Health Mission in Nigeria

During our health mission to Nigeria, we visited three (3) health care centers.

These health care centers were:

1. Awka Etiti Primary health care center
2. Nnobi Primary Care Health Care Center and
3. Fatima Hospital and maternity.

All in Anambra State Nigeria.

Visit to Awka Etiti Community Primary Health Care.

During our visit to Awka Etiti Primary health care Center, our local team leaders were able to interview a patient at the health center who just delivered a baby.

This is what she said:

“Patients were not properly cared for during their stay.

This is because there are no quarters for the nurses to stay overnight. Sometimes when we are in labor and come to the health center, we will almost deliver the baby before the nurses will get to the health center.

There is no bathroom at the health center; they all took showers outside after child birth. She said that though medicine was provided, they are inadequate. State government medication allocation never goes to the patients.

No water for usage before and after child births, no functional toilet available to use.”

VinMabel Foundation team also interviewed the Midwife, Mrs. Bridget Okoli at the health care center. She indicated that she has a lot to share but testified to a few of the common problems as follows:

“No electricity light to use within the facility. The Health Center is using Hurricane lanterns at present. We need generator and supply of fuel to run it. Termite infestation on all interior partition wood walls, the floors are broken.”

Mrs. Okoli also stressed the need for accommodation or quarters, with adequate toilets and bathrooms for the nurses to stay overnight at the Health Center to facilitate emergency response to child birth at night.

In conclusion, Mrs. Okoli is asking for any assistance from the public, government, and individuals to help in providing everything needed to make the place look like an urgent Health Care Center.

Things we donated to health Centers:

Our supports to communities:

VinMabel Foundation donated 40 containers filled with medical supplies and equipment:

1. Hospital benches,
2. Cleaning supplies and boxes of hand gloves.
3. Bed linens, flat sheets, and pillowcases for hospital beds.
4. Boxes of mop buckets and of mop sticks.
5. Transportation/examination beds.
6. BP check telescopes
7. Boxes Diabetic MONITORING Machines and test trips.

These items were shared among Nnobi health center, Awka Etiti community health care center and Fatima Hospital.

VinMabel Foundation donated several hospital transportations to 3 health centers.

We also donated 20 (bench) chairs to the health centers to replace the ones below.

In USA, VinMabel Foundation donates generously to families and organizations that need any kind of assistance within our organizational policies.

RENOVATION OF MATERNITY WARD, FATIMA HOSPITAL:

VinMabel Foundation undertook the renovation of dilated Fatima Hospital starting with maternity wards, women’s ward, and the theater.

Removed all the broken floors, roofers, windows, and wooden doors and replaced with:

1. floor tiles,
2. Alumaco windows
3. Modern iron doors
4. Re-tiled all the bathrooms, change all old outdated bathroom fittings to new ones.
5. Tile and furnished the doctors’ offices
6. Supplied new orthopedic mattresses for all the beds
7. New window blinds
8. Painted all the wards

VinMabel Foundation also gave health care insurance to 40 less privileged.