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.


Thursday, September 25, 2008

Neonatal Day

ak. Thursdays at the RVH are neonatal days. Mothers and new-borns clog the waiting room and spill onto the lawn outside. Each mother-infant duo waits patiently so that the baby can be weighed and measured to monitor for possible malnutrition. Babies are also given vaccinations if needed, for which the hospital follows a standard international protocol. In Kasambara, where computers are about as common as Polar Bears, following this protocol requires careful manual record-keeping, otherwise children could be over or under-inoculated. By day's end, over 50 mother-infant duos had been seen and most will be back again next Thursday...same place, same time.

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