Critical Need for Levolosi Hospital in Tanzania

Together, Andrea (of Italy), Minami (of Japan), and Mika (from America) are the three healthcare workers volunteering for the Medical Mission project with IVHQ this month at Levolosi, a 45-bed public hospital in Arusha, Tanzania. 

Each of us were brought together from different parts of the world to serve in the resource restrained country of Tanzania with one of the lowest rates of access to health care in the world.

Your kind contribution to our site has been arranged to go directly to the hospital to serve their basic equipment needs in their in-patient services to treat those commonly challenged by HIV/AIDS, malaria, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, chronic respiratory diseases, and mental health conditions. 

As we wrap up our volunteer work here, we reflect on our time spent in Tanzania with our views on simplicity that has changed forever and fully embrace the culture of ‘tuko pamoja’ (Swahili for ‘we are together’) and invite you to join us in improving the health conditions of Tanzania.

Asante (Thank you) and in divine love and friendship, 

Andrea, Minami, and Mika

Immediate equipment needs with the priority as follows

①Portable monitor Machine ×1　$862 (Recomended donation : $100)

The portable monitor can track a patient's physiological parameters including ECG, non-invasive blood pressure (NIBP), oxygen saturation (SpO2), pulse rate (PR), respiration rate (RESP) and body temperature (TEMP).

②Suction machine ×1　$231 (Recomended donation : $50)

Suction machine is a type of medical device that is primarily used for removing obstructions — like mucus, saliva, blood, or secretions — from a person's airway.

③Crashcart ×1　$444 (Recomended donation : $75)

A crash cart contains the equipment and medications that would be required to treat a patient in the first thirty minutes or so of a medical emergency.

④Ambu bag ×2　$78 (Recomended donation : $35)

Ambu bag is a hand-held device commonly used to provide positive pressure ventilation to patients who are not breathing or not breathing adequately.

⑤Pulse Oximeter ×2　$30 (Recomended donation : $15)

Pulse oximetry is a test used to measure the oxygen level (oxygen saturation) of the blood.

⑥Donations raised beyond the goal will fund the needs for the rest of the hospital with its shortages