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TEXTS OF THE CONGRESS
| THE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PROJECT IN MONGOLIA |
| As we can see in the Gospels. Jesus went around the land of Palestine to preach the news of the salvation promised by God and he began his public life in the synagogue at Nazareth by saying, "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me. He has chosen me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set free the oppressed and to announce that the time has come when the Lord will save his people".(Luke, 4, 18-19) At all times and in all places, Jesus preached the message of liberation and proved it by healing the illness and wounds of the many poor people who came to seek relief from their suffering. His whole life was devoted to the challenge of healing, both physically and spiritually and was the outer expression of his deep love and compassion for all people, especially the poor. The Korean Association of Catholic Hospitals and the Catholic Physician Guild have provided medical support for the underprivileged and deprived people in Palmar, Ecuador, Latin America since 1988. The team provided clinical laboratory testing equipment and a portable X-ray machine, and taught the people how to use them. We also provided many of the pharmaceuticals the people needed. We built a dispensary for them to administer them-selves. In 1992 we adopted a plan to help poor people in rural areas of Kenya and the Central African Republic. This is Chesongoch, a small mountain village 450Km from Nairobi, the capital of Kenya. About 20,000 poor people live here by farming and raising livestock. In the center of The village there is a Catholic Church and a dispensary run by the Benedictine Sisters. From 1992 to the present, our team treated the sick for a 3week period each summer. We are also experimenting with a "well-baby clinic." Mongolia in the district of Tov. Aimag the Korean Sisters have operated a mobile clinic for a long time. They are especially making great efforts to educate the local people in the prevention and treatment of parasitic diseases. Our team has been supporting the sisters for 6years in every summer time. It must be strongly emphasized that there is a great urgency for us, in the medically developed nations, to provide all the help we can to our brothers and sisters who are suffering from all types of disease and misery in many parts of the world. Even if there are risks involved, we must be determined to send more and more doctors and skilled personnel and to provide free medical services for people in destitute areas. This aid must be continued for years to come. While our motivation may come from a humanistic concern, the main force which drives us on as Christians can be found in the words of Jesus who said, "I tell you solemnly, in so for as you did this to one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did it to me".(Matthew, 25, 40) |
