Kenya: Lodwar District Hospital Support
Lodwar Hospital Report, Q4 2014
February 27, 2015
Mwanaidi Makokha
Summary of Activities
Yet another amazing year! Thanks to the LDH staff and team in partnership and support from MMI/RMF. LDH/RMF year 2014 objectives were exceeded as per our expectations. The hospital is thankful for the generous support given to them by RMF/MMI since inception and running for four years.

Results &
ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Medical Equipment Purchase
Maternity Receives Necessary Supplies
Maternity received stretchers, dirty linen carriers, medicine trolleys, Doppler, delivery couches, BP machines, stethoscopes, weighing scales, examination couches, and delivery kits

Medical Equipment Repairs
Equipment Well-maintained
More than 90 pieces of equipment at the hospital were repaired and serviced during the quarter.

Cleaning Supplies
Wards Remain Clean and Hygienic
RMF has constantly maintained that the inpatient unit be kept disinfected and clean at all times. It is for that reason that we purchased more cleaning material and disinfectants in the quarter.

Medical Supplies
Emergency Drugs Received
As always, the pediatric ward benefitted in the quarter by receiving emergency drugs for the children being admitted at the ward.

Background
& Objectives
Background
Lodwar District Hospital (DH) is the only functional government regional referral hospital for all of Turkana region, spanning a population of almost 1,000,000. This is where the vast majority of the Turkana and other populations of Northwestern Kenya as well as people from across the borders to Uganda and South Sudan seek help when they need more advanced care requiring medical equipment and specialized skills that cannot be provided at dispensaries, health centers, or private health clinics. Lodwar DH has been struggling for years with wards in need of major repair, and supplies and drugs that come in with great irregularity from the government health supplies department in Nairobi.
Objectives
- Rehabilitate the infrastructure at Lodwar District Hospital, beginning with the pediatric ward and proceeding to male and female wards.
- Rehabilitate equipment set at Lodwar District Hospital, beginning with the pediatric ward and proceeding to male and female wards, outpatient department, operating theatre and physiotherapy department.
- Provide regularity to supplies of basic medical devices, disposables, and pharmaceuticals, complementing the items from Kenya Medical Supplies (KEMSA).
- Provide equipment maintenance and spare parts management.
- Organize on-site clinical training, beginning with general equipment use and care, and pediatric emergency care.
- Provide outreach campaigns.

Numbers
Served
Q4, 2014
22,314 Outpatients
A total of 22,314 Outpatients (6,729 being pediatric outpatients); 1,178 In-Patients (716 pediatric In-Patients); and 338 Occupational Therapy Patients were treated at LDH in Q4 2014.


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