Charity
Inspiring trustee visit to The Duncan Hospital, Bihar
Prof Mackay has been operating in a different theatre this week – as a trustee of our supported charity The Duncan Hospital Charitable Trust he has been in India on a visit to The Duncan Hospital in Bihar, catching up on the progress of some of the projects and staff sponsorships that the charity funds.…
Read MoreNursing a Future at The Duncan Hospital, Bihar
News from our sponsored Charity The Duncan Hospital Charitable Trust who are soon to begin fundraising in the hope of raising £1,100 every 6 months to open the opportunity to train as a nurse at The Duncan to 2 girls who otherwise, due to impoverished backgrounds, would never be able to consider a career in…
Read MoreBuilding Hope and Advancing Health care in 2022 – Latest news from TDHCT
We are delighted to share the latest updated news from our supported charity The Duncan Hospital Charitable Trust: All at The Duncan Hospital Charitable Trust would like to wish our supporters a very Happy Christmas and send thanks for all your kind donations. Our biggest project to date – the building of the new Nursing…
Read MoreWork starts on new Nursing College at The Duncan Hospital, Bihar
We are delighted to share with you the news that the ground-breaking ceremony took place in February for the new Duncan Hospital College of Nursing. This huge project has been years in the planning and funding and we are so excited that it is finally underway. It has long been the dream of our supported…
Read MoreYour help has made this happen! Thankyou
If you have kindly donated to The Mackay Clinic’s chosen charity – the Duncan Hospital Charitable Trust – then you know that 100% of your money goes to The Duncan Hospital in Bihar in India. So, we are delighted to share some fantastic news with you this morning, as we know many of our patients,…
Read MoreHelp save covid patients at The Duncan Hospital – gift the breath of life
Gift the Breath of Life – The current Oxygen producing plant at The Duncan Hospital in Bihar is struggling with unprecedented demand. They are urgently fundraising to help build an emergency plant to provide desperately needed oxygen for Covid patients. A production plant costs £58,000. It is easy to feel helpless watching the tragic scenes…
Read MoreDuncan hospital Bihar struggles as India battles devastating wave of corona
As many of you will know The Mackay Clinic is a long-standing supporter and fundraiser for The Duncan Hospital in Bihar, India. And so it is with huge sadness that we have been watching with the world the terrible scenes emerging from India as the country is overwhelmed by another wave of coronavirus. In footage…
Read MoreA story of hope for two tiny girls as the building blocks of a bright future are laid for others
As firm supporters of all that The Duncan Hospital do to advance the health and education of girls and women in India, we would love to share an uplifting story. Early last year a woman was bought in to the hospital to give birth. Paediatrician Blessy Suchi recalled in her blog, “When 25yr old Manasa…
Read MoreWelcome to our first newsletter
We are delighted to launch our first newsletter which we will be publishing biannually as a round-up of what has been happening at The Mackay Clinic. Obviously the start of 2020 has been overtaken by the corona pandemic which involved Professor Mackay closing the clinic for a while and heading off to volunteer for the…
Read MoreDuncan Hospital staff rally to help locals during corona pandemic
Our second update from The Duncan Hospital in Bihar, India where staff are pulling together thin resources to help local people left struggling in the face of India’s coronavirus lockdown. The Mackay Clinic is keeping in close contact with The Duncan Hospital in Bihar, India during this Coronavirus pandemic. The plight of staff and patients…
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