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 July.
Patient numbers:
| January | February | March | April | May | June | July | ||||
| OPD | 4695 | 4457 | 4339 | 4555 | 4520 | 4405 | 6185 | |||
| INPATIENT | 695 | 646 | 585 | 574 | 658 | 661 | 820 | |||
| Under-five | 1086 | 832 | 854 | 894 | 790 | 690 | 1018 | |||
| Pregnant (ANC) | 407 | 458 | 433 | 532 | 517 | 390 | 522 | |||
| Theatres
(Major & Minor) |
422 | 381 | 460 | 483 | 494 | 483 | 558 | |||
| Physiotherapy | 205 | 180 | 200 | 224 | 256 | 209 | 204 |
Current status St. Walburg’s Hospital
In July, various training sessions were held for hospital staff in cooperation with Artemed Stiftung .
At the end of July, 282 people were employed at the hospital. 150 women and 132 men. The hospital is currently looking for a radiologist, an accountant and three doctors.
Community Healthcare and Outreach project:
In July, the malnutrition and outreach project team visited a total of five villages. In particular, children who had already been diagnosed with malnutrition during previous visits were treated and examined.
In addition, 306 women were screened for cervical cancer and 698 children under the age of five were screened. In the process, 56 boys and girls were diagnosed with malnutrition - 48 of them moderate cases and eight with severe malnutrition. As part of the visits, various workshops on nutrition and the law were offered, in which 889 women and 91 men took part.
In July, 987 people in the villages around Nyangao were vaccinated(Measles-Rubella, BCG, TT, IPV, Rotaris, PVC-13, HPV, DTP)
