BMS World Mission Medical Team: November 2008

Could you be a part of the medical team to Bangladesh later this year?

After the success of our previous medical teams, most recently in February to Bangladesh, we are planning to send another team of professionals to the same area from 15 – 30 November this year. Having just recently celebrated their centenary year, Christian Hospital Chandraghona has been in existence since 1907 and serves a population of around 105,000 people, the vast majority of whom are tribal people groups and landless Bengali farmers.

BMS is particularly looking for general surgeons, anaesthetists, orthopaedic surgeons, eye surgeons, plastic surgeons, obstetricians, gynaecologists, midwives and other experienced specialists to join this team for these two weeks. In the past, medical teams have been involved in performing life-changing operations; training and advising local staff; treating patients who would not otherwise have been helped and passing on specific expertise in the use of medical procedures and equipment. Time and time again, the testimony from team members is that, as well as having an impact on the hospital, they also return having had their faith challenged and their experience of God deepened.

'CHC is a wonderful place, full of God's goodness and love. The staff are so friendly and the atmosphere gloriously peaceful. Yet its mission runs like a silver thread, not only through its staff, but also through the very fabric of the building and then out into the surrounding community. It is a privilege to be able to join in, participate and be a part of it. After the third time, I still always come away from this place having received far more than I can ever bring.' Shyr, Medical Team February 2008.

Medical teams make a tangible and lasting difference to the lives of people in Bangladesh, so if you have the skills or know of anyone who does, please consider being part of a team and taking advantage of this invaluable opportunity to serve God in a practical way in 2008.

For an application form or further information, please click on this link to visit the BMS medical team's webpage at http://www.bmsworldmission.org/medicalteams, or e-mail: opportunities@bmsworldmission.org