A modern miracle reaches its climax
At 9:56 a.m., the MRI hovered in the air towards the outer wall of its permanent home. In the presence of staff from the hospital and media center, a television journalist and Siemens-Peru technicians, the 3.5-ton unit was unloaded without difficulty.
No one knows how many times we have told the story of this wonderful donation. In the current book “Diospi Suyana – an experiment with God” the breathtaking background is meticulously documented. The three winners of the German Future Prize 2023 Dr. Stephan Biber, Dr. David Grodzki and Prof. Dr. Michael Uder donated their prize money to this enormous donation in kind. The amount was matched by Siemens Healthineers and Siemens Caring Hands.
The trigger for this fabulous development began with a certain Dr. Stefan Uder, who was lost on Spotify in 2022 and downloaded the first book about Diospi Suyana instead of a song by the group Patchwork. He then established contact between Dr. Klaus John and the award winners in Erlangen. On November 27, 2024, the donation was symbolically handed over to Diospi Suyana in a festive ceremony at Bellevue Palace.
When the missionary doctors John moved to Curahuasi in September 2003, they wanted to set up a state-of-the-art hospital for the poor mountain population. Humanly speaking, their plan was completely unfeasible. But thanks to the goodness of God, the hospital really did come into being. It has an MRI scanner, a CT scanner, 10 intensive care beds, six operating theaters, a dental and eye clinic, the best orthopaedic workshop in Peru and much more. In a few months, we will welcome our 600,000th patient. God is good and he is real.
At around 10:30 a.m., Gonzalo Cuba from Siemens and Dr. Klaus John had a conversation. “I’m actually an atheist,” said the technician thoughtfully, “but I now believe that there is a higher power after all!”
