uaenews4u posted: " Medeor Hospital Welcomes the UAE's First Baby on New Year's Day Baby Hana was born exactly at 00:00 am on New Year's Day, 2023; Parents and the medical team celebrate the special moment at the Abu Dhabi hospital. Burjeel Medical " http://uaenews4u.com
Medeor Hospital Welcomes the UAE's First Baby on New Year's Day
Baby Hana was born exactly at 00:00 am on New Year's Day, 2023; Parents and the medical team celebrate the special moment at the Abu Dhabi hospital.
Burjeel Medical City welcomes four New Year babies, including three Emirati newborns.
Abu Dhabi: As the clock struck 12 and the calendar slid to 2023, baby girl Hana was born at Medeor Hospital, Abu Dhabi, to an Egyptian couple, Asmaa Mamdouh Elsayed Ahmed and Eid Ahmed Mahmoud Hassane. The couple welcomed their third child exactly at 00:00 am on New Year's Day. The baby girl, weighing 3.220 kg, was delivered by Dr. (Prof.) Walid El-Sherbiny, Consultant, Obstetrics & Gynecology & HOD, at Medeor Hospital, Abu Dhabi. The parents, Asmaa and Hassane, are on top of the world.
"We are so blessed to welcome our beautiful baby girl into the world on New Year's Day. We couldn't be happier to start this new year with such a special addition to our family. She is already so loved, and we are excited to watch her grow and experience all the joys of life. I want to thank the doctor and other staff at Medeor Hospital for the level of care shown to my wife," said Mr. Hassane.
When baby girl Hana was born exactly with the arrival of the New Year, doctors and nurses celebrated the unique moment by sharing sweets and wishes with the family.
"To celebrate New Year by welcoming life into the world is a blessed moment, and we are privileged to support the family. We all gathered and welcomed baby Hana's birth on a special day. It was a moment of celebration for the entire hospital. Each new baby is a reminder of the hope and promises that the New Year brings. The staff at Medeor Hospital would like to extend our warm greetings to the parents and the baby," said Dr. El-Sherbiny.
Burjeel Medical City
Seconds after the fireworks went off, announcing the start of 2023, at 12:08 am, baby girl Sayeda Farishta Siddique was born to Bangladeshi couple Rahela Sultana and Mohamed Fazlul Siddique at Burjeel Medical City (BMC). Weighing 2.630 kg, baby Farishta is the third child of the family. She was delivered by Dr. Ritu Nambiar, Specialist - Obstetrics and Gynecology, BMC.
The elated parents thanked the Almighty for his blessings and the BMC staff for their support throughout the pregnancy.
"On this wonderful New Year's Day, we are blessed to welcome our beautiful daughter into the world. We are grateful for her safe arrival and all the love and joy she has already brought into our lives. The service provided by BMC was one of the best in the country, and we thank the management and staff for their support," said Mr. Siddique.
Shortly after the clock struck 12, three other couples at BMC also rang in the new year with the birth of their babies.
Baby girl Lateefa was born to Thai mother Sugynya Thai and Emirati father Abdulla Mohamed Ahmed Husain Al Ali at BMC at 01:35 am. The parents welcomed their second child, who weighed 3.350 kg.
At 3:30 am, baby boy Hassan was born at BMC to Emirati couple Shaikha Abd Al Rahman and Hamad Hassan Al Marri. Baby Hassan weighing 3.060 kg, is the fourth child of the family.
"We thank God for our child's birth and the addition of a new member to our family. He is our fourth child and the first boy in our family. My daughters now have a new brother. Our happiness is multiplied by the presence of our little angel. I want to thank the hospital for offering us unmatched care," said Mr. Marri.
Baby boy Mayed was born to Emirati parents at BMC at 04:47 am. Naseema Masooud and Fahad Aldhuhoori welcomed their second child, who weighed 2.600 kg.
Dr. Ritu wished all the babies and their parents the best and said she was elated that she could take part in the families' happiness.
"We are delighted to receive newborns at Burjeel Medical City on this special night. It's a double joy for the parents and us. New Year's Day is a special occasion for every family, and a new baby born on this day is a blessing. Let us celebrate this wonderful moment and wish the family all the best for the coming year," Dr. Ritu said.
Burjeel Hospital
Filipino couple Bianca Salindong and Ivy Louise Verayo celebrated the New Year by welcoming their second baby at Burjeel Hospital, Abu Dhabi. Baby boy Johann Jio S. Verayo was born at 01:18 am, weighing 3.760 kg. He was delivered by Dr. Aruna Kumari, Consultant, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Burjeel Hospital.
