The Rhein - Valley Hospital in Nakuru-Kasambara opened in 2004 and is directed by Ruth Schäfer of Switzerland. The hospital relies solely on donations for buying food and medicine for the poor and suffering locals. Moreover, all funds are used directly for patient care. Every year thousands of people visit the hospital for medical help and nowadays also for food and shelter. Blog Editor: Kedar Misani.

You can send your donations to the Alpha Rheintal Bank, CH - 9442 Berneck, Switzerland; Clearing 6920, BIC RBABCH22926;
IBAN: CH75 06920016 1856 71206, Verein Rhein-Valley Hospital, CH - 9450 Altstätten, Switzerland.


Friday, July 4, 2008

Cholera protection for 5000 people

rs. The delegation of the Government that visited us yesterday also brought us medications to protect the population against cholera. So far we could give the pills to 5000 people that should protect them for the duration of about one week. Again, there were lines of people in front of the hospital and we served them out of the window so that only ill patients had to go inside. In Kasambara the cholera situation improved a bit although we still have to be cautious. One news item was still alarming: in the General Hospital one nurse got infected after she treated cholera patients. Fortunately we were very cautious at the Rhein-Valley Hospital and reacted immediately after the first cholera cases with masks for the staff, gloves and boots.

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