Our Lui Hospital urgently needs office supplies and all kinds of other materials that are normally found in a hospital, such as portable lamps for the delivery room in the changing room.
Many serious diseases occur in the Lui hospital region. Most of the patients brought in are children under the age of 5. These children often have diarrhea and are dehydrated. But other diseases are also common, such as measles, eye diseases and even cholera.
Unfortunately, we do not have a real ambulance as used in the Western world. We do have access to old Toyota Landcruisers, without further facilities. Unfortunately, the last Landcruiser broke down a few years ago. We hope for better times.
There is no good system for paying salaries in Lui. Many hospital employees receive no salary or very little compensation. Although we used to have a nurse training in-house, funded by Samaritans Purse, there are now hardly any qualified doctors and nurses to be found.
Unfortunately, development in Lui is lagging behind. For example, we only have a single laptop in the entire hospital, which is used for laboratory administration. For the rest, we mainly work with pen, paper and typewriter.
Jaco and Jeannet van Maaren from the African Mission foundation are visiting the Lui Hospital. Clean drinking water is urgently needed. The current well no longer functions properly because the groundwater level has dropped.
