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S e p t e m b e r 2 0 1 1Report by Russ Thompson Newsletter produced by

• 25 Beds

• 8 private western toilets, showers and hand basins

• 5 air conditioned specialty areas

• 6 wards all with proper hospital beds

• 2 shade house patient visiting areas

• Guardian accommodation for patient carers

• Dormitory sleeping room

• Women’s ward

• Men’s ward

• 3fireplacesforcooking

• 3 laundries for patient laundry

features

• Guardian accommodation for patient carers

• Dormitory sleeping room

• Women’s ward

• Men’s ward

• 3fireplacesforcooking

• 3 laundries for patient laundry

• New power generation plant

• Solar lighting in each ward

• Children’s ward

• Security Fencing

• Security lighting

• Expandable to 50 beds

• Computerised and networked facility

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DESIGN AND DOCUMENTATION BY T R O P I C A L PROJECTS LTD

PO BOX 5537 BOROKONCD PAPUA NEW GUINEA

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Proposed Floor Plans - Main Bldg (GSB) & Old Wards

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RECEPTION TREATMENT

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SUPPLY & INSTALL NEW 9000 L TUFFA TANK ON NEW CONC. BASE

SUPPLY & INSTALL NEW 9000 L TUFFA TANK ON NEW CONC. BASE

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REMOVE WALLS, PART WALLS, FIT NEWTIMBER FRAMED WALLS AS INDICATED.MAKE GOOD TO FLOOR & CEILING

REMOVE EXISTING CEILING & REBUILT.RE-USE SOUND MATERIAL

REPLACE ANY DAMAGED & CEILING LINING TO MATCH. MAKE GOOD

FIT NEW 100X50 CEILING JOIST @ 1200 CTRS, 50X38 BATTENS AT 600 CTRS & LINE 4MM PLY FLAT CEILING.

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• Minor surgical theatre

• Laboratory

• Pharmacy / dispensary

• HIV/STI diagnosis & counselling

• X-ray, ultrasound

• Labor and delivery ward

• Women’s ward

• Men’s ward

• Post natal ward

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Drawing

Drawing No:

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Scale: 1: 150Date: NOV 2009Job No:

Proposed Floor Plans - Main Bldg (GSB) & Old Wards

PROPOSED UPGRADE OF ST MARGARET'S HC

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SHALLOW DRAIN

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MENS WARD

SPECIAL CARE NURSERY (SCN)

RECORDS STOREWAITING

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INTERVIEW / TRIAGE

LABORATORY

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RENOVATIONS, FIT NEW TIMBER PARTITIONS AS SHOWN.ALL NEW CONC. & TIMBER WALLSTO BE 100THK

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REMOVE EXIST INTERNAL & EXTERNALWALLS, MAKE GOOD, FIT NEW WANTOK PATIENT SEATING

REMOVE EXIST INTERNAL & EXTERNALWALLS, MAKE GOOD NEW WANTOK PATIENT SEATING

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SUPPLY & INSTALL NEW 9000 L TUFFA TANK ON NEW CONC. BASE

2600

EXISTING 1200 HIGH CONC WALL TO REMAIN

BLOCK OFF WITH CONC. TO 1200 TO MATCH & TIMBER WALL FRAMED OVER.

BURNS & FERRAL.SS CENTRE BOWL(F12) 50MM SPLASHBACK

EXISTING CLEAR ROOF SHT (SKY LIGHT)

RECEPTION TREATMENT

WATER TAP

LADDER FRAMED SHELVES TO DETAIL

FIT NEW STEEL POSTTO MATCH TO TAKE ROOF

SUPPLY & INSTALL NEW 9000 L TUFFA TANK ON NEW CONC. BASE

SUPPLY & INSTALL NEW 9000 L TUFFA TANK ON NEW CONC. BASE

WATER TAP

REPLACE WITH NEW 1.5SCD. REPLACE LOCK

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SUPPLY & INSTALL NEW 9000 L TUFFA TANK ON NEW CONC. BASE

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PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS FOR COVERED WAY AS REQUIRED.

