Nursing Practice Lab opens at IUBAT

As part of on-going campus development at IUBAT, the College of Nursing now has new laboratory space. Keeping teaching materials clean and protected from insects, dust and humidity will be much easier with curtains, air-conditioning and running water in the new facility. In addition to practicing bedside care, the lab is also suitable for microbiology experiments. The university has provided modern furniture, and we are now fund-raising to replace our aging demonstration mannequins.  Your donations are always welcome. Our only program expenses in Canada are for book-keeping; there are no overhead charges. Most money raised is spent in Bangladesh to operate the volunteers’ guest-house and to pay for educational supplies and services, and a few scholarships.

You can find our 2011 annual report, financial statement and a donation form on the website.

IUBAT Convocation in the media

With the first batches of BSN graduates officially recognized, Convocation 2011 was the culminating event of a busy year for our project. The popular national newspaper, The Daily Star published a colourful supplement on Convocation Day and also reported on the event the following day http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=215159  . Another popular national daily, The Independent, produced pictorial coverage on the following day http://www.theindependentdigital.com/index.php?opt=view&page=32&date=2011-12-27. This is the source for the photo of Dr. Karen Lund, Chair of Health Sciences, receiving an award from the presiding Minister, Dr. Hasan Mahmud. The IUBAT website has more at www.iubat.edu.

Thanks to our 2011 volunteers!

We are grateful to many people who have helped the Bangladesh Health Project this year: In Canada, we thank Mid Main Community Health Centre, especially Directors Deirdre Evans and John Richards and Executive Director Irene Clarence (check out the new website at www.midmain.net ). Christina Paone (www.paonecreative.com ) designs our website and communications. VCC faculty, Kathy Fukuyama, Susan McNeill and VCC students raised funds to support their classmates’ inaugural visit to IUBAT. Melodie Hull, Tracy Lee, Rabiya Merani, Mohammed Morshed and Susie Wai supported various activities. Library staff at the College of Registered Nurses of BC passed along surplus books. In Bangladesh, visiting faculty during 2011  included Murad Bakht, Alex Berland, Moira Cameron, Monique de Groot, Dan Hawkins,   JoAnn Leavey, Karen Lund (shown in this photo), Andrea Marrie,  Gillian McKay, Susan McNeill, Sonie Meyer, Judi Morton, Linda Rollins, John Ringhisen, Ray Scott, Sam Simpson and Permjit Soomal. We appreciate their dedication.