St Pauls Hospital Millenium Medical College donated nearly 1,000,000 birr worth of medical equipment and supplies to moyale hospital. The equipment range from monitoring equipment such as pulse oxymeters to stretchers and wheelchairs. Service units at the hospital are greatly benefiting from the donations. The Emergency OPD, the most hectic unit in the hospital, has gotten a portable ultrasound. Dr Niguse, staff GP who recently trained on basic ultrasound at St Pauls, stated that the portable ultrasound would be of great use for patients. He stated “Now there is no need to take a woman who is experiencing an abortion all the way to the ultrasound room. We can just do a quick scan here and proceed to the appropriate management.” Critical patients arriving from the OR were a constant concern for Dr Feven, IPD coordinator at Moyale. “It was difficult to keep a close eye on these patients before. But now, we just attach the patients to the monitors and they do all the work. This has greatly improved our quality of follow up” she stated. “Our one and only functional blood glucometer had malfunctioned a couple of weeks back so it was a challenging situation whenever patients with DKA were admitted to the ward” stated Melkamu Tesfaye, head of Moyale’s laboratory department. “So the new glucometers from St Pauls definitely came to the rescue for us.” Tamiru Habtamu, head of the labour and delivery ward at Moyale stated that locally made toilet seats, also donated by St Pauls, will positively impact the overall experience of labouring mothers. “You can imagine how hard it is for a woman in labour to go all the way to the toilet to relieve herself.” He said. “With these local innovations, women can comfortably relieve themselves without going a long distance.” “The state of hygiene facilities in health centres in our catchment area is very disturbing” stated Dr Andinet, Clinical Systems Mentorship lead physician. “Seeing how useful the chairs have been in our labour ward, we’re going to donate some of the chairs to health centres in our catchment area. So the chairs will definitely be of great use there as well.” For his part, Arero Biqicha, Chief Executive Officer at Moyale stated that he was very happy with the partnership established with St Pauls. “The partnership we have established yields fruits every day so we sincerely appreciate the help St Pauls continues to give us.”
“I believe the reason St Pauls is considered the premier government hospital in the country is that it strives to improve service delivery not only in the hospital but in all corners of the country.” Stated Dr Ahmed Ibrahim, Chief Clinical Officer. “I would especially like to thank Dr Zerihun Abebe, provost at St Pauls. It’s through his leadership that this culture was institutionalized at St Pauls and these donations would not have been possible without him.” Initially established by the then Emperor Hailesilase in 1968EC, St Pauls currenlty has over 700 beds and 2800 academic, administrative and supportive staff, making it one of the largest teaching hospitals in Ethiopia. The Gargara Fund, Moyale hospitals very own local social service scheme, welcomes a new executive committee.
The fund, established to address the increasing problem of patients presenting to the hospital with illnesses that require admission yet having no attendants and no means of financing their illness, has so far been able to benefit a total of 12 patients. The fund covers bedding, meal, investigations and medication expenses for the duration of the patient stay. The new executive committee, comprised of Dr Niguse Adugna (Chairperson), Hussein Mama (Treasurer) and Feyisa Teshome (Secretary) have jumped right in to their new role. A new fund raising campaign is already under way and has collected a total over 6000 birr so far. In addition, they plan on restructuring the fund so that it can benefit other neglected patients as well. “We plan on having the fund cover other areas as well. Patients and their families experience an unexpected financial burden when they have illnesses that require emergency referrals to higher institutions so this is one area we want to expand the fund to.” Stated Dr Niguse. “What I love about the fund is that you see its benefits patients on the ground.” Stated Bayaan Ibrahim, head of Pharmacy services at Moyale. “It feels good to know that we can give the best possible treatment for patients who come to the hospital in the worst of conditions without having to worry about money.” The Gargara Fund gets its name from the Afan Oromiffa word for “assistance.” Established in 2008EC, the fund was established to cover hospital stay expenses for patients presenting to the hospital with illnesses that require admission but can’t cover expenses themselves and have no attendants. The fund has benefitted a total of 12 patients so far. |
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