REMOVE WALLS, PART WALLS, FIT NEWTIMBER FRAMED WALLS AS INDICATED.MAKE GOOD TO FLOOR & CEILING

REMOVE EXISTING CEILING & REBUILT.RE-USE SOUND MATERIAL

REPLACE ANY DAMAGED & CEILING LINING TO MATCH. MAKE GOOD

FIT NEW 100X50 CEILING JOIST @ 1200 CTRS, 50X38 BATTENS AT 600 CTRS & LINE 4MM PLY FLAT CEILING.

NEW WALLS

EXISTING WALLS

NEW WT

EXISTING WALLS & OTHER ITEMS TO BE REMOVED

LEGEND

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• Women’s ward

• Men’s ward

• Post natal ward

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• Newborn nursery

• E.R.

• Recovery

• 3 consultation rooms

• Dental

• Maternal Children’s Health

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SITE & LOCATION

ORO BAY HEALTH CENTRE IS 45 MINUTES DRIVE FROM POPONDETTA ON SEALED ROADS.

GOOD SEA ACCESS IS AVAILABLE AS THE BAY IS IMMEDIATELY OUTSIDE THE SITE AREA.

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sate l l i te hospi ta l prepares to openThe head of the Anglican Church of PNG and the CEO of Popondetta General Hospital announced asignificanthealthcareagreementbywhichPopondetta General Hospital will assume the initial management of St Margaret’s Anglican Hospital, Oro Bay, Oro Province.

The agreement assures that the new 25 bed hospital (due to begin operations in October 2011) will meet or exceed all NDoH Standards as a Rural Level 4 District Hospital as well as skilling current staff in hospital management.

The agreement is intended to last for an initial two years in order for the Church to prepare the hospital for independent operations.

Popondetta General Hospital will provide a resident physician, weekly visiting specialists, laundry, sterilization, hazardous waste disposal and management services. St Margaret’s will operate as a satellite to Popondetta General while upskilling and recruiting staff.

The Anglican Health Services is well known in many provinces for its important work in aid posts and rural Health Centres in preventative medicine and medical diagnosis. The service will now be acquiring curative hospital skills for future expansion of its services to the rural majority.

BothinstitutionsbelievethisisafulfillmentofSection7 of the Public Hospitals Act 1995 and the NDoH’s stated intention for a district hospital in all of PNG’s districts. The intention is further to serve a model. St Margaret’s is intended to serve as a model for future hospitals.

The new hospital’s major donors include the Anglican Board of Mission - Australia, Asia Development Bank and the Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea.

Photo Below:

Dr Gunzee Gawin (left), CEO Popondetta General Hospital & Archbishop Joe Kopapa, Head of the Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea, Shaking hands on reaching agreement.

“S t Margaret ’s wi l l operate as a sate l l i te to Pop ondetta General whi le upski l l ing and recr uit ing staff.

QA B M A u s t r A l i A Annabel Dulhunty ABM PNG Program Coordinator & Dr Juliana Stewart ABM Project Director

As i A De v e l o p M e n t BA n k pnG Jeremy Syme

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helpnG Bo A r D Me M B e r s Viv Van Damme, Nurse, Austin Hospital & Rev Glenn Buijs, Brimbank Anglican Church

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Innovation in ServicesPASHIP new concept for HIV/AIDs patientsPASHIP is the PNG Australia Sexual Health Improvement Program funded by the Australian Government’s Overseas Aid Program, AusAID.

The Anglican Board of Mission Australia works with three partner organisations in this program; the Albion Street Centre, Australia, Anglican Health Services, PNG and Anglicare, PNG.

The aim of PASHIP is to increase access to integrated, quality Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) services in Port Moresby and Oro Bay in PNG.

HIV and STIs are urgent health issues in PNG. In the early stages of the AIDS pandemic many countries developedHIVspecificserviceswhichdidnotincorporate STIs, and the relationship between HIV and other STIs were not necessarily well understood. It is now recognised that services which address the broad spectrum of sexual health issues are important and effective. It is well established that effective and early treatment of STI reduces HIV risk and thus early diagnosis and treatment of STIs is essential in responding to this increasing concern of HIV infection in PNG.

