Draft:Christian Medical Institute of Kasai (IMCK)

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The Institut Médical Chrétien du Kasai (IMCK) or Christian Medical Institute of Kasai is located in the Kasai-Central region of the Democratic Republic of Congo. IMCK was founded in 1954 as a nursing school at the rural Presbyterian mission station of Lubondai, in what was then the Belgian Congo.[1] In 1964, IMCK relocated to Tshikaji, a village with a population of 10,000 ten miles south of the much larger city of Kananga (population 1,400,000). [2] Today, it now offers a laboratory technician school, college-level nursing program, 160-bed reference hospital, programs for nutrition, public health, research and medical internships, outpatient clinics (in Kananga as well as in nearby villages), a dental program, and specialized services in surgery, ophthalmology, maternity and pediatrics. [3]

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Good Shepherd Hospital in Tshikaji
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Nursing students at ITN, the nursing school at IMCK

References[edit]

  1. ^ Nelson, H. S. (1995). Doctor with big shoes: Missionary experiences in China and Africa. Providence House Publishers, 172.
  2. ^ Crane, S. M. (1998). A legacy remembered: A century of medical missions. Providence House, 293.
  3. ^ Rule, W., & Sugue, B. R. (1998). Milestones in Mission. Providence House Publishers, 205-209.