Warwick Healers United
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| Warwick Healers United (WHU) | |
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| Area of Operation | Warwick |
| No. of Members | Around 1500 |
| Leader(s) | Head: Elaina Waterman (Paleteth, F, b. 1982)
Council:
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| Established | June 2016
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Overview
A privately run, non-profit, voluntary healer's guild established in 2016 by a coalition of healers from around Warwick. Their mission is to share information and resources with healers across Warwick, and document and study diseases and medical anomalies unique to this corner of the world. Membership conveys benefits such as access to their Library of Medical Science in Newcastle, information on how to address specific maladies, collaboration with other members, referrals to experts, and additional training. Membership and participation are entirely voluntary, with no dues, fees, or salary to members. Their upkeep is paid for by donations, and they hold an annual conference and fund raising event at their headquarters in Newcastle. Queen Olivia (formally Duchess Olivia) is known to always make a sizeable donation at this event and others, even when she is unable to personally attend. The organization was originally run out of the Pilgrim's Rest Khilainan Temple and Charity Hospital in Newcastle, Warwick. As the WHU grew and developed, a more dedicated space was needed, and the organization started asking for donations to buy their own building. Then-Duke, now King Sebastian Lledrithcath caught wind of this, and was able to provide them with an inn that was seized after it was found to be run by a demonic cult. After some thorough cleansing, the new Warwick Healers United Headquarters was established in fall of 2019.
Structure
Head: Elaina Waterman (Paleteth, F, b. 1982) Warwick native, was a healer for Lord Marcher's Forces, has since trained under many schools of thought on healing. Was a the vocal organizing force behind the formation of WHU, and was dubbed their official head in 2018 as the organization grew and needed more formal structure.
Council:
- Dr Richard Quinn (Human, M, b. 1989) Classically trained Alban physician, follower of Erixx and Khilaina
- Sister Marrow Whitebough (Gael'braugh, F, b. 1949) Khilainan
- Bragda of the Broken Eye (Orc, F, b. 1959) retired High Shaman
- Aiden Magauran (Human, NB, b. 1985) Innish Druid, came to rebuild after Hickory
- Asvard Æiriksson (Outlander, M, b. 1995) Nordhavn immigrant, trained as a priest of Eir/Frigg (rare to have one that is male)
- Ayasha of the Standing Sisters Tribe (Barbarian, NB, b. 1992) Shaman
Warwick Healers United has a very loose organizational structure. There is the Head of WHU, their Advising Council, Teachers, Representatives, and Members. Teachers are not so much an official rank, but they are Representatives who primarily stay at headquarters, and have agreed to hold classes as part of their Representative duties. Often they are also researchers who study a wide variety of medically related topics. Representatives are just members who are formally employed by WHU to perform duties. They get a small stipend for expenses relating to their work, and usually supplement this with seeing paying patients. Members get no stipend, but neither do they pay dues.
Regional Representatives travel their designated areas, checking in on local healers, providing direct support where they can, ferrying questions to Headquarters in Newcastle where they cannot, and reporting discoveries by local healers to Newcastle for recording and dissemination. Typically 2-4 per Earldom.
The Headquarters is typically staffed by [XX] healers and physicians at any given point in time, along with 2 or 3 Scholars of Erixx who maintain the library, and 1 to 2 Priests of Nul who are there to advise patients and families when ailments cannot be cured. The building has been renovated to better suit the needs of the organization. Half the stables have been converted into an alchemy lab, one of the two cellar rooms has been designated for autopsy, and one of the larger corner rooms on the first floor has been converted to a simple all faiths temple room. On the second floor slightly less than half the rooms have been combined to make space for the Library of Medical Science, and one of the large corner rooms has been designated research and collaboration facility. The rest of rooms that would have been beds for rent are now patient rooms. They cannot house a huge number of patients, but have a steady stream of patients who are treated and used as training for young physicians and healers, as well as curious cases that other medical facilities rout to them for additional research.
Although their services to healers are free, they do ask patients for payment for their medical services. Funds from treating patients pay the healers and physicians who work at the clinic full time, pays the room and board for the full time priests, as well as paying for necessary supplies. They also accept trade and labor instead of coin on a case-by-case basis. Charity cases may also be taken on a case-by-case basis, based on patient need, availability at the Khilainan Hospital across town, severity of medical issue, and uniqueness of issue. The goal of the organization is not to make money, but rather to support and develop healing and medicine for all to benefit from in Warwick. Donations are also always accepted and needed.
