OPENS GHANDI
HOSPITAL
Statistical data testify to the fact that our
women-folk suffer from diseases and complications that arise out of ignorance
and lack of ante-natal care and maternity facilities.
Today, when we open this hospital for gynaecology
and obstetrics which is run by our Foundation, we are happy not only because we
note with satisfaction that mothers have a well equipped hospital, but also
because the hospital which the Indian Community had presented to Us on the 25th
anniversary of Our Coronation which We in return dedicated to the memory of the
greatness of Mahtma Gandhi, who is marvelled for his dedication and sacrifice
the world over, and named after him has now reached this stage.
When we express our concern about the medical
care of our people one of the main aspects is ante-natal and post-natal care.
Since the responsibilities involved in a hospital
of this nature are great, all of you who have been selected to serve here have
to live up to these responsibilities.
We wish to remind you mid-wives and other nurses,
to be aware of the fact that you are given to the patients to serve them
willingly, patiently and with devotion.
A modern building with all its physical
facilities alone is not enough to cure patients, and you should not forget that
your will to serve and your smiling faces act as tonics that contribute towards
the recovery of the patient.
We hope that the children born in this hospital
will be blessed and healthy.
It gives us great pleasure to see that a ward has
been dedicated to the memory of Woizero Mentwab Desta, from whom we had
inherited some land which we gave over to the Foundation.
We thank all those who kindly donated medical
instruments and other equipment for the hospital.
Dec. 5, 1963
Selected Speeches of His
Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie - page 550 –
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