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Sturges originally planned to open a practice in
Kathmandu, but didn't want to threaten the United Medical Mission already serving there, so he looked 16 miles east to Banepa. Back then, Banepa was a district center of nearly a 1/4 million people without regular service of a doctor. It was the hub of
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The first clinic was opened in a run-down second-floor rented room. Problems plagued the practice, such as the shortage of medicine supply and reluctance of people to come in. Sturges hired more staff and eventually started treating up to 100 patients daily. His wife often helped out and filled in
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Two years after graduating from medical school, Sturges arrived in Nepal with his two children and wife, Raylene
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Sturges played for the 1955 Loma Linda university volleyball team that went on to win second place at the national championship. It was the only organized sports program the university ever had. After beating big-name universities in the Los
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The hospital, originally a 20-bed facility serving 100 patients daily, has now evolved into a three-story, 150-bed facility. It has also since established the Scheer
Memorial Adventists Hospital Medical Institute, College of Nursing where students can earn a B.Sc. Nursing degree and get clinical
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Sturges came from a strong tradition of medical missionary work in his family, and his goal was to minister to the needs of the sick and needy disregarding their social or economic position. It was illegal to openly speak and preach
Christianity in Nepal at the time, so patients would come into
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California where he and his brothers were taught manual work, such as carpentry and painting. Sturges later wrote that education was a priority in his family and that mission work was his goal from childhood.
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Seventh Day Adventist Church. Sturges contributed to their quarterly journal, writing a piece titled “Ellen White’s Authority and the Church” in the summer 1972 issue.
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Sturges and community members built the hospital themselves over one and a half years. It was officially opened and dedicated in a ceremony on May 18, 1959, which was attended by former Prime
Minister
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Florida State University. Sturges was named to the 1955 All-American team for the Collegiate Division.
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the desire to witness in a practical way to the love of Christ for all.”
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