Doctors, priests and donors who donate money save lives in Africa. Two hospitals were equipped in Zambia. They take in sick people and victims of wild animal attacks – including children who have been bitten by snakes or bitten by hippos and crocodiles.
At a hospital in Katondwe, Zambia, doctors amputated the hand of a boy who was bitten by a cobra. The father agreed to show his son’s face. To save her, he went with her to this hospital from Mozambique for two weeks.
Katondwe is located in southeastern Zambia, near the border with Mozambique and Zimbabwe. Patients from these three countries visit this unique regional hospital all year round. They include people who live off the animals of the Luangwe border river.
– After being bitten by a crocodile, a hippopotamus, we even injured patients from an elephant, that’s why their number is high, – explains Mr. Edita Vojtowicz from the hospital in Katondwe, Zambia.
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Therefore, bringing orthopedic equipment to this hospital and establishing an emergency department there greatly improved the level of treatment. The next child was Philip – using new equipment. He managed to save his hand.
– We managed to open a complete orthopedic department, the same orthopedic department that exists in any Polish hospital, – says orthopedist and traumatologist Bartlomiej Osadnik.
Polish doctors are unsung heroes of Zambia
The funds for this equipment and repairs were obtained not only in Katondwe, but also in the second hospital, in Mpanshya, thanks to the collection organized in Poland by the Dominican Adam Szustak. An intensive care unit will be opened in Mpanshya in rooms built from scratch. Until now, there was no such branch.
– We receive many people who have been victims of various disasters, so the intensive care unit will be very useful, – says sister Martha Muyambo from Mpanshya hospital in Zambia.
Polish doctors are the unsung heroes of health care changes in Zambia.
– My name is Adam Cymbalak, I am an anesthesiologist from Poznań. This is my third time in Zambia. You can say that I have established a permanent relationship with this center, – says Adam Sibalak, anesthesiologist.
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– We try to give them our knowledge and skills as much as possible, so that later they can work here independently and use all the equipment given to them, – says Marcin Galileichik.
In October, the UN reported that Zambia and neighboring countries are on the brink of a natural disaster due to a severe drought not seen in this part of Africa. Therefore, there are now about 21 million malnourished children living here.
– Don’t leave us alone. Please don’t leave. Let’s work together, – appeals sister Edita Voytovich.
Main photo source: Bartlomiej Osadnik