PASHIP focuses on both an urban and a rural site in PNG to aid in the prevention of STIs and HIV in PNG. The program has built a specialist STI clinic in Port Moresby, named the Begabari clinic, in response to the high rates of STIs which have been recorded in the capital. Anglicare is one of the largest service providers in PNG for the prevention and treatment of HIV and PASHIP has enabled Anglicare to further expand its services.

In rural Oro Bay, PASHIP has funded an integrated STI clinic which is part of St Margaret’s hospital, managed by the Anglican Health Services. The STI clinic was integrated into the hospital here as privacy of clients was better assured in this small community if patients were seen to be visiting the general hospital rather than a specialised clinic.

In addition to funding the clinical spaces in both Port Moresby and within St Margaret’s hospital in Oro Bay, PASHIP provides training of nurses and community health workers in the prevention and treatment of STIs. The Albion Street Clinic has regularly sent staff to provide training, mentoring and support to PNG staff.

PASHIP works closely with the National Department ofHealth(NDoH)PNGtofillthegapsinthegovernment’s overall health strategy. The program has been a success thus far and continues to aid in the reduction in the spread of STIs and HIV in PNG.

“PASHIP focuses on both an ur ban and a r ural s i te in P NG to a id in the pre vent ion of ST Is and HIV in P NG.

C r o s s r o a d s F o u n d a t i o n : The Singapore – Hong Kong, St Margaret ’s Exper ienceFollowing the release of the first newsletter I received an email from

a Singapore individual who stated he had an idea where we could

help gain much of the needed equipment for the hospital. Two days

later my back pack was stolen from a diocesan van in Popondetta,

Oro Province, PNG. Fortunately the Popondetta police recovered the

computer and camera about a week later. Yes, it does happen.

Followingsomedifficultyinrestoringmyemails,I was able to recover the details of the sender of this intriguing email - Dr Ian McLoughlin. Ian had previously volunteered at Crossroads Foundation, New Territories, China for several years. He told me of Crossroads’ need to classify it’s warehouse of donated medical equipment from Hong Kong hospitals. This was almost too good to be true. Within several weeks I negotiated with Crossroads to spend 1 week on site to iinventory useful equipment and disguard non useful equipment. This service

was in exchange for our pick of equipment for St Margaret’s. Learning of this Ian said he would come to Hong Kong from Singapore, at his expense, to help me with the electrical equipment.

To my great surprise Ian turned out to be the son of Peter and Jean Rookes who founded Anglican Health Services as a part of their mission to the Anglican Church of PNG some ten-twelve years previously. Further, Ian and family had visited St Margaret’s in Oro Bay three years ago. As I

C r o s s r o a d s F o u n d a t i o n : The Singapore – Hong Kong, St Margaret ’s Exper ience

discoveredIanwasimminentlyqualifiedtoreviewallelectrical equipment.

Photograph below: Dr Ian McLoughlin, Assistant Professor of Microelectronics, University of Singapore, Singapore

About Crossroads Situated on a 14 acre site which was a British Military Barracks in New Territories PRC some 40 minutes from Hong Kong. The physical contrast to the surrounding high rise apartments is amazing.

All of the staff from around the world are volunteers who serve in various roles within the organization. Cross roads receives furniture, blankets, cooking equipment, books and medical equipment from Hong Kong donors which it distributes to various troubled areas worldwide.

Haiti, earthquake victims in China, India, Japan,

Thai-Burma border and now Papua New Guniea are all recipients of Crossroads generosity. They produce numerous exhibits on the campus of social awareness and needs programs regarding refugees, HIV/Aids patients, the blind and those in poverty with disabilities, just to mention a few.

One particular sign post I remember vividly. “It is not your fault that people are refugees, It is your fault if they remain refugees.”

Photograph above: Katrina and Mimi

Photograph above left: Crossroads building, Photographs above right: Much needed equipment

Crossroads has donated more than 50% of St Margaret’s equipment needs.

