 Tembo Hospital is really a clinic forced to be a hospital in an
isolated area with a rapidly growing and poor population. Their needs
include a building, operating instruments, solar electricity,
mattresses for the beds and diagnostic equipment for the nurses and
doctors.
The Tembo Hospital serves a community of 65,000 and the reference hospital for a zone of over 100,000. Recently, 2 doctors agreed to work in Tembo, one as chief medical officer for the zone and the other as medical director for the hospital. Before 2005, there was no doctor in the area.
Tembo is known both for its diamonds and for the large number of Angolan refugees. These factors make Tembo a very poor area. Kids are taken out of school to search for diamonds. The diamonds in turn, are sold for a small sum to the diamond traders flying in on Russian Antanovs on a daily basis. Many of the refugees that have come across the border, particularly over the last 20 years, are starting to go back since the Angolan situation has stablized. However, there are estimated about 12,000 people without citizenship (no school, no land, etc.)
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The MB church in the area is very active in hospital activities but does not "own" the site. It plays a role on the council and is supportive of any improvements. The church, however, owns a number of clinics in the area. Each clinic is essentially a 2 room "hut" staffed by a trained nurse. Equipment include a few instruments and a stethescope. Consumables, such as syringes, needles, gloves and medicine are almost non-existant.
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Tembo hospital ward
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Tembo hospital buildings
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Public health office
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Operating room instruments
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Birthing bed
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Nursing students
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Budget:
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USD
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Build health zone office
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Construction
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23,000
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Operating room rehabilitation
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lighting, autoclave and instruments
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3,300
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Laboratory rehabilitation
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3,070
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Solar lighting rehabilitation
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5,500
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Beds and matresses
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Wooden beds, matresses
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1,810
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Diagnostic equipment
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Stethescope, bp cuffs, etc.
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880
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Medicine
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Medicine credit line
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11,000
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Provided for by CIDA funding
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SUB-TOTAL
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48,560
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Included: MBMSI fee (7.5%), Kinshasa bank fee (2%) and interior transportation fee (10%)
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Congo Health & Development |
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