Weather in North India becomes quite cold in winter, sometimes reaching freezing and there is no heat in the hospital buildings so we do a lot of teaching about keeping babies warm. Families are poor and often don’t bring clothes for the baby to the hospital. Hypothermia can even cause death for these babies, especially if they are sick or premature. We have appreciated the warm sweaters, hats and other woollens that have been sent from New Zealand and other places which have made a huge difference for these babies! The hospital staff are thrilled to see them arrive, and the parents so happy! We want to thank you all so much for knitting, transporting, sorting and sending all of these out to the widely scattered places where they are most needed.
Plans for the next few months include a lot of prayer for wisdom on how we can best encourage the hospitals to continue the training program and the implementation of improvements. This would include perhaps fund raising for needed infrastructure like warmers and monitors as well as helping them to evaluate the use of the newly learned protocols.
