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Team returns from Bangladesh |
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HealthCare Ministries disaster
relief team returned from Bangladesh
after responding to the destruction of Cyclone Sidr which claimed 3,500
lives. The trip was a joint venture with
the Bangladesh Assemblies of God to offer medical care and disaster assessment
to remote areas that had yet to be reached by the government.
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The team included HCM director Bob McGurty, Rick Salvato, and Dr. Bill Graham of Springfield, MO. Rev. Prasanta Ray, a divisional chairman of the
Bangladesh Assemblies of God, also traveled with them to encourage churches
that had suffered damage from the storm.
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For six days, the team set up a
clinic, nearly each day in a different location. Some locations were so remote that they had
to travel by a boat through marshes to reach them. Over 700 patients were seen in the clinics, a number suffering trauma injuries from the cyclone or having lost a loved one in
the disaster. At the end of each day of
clinic, the team held evangelistic services to encourage the people and to share Jesus.
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