Dave Faulkner posted: " https://youtu.be/_k_ZdyErZH0 Romans 12:1-2 Artificial Intelligence – or AI for short – has been much in the news lately. It's a form of technology that seeks to think better than humans and act more skilfully (or at least quickly) than humans. Ev" Big Circumstance
Artificial Intelligence – or AI for short – has been much in the news lately. It's a form of technology that seeks to think better than humans and act more skilfully (or at least quickly) than humans. Even as I type the words of this sermon, the word processor is periodically predicting which words I am typing, or even which are the next words I am typing. If I like what I see, I can hit the Tab button on my keyboard and it will confirm the suggestion.
If you want to experiment and have a bit of fun with this, then you can find an AI tool on the Internet called ChatGPT. I registered the other day, and decided to play by giving it a specific task: write me a sermon for a Methodist Covenant Service.
You know what? It did. What a time-saver!
But I had a reservation. It used the words of the Covenant Prayer as the text for the sermon, whereas a Christian sermon must have Scripture as its text. So I tried it again, using these verses from Romans.
It worked again. I am sure some of you would like the results. But it was only a three-minute sermon. Even my Catholic friends, who are used to homilies, not sermons, might consider that too short. It made the odd good general point, but didn't flesh it out to make it practical.
So for the time being I will not be replaced by a computer, and you will have to accept the three points I want to make about our commitment to Christ from Romans 12:1-2.
Firstly, why does God call us to commitment?
Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God's mercy … (verse 1a)
'Therefore': we need to refer to what Paul has written up to now in the letter. In view of the first eleven chapters. But fortunately Paul sums up those eleven chapters as 'in view of God's mercy'.
Paul has been talking about God's merciful plans and actions towards a human race that has spurned his love and his laws. Despite all human beings having grounds to believe in God's existence and despite his chosen people being given his laws everyone has sinned.
But God has given up his Son, even to death, that we might be forgiven our sins and put right with him. And God has given us his Spirit, so that we can live a new life. God has done all this for us in his mercy.
In fact, strictly what Paul says here is not 'God's mercy' but 'God's mercies', because time and time again God is merciful to us. We respond to his mercy by giving our lives to him. But then we fail and sin again. Yet he continues to forgive us when we come in repentance. If Jesus teaches us to forgive 'seventy times seven', how much do we think God will forgive when we seek his mercy?
He shows mercy upon mercy. Truly, his mercies are new every morning.
Yes, of course God is our Judge. Of course, God is holy. But he has shown his intentions towards us in his deeds of mercy. When we renew our covenant with him today, we are responding to his mercy, not his severity.
Today is a day when we rejoice in how merciful God is towards us, and we say that because of his mercy, we joyfully give ourselves to him all over again.
Secondly, what kind of commitment does God seek from us?
… to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God – this is your true and proper worship. (Verse 1b)
In the original Greek of the New Testament, it's not just the adjective 'living' that applies to the word 'sacrifice', it's all three adjectives: living, holy, and pleasing [to God].
Somebody once said that the problem with living sacrifices is that they keep crawling off the altar. And maybe that's a clue to what this is about. We need to offer ourselves daily to God. Jesus spoke about taking up our cross daily and so each day we say afresh to God, 'Here I am, please use me for your kingdom today.'
Then we are a holy sacrifice, because we are offering ourselves not only to do God's work but to do God's work in God's way. We'll never say that the means justifies the ends. We'll avoid manipulating people. We'll examine our motives the best we can. And our goal will be God's glory, not our own.
And it's also a pleasing sacrifice to God. This is our invitation to put a smile on the face of God. It is to ask ourselves, what can we do that we know will please God? The Bible is full of thoughts about what the Lord loves: if we look those up we will start to have a good idea of ways in which we can lay down our lives, our talents, and our possessions to bring God joy.
Thirdly and finally, howdo we work out that commitment?
2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is – his good, pleasing and perfect will.
On Friday, I read a brilliant essay[1] by James Cary, who is a TV comedy scriptwriter and also a Christian. He begins with a quote: 'Politics is downstream from culture' and explains how our politicians only really put policies into practice that derive from our wider culture.
The problem, he says, is that our culture is now hostile to Christianity, because the Church has abdicated the rôle she had centuries ago as a patron of the arts and culture, especially since the Reformation, when only the word mattered, and visual things became under suspicion.
