“And then I call it … the Orange Room”, with these words the Dutch ambassador cuts the orange ribbon and opens the new building for the pediatric ward. What started four years ago just once a week, has now become an important pillar of care in the clinic. Thanks to the Dutch Embassy and other sponsors, the pediatric ward now has its highly needed building.
Each day 50 to 60 children under age 5 receive basic medical care at the pediatric ward. Malnutrition is early diagnosed, and treated in a separate nutritional program. Vaccinations are provided and we are alert to outbreaks, such as the recent measles outbreak that was discovered in our program.
Since the construction and the set-up of the program are completed, Tabitha focusses on supervision and training. As a team we try to create a continuous learning environment with educational sessions that are even visited by many other mission clinics. By so doing, we keep a high level of care and we can offer internships to new Christian medical personnel, who will often go and work in a mission clinic in rural areas.
