Endowment of Wanda Błeńska’s Wanda Matugga Health Center with equipment necessary to launch its medical activity
| Implementing entity: | Innovaid Foundation | Amount od co-finansing: | PLN 999,745 |
Uganda is characterised by high incidence of various infectious diseases (including AIDS, typhoid fever, malaria, and hepatitis A and E) and the unremittingly high (5.46%) infant mortality rate. The number of hospital neds per 100,000 inhabitants in Uganda is just 0.5, compared to 65,000 in Poland. The inhabitants are therefore at high risk of contracting diseases but largely unable to obtain necessary medical aid and recover. Faced with these issues, the InnovAid Foundation together with its local partners, the Order of Friars Minor, devised a project to endow the Wanda Mattuga Hospital Centre with medical equipment. Basic hospital furniture such as beds and cabinets, medical devices, and equipment to safely deliver births and assist infants with life-threatening conditions were purchased. The InnovAid Foundation volunteer helped the staff to make the centre ready for opening and supported the establishment of a management process. The local medical staff was trained on medical and administrative procedures so as to better assist patients. The hospital inauguration ceremony took place in December 2019. The first baby born in the hospital was a girl named Wanda after the hospital’s patroness. The birth was assisted by Polish volunteers. In the second module of the project, which is to be carried out in 2020, the centre's infrastructure will be expanded and additional medical devices and the first ambulance will be purchased
