Lending a Helping Hand,
Half a World Away
McLane Children’s staff joined an international ensemble of healthcare providers during a mission trip to the
Neonatal Intensive Care and Emergencies Hospital in Hyderabad, India.
taff from McLane Children’s
Hospital Scott & White
traveled across the globe to help
improve care for children in resourcelimited communities in India. A group of
nine physicians and nurses trekked 9,500
miles to Hyderabad, India, to participate
in a medical mission and education
conference to share knowledge, introduce
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new concepts, and help apply them to
practical situations in caring for children.
The Scott & White team, led by
neonatologist Venkata Raju, MD,
joined a group of seven other physicians
and nurses from the United States,
Canada, and Northern Ireland to meet
with staff from the Neonatal Intensive
Care and Emergencies (NICE) Hospital,
a private, nonprofit healthcare facility.
They learned about the three tiers of
medical care available in the country,
ranging from urban practices, which are
very similar to those found in Western
countries; to community and rural
practices, which provide sub-standard
care; to very underdeveloped and
primitive tribal and remote care. In India,