At St. Walburg’s Hospital in rural southern Tanzania, thousands of patients are treated every month who would otherwise have no access to healthcare. The Artemed Stiftung supports the hospital in fulfilling this important task. Every month, we receive a detailed report from the hospital management about the activities and development of our cooperation. Here is the information for the month of January.
Patient numbers:
| January | ||||||||||
| OPD | 6615 | |||||||||
| INPATIENT | 749 | |||||||||
| Under-five | 2050 | |||||||||
| Pregnant (ANC) | 478 | |||||||||
| Theatres
(Major & Minor) |
208 | |||||||||
| Physiotherapy | 252 |
Deployments:
In January, Ms. Nurith Frövel from the obstetrics department spent two weeks at St. Walburg’s Hospital (we reported). During her assignment, she was primarily responsible for hygiene on site, training and procedures in the delivery room.
From our specialist groups:
In the area of gynecology, work was carried out on the feasibility and implementation of cervical screening and packages of measures were defined.
Community Health Project:
As part of the community health project, 525 children were vaccinated in January. As January and February in Tanzania are characterized by high rainfall totals, Geni Mabelya's team was primarily occupied with planning activities and hospital care. At least 28 women were able to undergo cervical screening. Preventive medical check-ups also took place; anemia was diagnosed in 29 infants.
The main focus of the preparatory work was the translation of some information sheets (e.g. on cervical cancer) from English into Swahili. In addition, several meetings were arranged with the local chairmen of the various villages, which are necessary for further effective cooperation.
In cooperation with a few mayors, it was also possible to improve the hygiene situation in some villages.