Crossroads Global Survivor program has had Sir Richard Branson, founders of FacebookandWikipediaandUNofficialsexperience the Refugee Run as you can experience on their website video. A chilling experience.

For further information please see http://www.crossroads.org.hk/

Photograph above: Katrina and Mimi

Anglicans are actively involved in promoting health and healing throughout the world. In so doing they reach out to millions of people both within and outside the church who value the care and service they perform. However, until recently, this key element of the church’s mission has not been as widely acknowledged and supported as it needs to be.

The proposal to form an Anglican Health Network (AHN) emerged during the Lambeth Conference 2008 at two self-select sessions organised by Revd Paul Holley. In January 2009 Bishop Rayford High invited a range of participants to the St. Luke’s Episcopal Health System conference centre in Houston to explore the interests of health care providers in the Anglican Church. Paul Holley and Lee Hogan developed a concept for the network and made presentations to the Anglican Consultative Council meeting in Kingston, Jamaica, in May 2009. The Council passed a resolution to welcome an Anglican Health Network formally into the structures of the Communion.

AHN held its inaugural meeting in Geneva in June 2009. This brought together 14 representatives from around the Anglican Communion to consider the extent and nature of the church’s health care ministry. Sessions were held at the World Health Organization and the World Council of Churches. Following this meeting, the representatives agreed a mission statement for AHN and established a Swiss association to host a coordinating board that would resource the activities of the network.

The Anglican Health Network is designed to be an interactive forum that adds value to Anglican health mission. Its operational premise assumes that extra energies and resources can be released when colleagues and institutions from different parts

of the communion work together. Its methodology alsobenefitsfromleveragingresourcesandideasfrom external partners. As a result, Anglican health mission is being reinvigorated. AHN brings focus, mutual support and entrepreneurial energy to this key area of mission.

In consultation with members of the network, the Coordinating Board is in the process of supporting 3 key outcomes:

• Making Anglican health mission visible, coherent and collaborative

• Making Anglican health mission sustainable

• Making health care more available

More information can be found on the website: www.anglicanhealth.org

Revd Paul Holley is an Anglican priest from the Church of England with 16 years parish experience in Manchester and Geneva. He has a background inthepersonalfinanceindustryandaMasterofPublic Administration from Warwick Business School. Paul proposed and co-founded the Anglican Health Network following research assignments he conducted for the World Health Organization on faith based health care.

Revd Paul Holley (photo, right)

From Switzer land - Int roducing the Angl ican Heal th Network

past issues - resolved• concern for hill slide on houses resolved through building lined

trench at bottom of hill

• septic is evaporative system and supports plant growth

current issues• water contamination

• need for staff housing

Heavily polluted water source for staff housing & hospital back-up

Typical Staff Housing

specia l needsPathology Lab Equipment $12,000

Labour and delivery bed $14,000

Partial CO2 monitor $5,500

Wireless iternet modems $4,000

Staff housing $20,000 x 5

Electrical load detection system $10,000

Compound water system $??

Cleanuppurifiation $??

Security systems/guards $??

Computer training and IT setup $??

S i s t e r J e a n H e n d e r s o n The nurse who founded St Margaret’s Hospital, Oro Bay

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We are here to celebrate a great life, and through that celebration to gain an added understanding of the greatness of the God who was at the heart of that great life.

In Papua New Guinea, in Australia, Jean Henderson was the epitome of the selfless missionary, than which there is no finer role in the Christian church. She lived for others, and through giving away her life she enjoyed hers to the ultimate. She was fun to be with, unquenchably caring and irredeemably curious.

Jean’s family moved during the Depression from Melbourne to north-east Victoria, where she and

her sister Betty rode to school on their horse Bess. She had two sisters and a brother, and was devoted to her nieces and nephews, and to their children. Family meant a lot to Jean, something which was naturally reinforced when she went on to live for 30 years in PNG, where family often means everything.

