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25 medical staff from Cheltenham, Manchester, Edinburgh, Canada and South Africa have visited Kambia |
Since
the Appeal first began in 1992, we have achieved the following:
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Training in Kambia for traditional birth attendants,
funded in 1996 through two grants from Comic Relief. In
2006, further training was funded as a result of a
fundraising Palm Wine Extravaganza.
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Training in the U.K. for the anaesthetic nurse
in the Department of Anaesthetics at Oxford.
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Training in the U.K. for the eye nurse (Institute
of Ophthalmology, London).
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Training in the U.K. for a midwife on the
importance of breast feeding (Institute of Child Health).
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Local training in Cheltenham for the theatre
sister, purchasing officer, hospital registrar, two other
midwives and a staff nurse. In 2005,visits were made to
Cheltenham from Kambia by the laboratory technician and the
hospital pharmacist. In 2006, the matron from Kambia and the
antenatal clinic sister attended local training in
Cheltenham.
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Visits to Kambia by 25 medical staff from
Cheltenham, Manchester, Edinburgh, Canada and South Africa.
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 Provision
of one Land Rover ambulance (with money raised by Rotary),
one general purpose Land Rover, an autoclave to sterilize
instruments, a general surgical set, a delivery set, an
oxygen concentrator, beds, bed linen, mosquito nets, a water
pump, a surgical suction pump and a library of medical
books.
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Drugs were sent regularly through ECHO (Equipment
for Charity Hospitals Overseas) to Kambia at the request
of the doctor there, and paid for by the Appeal. Also, regular
payments were made by the Appeal into an imprest account
in Kambia for the use of the medical officer there to purchase
equipment for the hospital locally.
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Arranged for Kambia Hospital administrator
to attend course for Senior Hospital Managers organised
by the International Hospital Federation at the University
of Birmingham. This was supported by the Overseas Development
Administration.
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Sponsoring District Medical Officer on three
month course on Reproductive Health in Developing Countries
(Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine/Royal College of
Obstetricians and Gynaecologists).
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Improving direct communication with Kambia
by provision of a satellite phone and lap-top computer.
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Two motorbikes have been provided and the hospital landrover has been repaired.
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Training of Maternal
and Child Health Aides in November 2005
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In 2006, a container including 2 delivery
beds and bicycles arrived in Kambia.
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