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Improvement of Hetauda Hospital Located at the heart of Hetauda, headquarter of Makwanpur district, Hetauda Hospital was established in 1961. It serves residents of Hetauda Municipality and 43 neighboring villages. In addition, residents from neighboring districts of Bara, Rautahat, Sindhuli and their respective neighboring villages also rely on the services of this hospital. 2004 data showed that approximately 457,500 residents of Makwanpur and approximately 50,000 people from outside the district benefited from the services of this hospital. Despite such needs, the hospital has not been able to deliver quality services to people due to lack of basic equipment and services.
The coordinators of Help Makwanpur Foundation (HMF) held a series of meetings with the hospital officials in October 2007. HMF coordinators have outlined a path forward to improve the hospital and the foundation is currently seeking donors for this project. The needs of the hospital can be divided into short-term and long-term needs; we hope to seek individual donors who can sponsor smaller items for the hospital and the foundation will seek contributions from various agencies for purchase or donation of more expensive items such as X-ray machines or funds to build an emergency ward. In addition, the foundation is seeking funds to train hospital employees inside and outside of Nepal. The hospital management and the foundation have identified the following urgent equipment and training needs for the hospital (number of units required are given in parenthesis).
Short-term Needs: Generator 15 KW (1 set) Endoscopy Machine (1 set) Anesthesia machine with ventilator (2 sets) Cardiac Monitor (2 sets) Pulse-oximeter (2 sets) Ventilator (2 sets) Refrigerator (2 sets) Suction Machine (Electric) Suction Machine (Foot) Cuttry machine (2 sets) OT Light (Major) OT Light (Minor) O2 Concentrator (4 sets) CAC Set (2 sets) O2 Cylinder (10 sets) N2O Cylinder (4 sets) Emergency Set (10 set) Patient (Hospital) Bed (50 sets) Mattress (50 sets) OT Table (4 sets) Revolving Stool (50 sets) Bed Side Locker (50 sets) Boyles Apparatus (5 sets) Laryngoscope - Adult & Child (4 & 4 sets) Ambu Bag - Neonatal, Ped & Adult (4, 4 & 4 sets) Fumigation Machine (1 set) Defibrillator Machine (1 set) Hysterectomy Set (4 sets) DNC Set (6 sets) Delivery Set (6 sets) Instrument Trolley (10 sets) Medicine Trolley (10 sets) Neonatal Resuscitation Set with Trolley (2 sets) Caesarian Section Set (4 sets) Electric Diathermy- Bipolar & Unipolar (1 & 1 set) General Surgical Set Major & Minor (3 & 3 sets) Orthopedic Set (4 sets)
Long-term needs: Modern emergency ward X-ray machine 300 MVA Restrooms in the gynecology ward
Training needs: Ultrasound training Endoscopy training Anesthesia Assistant training HIV/AIDS care and treatment VCT Training for HIV/AIDs Infection prevention training Blood/urine culture training Hospital management training ECG Training CAC training BEOC training Dental Training Bio-equipment Repair Training
Current state of the Hetauda Hospital - in pictures
Emergency Ward
The foundation plans to initiate a project to train women from different villages in the Makwanpur district that could improve the economic condition of the villagers. The training will be conducted by qualified trainers from Hetauda on sewing, food drying and packaging and on horticulture.
During the first phase of training, HMF will provide financial assistance to a local non-profit organization in Hetauda to train poor, unemployed women from the villages to come to Hetauda several times a week to obtain training on sewing and stitching. Trained women will then be given access to sewing machines on pay-per-hour basis so that they can earn extra income in the villages. This project will cost approximately Rs 70,000 per year. The work will be conducted jointly by a local coordinator in Makwanpur and a US-based coordinator.
Type of vocational training may change depending upon the need and resources available. Detailed information about the specific training projects will be provided at a later date.
Government schools in the villages outside of Hetauda lack basic needs. These school buildings have mud floors, leaky roofs and insufficient or no desks for students. Lack of these basic physical structures affect the health of students and teachers, therefore keeping many young people out of school. HMF plans to identify these schools and work towards improving their conditions.
In addition, the foundation will provide scholarships to poor students from villages to come to Hetauda to attend local colleges. Each student will receive approximately Rs 6,000 per year from the foundation for 2-4 years.
We will update this section with detailed information at a later date. |
