Covid-19 Response Support, for Sachibondu Hospital
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In all honesty Zambia has been living in relative ignorant bliss the last year when it comes to Covid-19. Our clinic spent time preparing for potential patients back in March 2020 only to find it didn't materialise. Up until December last year there had only been 4 cases in our district.
But with new variants here too the cases of Covid-19 have risen and spread hugely this month. Predictions suggest Zambia will have more cases and deaths in January than they had the entire year last year. And with only 25 vaccinations having been given in TOTAL in all low-income countries combined (compared to 39m in wealthier ones) we are way off immunity becoming a reality.
We have been designated as a Covid-19 isolation centre for our entire district. We cannot express how complex and difficult it is trying to facilitate this effectively and safely when we only have a staff of 5 nurses and 1 clinical officer and not enough furniture, trolleys, equipment, bedding etc to kit out multiple separate spaces to keep patients and staff safe.
We know of several confirmed cases in our district, none at Sach so far fortunately, but with it currently taking up to a week to get swab results we are having to think incredibly strategically about how we manage this situation and contain the spread.
We just ask that you think of us, pray for us, maybe send some words of encouragement for our staff and if anyone would like to sponsor some temporary staff that we can train in cleaning, screening and educating anyone that walks through our gates we'd be extremely grateful.
We need all the help we can get as we face the sobering reality of Covid-19 reaching our rural parts.
The needs are always great here, but perhaps even moreso at this time.
Thank you for your support.
From all of the Sachibondu Hospital management and staff.
But with new variants here too the cases of Covid-19 have risen and spread hugely this month. Predictions suggest Zambia will have more cases and deaths in January than they had the entire year last year. And with only 25 vaccinations having been given in TOTAL in all low-income countries combined (compared to 39m in wealthier ones) we are way off immunity becoming a reality.
We have been designated as a Covid-19 isolation centre for our entire district. We cannot express how complex and difficult it is trying to facilitate this effectively and safely when we only have a staff of 5 nurses and 1 clinical officer and not enough furniture, trolleys, equipment, bedding etc to kit out multiple separate spaces to keep patients and staff safe.
We know of several confirmed cases in our district, none at Sach so far fortunately, but with it currently taking up to a week to get swab results we are having to think incredibly strategically about how we manage this situation and contain the spread.
We just ask that you think of us, pray for us, maybe send some words of encouragement for our staff and if anyone would like to sponsor some temporary staff that we can train in cleaning, screening and educating anyone that walks through our gates we'd be extremely grateful.
We need all the help we can get as we face the sobering reality of Covid-19 reaching our rural parts.
The needs are always great here, but perhaps even moreso at this time.
Thank you for your support.
From all of the Sachibondu Hospital management and staff.
Organizer
Rebecca Burston
Organizer