"Santhosh is a consultant physician on the India/Nepal border and is the South Asia and Training Coordinator of our global network, the International Christian Medical and Dental Association (ICMDA). India is now on lockdown - how is this having an impact on the hospital, the patients and the community? How will they manage a surge of COVID-19 patients in a resource-poor setting? How are Christian hospitals coping, and what is God showing them in this situation?"
About Ist Incision podcast: "Opening up the interface of Christian faith, medicine, nursing and health." (www.buzzsprout.com/437878)
About Voices from the frontline podcast: "Voices from the frontline is a CMF podcast miniseries hearing from healthcare professionals on the frontline of the response to the coronavirus pandemic here in the UK and in other parts of the world. We will publish daily during the working week at 5 pm (UTC)." (www.cmf.org.uk/resources/covid-1…rontline-podcast/)
About CMF: "The Christian Medical Fellowship unites and equips Christian doctors and nurses to live and speak for Jesus Christ. We were formed in 1949 and there are currently 5,000 doctors, 900 medical and nursing students and 300 nurses and midwives as members." (www.cmf.org.uk/about/)
CMF aims:
Discipleship - to unite Christian healthcare professionals and students in Christ and encourage them to deepen their faith, live like Christ and serve him obediently, particularly through acting competently and with compassion in their clinical practice.
Evangelism - to encourage Christian healthcare professionals and students to be witnesses for Christ amongst all those they meet.
Mission - to mobilize and support all Christian healthcare professionals and students in serving Christ throughout the world.
Values - to promote Christian values in society, especially, but not limited to, the areas of bioethics and healthcare.