Medical Clinic

Background

The nearest reliable hospital is about 40 km away from Dzuwa.  Not very far by our standards, but considering the sick must be transported across rough dirt roads on an ox cart pulled by a bicycle, it might as well be on a different continent. Many patients die on the way to the hospital, while others don’t bother unless they are very sick, and in which case it is often too late.

While the Malawian government does send a HSA (Health Surveillance Assistant) to the village every month or so (provided there are enough supplies), the HSA only treats children under the age of five.  Thus for the vast majority of people in Dzuwa, medical care is virtually non-existent. 

The immediate plan is to staff the clinic with a full time nurse that can provide basic medical care to all the people of  Dzuwa, with particular emphasis on providing care to pregnant women and young children.  Additionally, the nurse will lead classes on such topics as personl hygiene, nutrition and HIV/AIDS prevention.

 

Plan

Volunteers Mica Beving (an architect) and Eric McCullum (a structural engineer) are charged with creating a site plan and construction began in summer 2007.

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