So it's very dangerous today for the Christian in Paul's words to 'conform to the pattern of this world', because if we do we will take on values that are opposed to Christianity. Yes, Christians need to start influencing our culture again by producing artistic works that are shaped by the Gospel, but even before that we need to make sure that our own thinking and living is shaped by the Gospel. We need to heed Paul's call to 'be transformed by the renewing of [our minds].'
It's absolutely urgent that we let the Gospel shape our minds. That's why we need to be reading our Bibles daily and pondering what we need to do in response to its teaching. That's why we need to read good quality, thoughtful Christian literature rather than trashy magazines or watching junk TV. It's why younger generations need to reduce their intake of social media in favour of prayer.
I'm not saying we should never consume lighter forms of art and culture. But I am saying that it is crucial we take deliberate steps to renew our minds according to the ways of Christ. If we're not deliberate about it, then we shall end up no different from the wider world.
And every day that goes by, it becomes more crucial to renew our minds. How about we make 2023 the year when we make major strides in that cause?
[1] James Cary, Getting Upstream (Or A Call To 'Once Upon A Time') n.d., available for a donation towards his writing at https://jamescary.substack.com.
Pamela, APRN posted: " September 1998 - New England, USA After I completed my thesis in graduate school, my advisers encouraged me to submit an article summarizing my research findings for publication. The unwieldy title of my thesis was, "Coping Strategies of Successful Ca" Pamela's Nursing Reflections
After I completed my thesis in graduate school, my advisers encouraged me to submit an article summarizing my research findings for publication. The unwieldy title of my thesis was, "Coping Strategies of Successful Caregivers of Nonambulatory Family Members". Nonambulatory means that the person is unable to walk.
My parents and one of my patients that I had followed as a visiting nurse inspired me to do the research. After my mother had a major stroke which left her paralyzed on one side and with the mind of a ten-year-old, my dad stepped up to the plate and cheerfully became her full-time caregiver. He had to assist her in the shower, dress her, learn to style her hair, do the grocery shopping, cook, drive, and pay the bills. Prior to her stroke, my mother was an avid artist and gardener. She grieved that she could no longer do these hobbies. The Lord took her home to heaven to be with Him five years after her stroke. I thanked God that she was no longer suffering.
"...Death is swallowed up in victory...But thanks be to God, who giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ." I Corinthians 15:54, 57 (KJV)
My parents were my inspiration for my research.
Another patient I visited at home was an elderly lady who was paralyzed from the waist down from a blood clot that went to her spine. Her husband faithfully learned how to provide all of her care and purchased a van equipped with a wheelchair lift. He struggled at times with sadness over his wife's loss of many abilities, but he did all the household tasks and driving. Other patients with similar disabilities ended up being admitted to a nursing home because their caregiver simply couldn't cope with all the extra responsibilities.
During my research, I interviewed nine caregivers of family members who were unable to walk and then summarized their problems and coping strategies. I repeated similar research that was done with caregivers of home hospice patients to see if they had the same problems and used the same or different coping strategies. A comparison of the two groups showed they only had one problem in common (stress) and three coping strategies (social support, cognitive reformulation, and respite). I developed an educational handout for nurses to give new caregivers of family members who were unable to walk.
I submitted my research article to The Nurse Practitioner journal and was thrilled when they accepted part of it for publication. They condensed my year of research and 48-page thesis into a mere three paragraphs. Such is the world of publishing... They included it under Practice Pointers and named it Lending a hand to caregivers.
"If you need to counsel a caregiver of a family member who has recently lost the ability to walk, use these suggestions to ease the load. First, tell him not to try to give care alone, but to ask for and accept help from family, friends, and health care professionals. To relieve stress, suggest that he try exercise, massage, eating out, music, prayer, reading, and napping.
Make sure he asks a physical therapist for assistance in choosing a wheelchair, if his family member can use one. Suggest using cordless and cellular phones, a lifeline necklace, and a pager to communicate with his loved ones when the caregiver is out of the house.
Finally, when traveling, recommend the caregiver pack a travel kit with a list of medications, provider phone numbers, straws, wipes, and other supplies."
I can't recall the last time I saw a layperson use a pager, and cordless landlines are disappearing rapidly. Cell phones are commonplace now, but they were rare in 1998.
After I entered the full-time work world as a nurse practitioner, life seemed to become too busy to continue to do research. However, I have participated in the Nurse's Health Study 2 since 1989 conducted by the Harvard School of Public Health. Their findings collected from surveys every two years of thousands of nurses have contributed significantly to women's health. http://nurseshealthstudy.org If you are a nurse and were born after 1964 and live in the USA, they are looking for participants to join Nurse's Health Study 3. I hope you will do so and continue this wonderful research that was begun in 1979.
