scheer enters
its new sector of service--medical education. With probably the strongest
nursing educator staff available in the nation today, the hospital is on
track to turn out the best baccalaureate nurses in the Kingdom of Nepal. The
school's dean, Mrs. Bishnu Rai, is nationally recognized as one of the
premier nursing educators in the country and is also vice-president of the
Nepal Bible Society.
From
approximately 380 applicants, a total of 15 nursing students have been
accepted into the first class. However, the Nepal Nursing Council has
indicated its willingness to support criteria that would enable the school's
intake next school year to increase to 40 students.
Already the
charter teaching
hospital of the Kathmandu University
School of Medicine, Scheer's entry into the allied hea
lth
education arena will
contribute to the hospital's steady march towards fiscal solvency. It
is anticipated that
within three years the
nursing school's net revenues will exceed the hospital's medical services
net revenues. At that point excess net revenue will be used to increase the
hospital's scope of services,
strengthen hospital staff compensation methodologies, and
help fund the hospital's endowment fund.
For
information on enrollment requirements
and teaching opportunities, contact
info@ScheerMemorialHospital.org
October 2005
When the eye clinic initiated by the
Lions Club of Sukunda had to be shut down because of the high operating
costs within the city, the Club President had an innovative idea to partner
with the Kavre Jaycees and Scheer Memorial Hospital, pool in the resources
of all three entities and find a way not just to revive the eye clinic but
to make it self-sustaining.
Both clubs began by donating all the
equipment for the shutdown clinic to Scheer. The donations valued at over
$US 57,000 had a domino effect that culminated in the clubs signing an
agreement to do even more: raise funds to construct on Scheer campus a
building to house the eye clinic that would be manned by Scheer; recognize
the center as the Lions/Jaycees national ophthalmic center that will cater
to the needs of the poor throughout the country; partner with Scheer to run
general medical camps throughout the remote areas of Nepal; and develop
educational material and other resources.