After a visiting missionary spoke at their primary school, Jean told Betty as they hopped up on Bess: “That’s what I’ll be – a missionary. I could train as a nurse.”

She later spoke with the Australian Board of Missions director in Melbourne, and he suggested that she train at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. She had a few run-ins with the ultra-strict hierarchy at the Nurses’ Home, but graduated in 1943 when she was 22.

She arrived in PNG by ship early in 1946, as the then colony began to pick up the pieces following that ferocious war which saw so many acts of heroism alongside those of calumny – as St Peter’s wonderful New Guinea Martyrs window here testifies.

Pat Rawlings who accompanied her from Melbourne was sent to Dogura, while Jean went to Eroro in Oro Bay, where she set up her first hospital in a bakery that had been built by the departing American troops. It was later dedicated to St Margaret of Scotland. Jean explored the treasure trove of bits and pieces abandoned by the Americans to equip the hospital – which is

now being rebuilt, due to reopen as a 25 bed hospital this September, intended to serve as a model for the province, and which has received material support from ABM.

Jean battled at first to find and keep young women to train as nurses. The first three she began to train at Eroro were all taken away for traditional arranged marriages while she was away at a meeting. But when she established a maternity unit, attitudes began to change, and within a couple of years she had established a training school for nurse aides and medical orderlies.

In January 1951, Mount Lamington, 50km away, in the far distance at the start of the Owen Stanley ranges where the famous Kokoda Track was cut, erupted. The northern side of the mountain blew out and 3,000 people were killed, including many of the Anglican Church’s most promising Papua New Guinean leaders, attending a conference. Jean assembled a medical team and drugs and shovels, and set out. When they reached Popondetta, the director of public health in the colony, John Gunther, asked Jean to take six men and see what help they could provide. The men had to be single like Jean, because no one had yet emerged from the area alive. They helped injured people they passed, drove as far as they could, and both administered help to survivors and provided invaluable information for the authorities to provide bigger scale relief.

Jean shifted in 1964 to Dogura, becoming matron of St Barnabas Hospital there and head of its school of nursing. She became a member of the first Nursing Council for PNG, chairing its education committee, before finally returning to Australia following independence, in 1976.

Of course, Jean could never rest on her laurels. After returning to Australia, she threw herself into leadership in aged care nursing, and worked with Bush Church Aid at the remote South Australian community of Tarcoola.

When I got to know her, after I migrated to Australia from PNG, I was always in awe of the number of activities into which she threw herself.

Jean became in 1976 a member of the order of the British Empire, the MBE, whose medals are dedicated “for God and the Empire.” Jean’s involvement with people was never merely professional. She seemed to know someone, everywhere she went. And she sought to make a difference in every way. She committed herself fully into the lives of the many communities and groups with whom she worked, including of course her last community at Broughton Hall, where she recalled sliding down the banisters when she visited her grandparents who were then running the grand mansion called Tara as a boarding house. In her final days she remarked how it was important to build a sense of community at establishments like Broughton Hall.

The community with which she felt most at home was that of Jesus Christ and the saints. Her spirituality was as natural as breathing. She participated in 7.15am masses here at St Peter’s until her health halted her. She loved Our Lord, and it was clear in her every word and action that He loved her, and communicated through her.

in memorium

Dental suite donated by Robertsons Dental Clinic, Bendigo Australia

Sister Mildred, Provincial Secretary of Health, Oro Province

Rebuilt guardian house

Management Committee, St Margaret’s Anglican Hospital, Oro Bay

Rebuilt Guardian House

Three new cook stoves, laundry & guardian sleeping rooms!

Rob Akers, Consultant NDoH and Sem Vegogo, CEO Port Moresby General Hospital

Rebuilt guardian house

Management Committee, St Margaret’s Anglican Hospital, Oro Bay

Gunzee Gawin, CEO Popondetta General Hospital & Ulch Tappia, Anglican Na-tional Health Secretary

Builder and David Gole deliver project on budget

St Margaret’s Anglican Hospital, Front of HouseRebuilt Guardian House

Three new cook stoves, laundry & guardian sleeping rooms!

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