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2007
Sr. Dr. Lina — third President
The late Sr. Dr. Lina Muppathumkalam HCM was elected as the third President of SDFI in 2007. She invested her heart and soul in the Forum and brought in many changes. SDFI had the privilege of a vibrant, visionary President from 2007 to 2010. Her dream was to take SDFI to greater heights of medical service in India.
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2007–2010
Directory, trust registration & website
SDFI Directory: The first edition of the SDFI Directory came into being through her hard work. She secured details of 631 Sister Doctors to compile this directory.
Registration as a Trust: Sr. Dr. Lina succeeded in registering the Forum as a Trust with its headquarters in New Delhi.
SDFI website: She pioneered the launch of the first SDFI website at the SDFI AGBM in Patna on 13th March 2009.
She organized national-level CME and AGBM with themes including: “Sister Doctor: A Doctor with a Difference” (2008) and “Women’s Health, Nation’s Wealth” (2009).
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2007–2009
Training, disaster and medical outreach
Computer training for Sister Doctors at Bosco ITS, Yelagiri — 20 Sister Doctors participated.
Disaster management in flood relief camp in Kalpetta, Kerala. Medical camps for Chikungunya-affected patients in Kerala. Medical camps for victims of Kandhamal.
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2007–2010
Networking, illness & remembrance
Thanks to Board members and past coordinators Sr. Susan Joseph MMM, MSW, Mr. Praveen Abraham MSW and Mr. Soji J. Moothedan MSW.
Sr. Dr. Lina encouraged collaboration with the CBCI Health Commission, Caritas India, CHAI and others, and represented SDFI nationally and internationally — including at Georgetown University, Washington DC, and Catholic Medical Mission Board, New York, for strategic planning in health, education and social development by the Church in India.
In 2009 she was diagnosed with cancer and was unable to complete her duties; Sr. Dr. Lucian SCC was appointed Coordinator to carry on the functions of the Forum. Sr. Lina died peacefully, fully aware she was going to her Lord, at 2:45 a.m. on 19th September 2010 — her 66th birthday — in Khairabad.