Wollo University Dessie Teaching and Referral Hospital is the most important health facility in the Amhara region in northern Ethiopia with a catchment area of 10 million people.
During the recent Ethiopian conflict, the hospital sustained significant damage and looting. Our aim was to support the refurbishment of 1-2 functioning operating theatres and wards to allow vital surgery to recommence as quickly as possible.
The hospital gratefully received:
- a new autoclave (equipment sterilising machine),
- a large shipment of orthopaedic plates and screws, and
- a 40 ft sea container of donated medical equipment which included 2 operating tables, anaesthesia machine, 16 hospital beds and 60 mattresses, examination table, wheelchairs, gloves, two computers, and much needed medical supplies.
Dr Haymanot Ayele, Hospital CEO, advised “Autoclave has reached us and solved a big problem for us. Thank you!”
ADFA acknowledges the many equipment donors, including Bentley, Fremantle, Royal Perth and Subiaco Private Hospitals, Wheelchairs for Kids, and Network-IT.
