FriendsOfMandritsara

Friends of Mandritsara supports the Good News Hospital in and around the district of Mandritsara in Northern Madagascar

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Sarindra's Story from David Mann - https://t.co/K6X4MkwTcw

Sarindra and Claudia came to Mandritsara at the call of God over 25 years
ago. Over that time they have been pillars in the work and have pointed
many people to Christ…

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Training Surgeons at the Good News Hospital from Ted Watts - https://t.co/vZY25HabmH

The Pan African Academy of Christian Surgeons (PAACS) trains African
Christian Doctors to become excellent Christian Surgeons. Mandritsara is
now one of the centres of PAACS training.

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My Story – by Rabemahazaka from David Mann - https://t.co/qwtMEGd6uH

I come from a village that’s a couple of hours’ walk from Mandritsara –
Ambodilengo. I lived there in spiritual darkness. I did not know God. In
fact I knew very little about God or about the Lord Jesus Chris

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Lord, we need doctors! from Brendan Petersen - https://t.co/lk3xaWOTnk

From July 2023 onwards, the medical team, that is to say the doctors
looking after the non-surgical patients, at the Good News Hospital will be
very short staffed.

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Berton's Story from David Mann - https://t.co/ftqiJvpNnh

Berton is one of three men who work full time in the Good News Hospital
project as Hospital Evangelists. Most of the project staff are committed
Christians, but the hospital evangelists are able to give themselves fully

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The Story of Honorine from Nathan Lawrence - https://t.co/z203z5hQ1Y

“28, 29, 30… Good compressions, 2 breaths please” How did this happen?
“OK, pulse check please. Hang on, I think I feel a pulse……”

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Mandritsara’s Eye Surgeon – Dr Hanitra from David Mann - https://t.co/Jv9uL9Qn6M

Dr Hanitra has been the hospital eye surgeon for 20 years. Now she has
reached retirement age. We are grateful that she plans to stay on at the
Good News Hospital for a few more years, but it is t

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Water for the Good News Hospital from Jesh Thiessen - https://t.co/bE43QoC0cI

Last December, I was thinking, “surely God can provide what we need in the
way of water… So in late October a Malagasy drilling team began drilling
the first hole. At 28m, the driller suddenly began

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Progress at the Village that’s Progressing from David Mann - https://t.co/Rd81WjKB81

Malagasy place names usually have a meaning. Ambohimandroso is such a
place. Ambohimandroso means “The village that’s making progress”…

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A Medical Elective in Mandritsara from David Mann - https://t.co/8UPHVGGYOg

I wasn’t having the best weekend. My flight had been delayed, my suitcase
hadn’t arrived, and the contents of my hand-baggage were not sufficient for
the cold winter nights of Tana. Everything felt sca

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Another Christmas Tale - 27th December from Friends of Mandritsara Trust - https://t.co/ZCvkRdRTVf

Our maternity unit cares for about 700 mothers giving birth each year - and
every year there are more…

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Another Christmas Tale - 26th December from Friends of Mandritsara Trust - https://t.co/CLtkvZKMzE

Rasoa's story is fictional - but it something similar happens about once a
week at our hospital - the Good News Hospital in Mandritsara…

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Another Christmas Tale - 24th December from Friends of Mandritsara Trust - https://t.co/Ps8Fz644yX

Rasoa and her daughter have just escaped with their lives once again…

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Another Christmas Tale - 23rd December from Friends of Mandritsara Trust - https://t.co/e7I9TI2GB4

After five days, Rasoa is transferred from the intensive care unit to the
maternity unit…

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Another Christmas Tale - 22nd December from Friends of Mandritsara Trust - https://t.co/KsFI17U5DG

For two days, the doctors and nurses fight for Rasoa's life until things
start to look up…

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Another Christmas Tale - 21st December from Friends of Mandritsara Trust - https://t.co/Hfy9IIfcom

Rasoa's baby is not breathing and is completely pale when the surgeon pulls
it out of her belly…

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Another Christmas Tale - 20th December from Friends of Mandritsara Trust - https://t.co/ZZTwKO1np9

The birth of a child is a beautiful thing, isn't it? Unless the child is
dead or seriously ill…

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Another Christmas Tale - 19th December from Friends of Mandritsara Trust - https://t.co/qTZuPvwcYu

Sometimes things go wrong. And sometimes things work out like clockwork…

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Another Christmas Tale - 18th December from Friends of Mandritsara Trust - https://t.co/kSwmCQfuUH

In the early afternoon, Rasoa and her mother arrive at the hospital…

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Another Christmas Tale - 17th December from Friends of Mandritsara Trust - https://t.co/juGW7kvR4P

Marie can hardly believe her eyes: a car is actually coming from behind…