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ST JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL The town of Jirapa has a population of 30,000. Agriculture is the backbone of the district’s economy, engaging about 80% of the people. St. Joseph’s Hospital in Jirapa serves the town and the local villages. The hospital was founded by the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary in 1949 as a wound-dressing centre. It was converted into a hospital and adopted by the Catholic Mission of Tamale in 1953. It is now under the control of the government. Two training schools originally attached to the hospital are now the autonomous Jirapa Nurses' Training College and Jirapa Midwifery Training College. |
Simon's Mango Tree became involved with St Joseph's Hospital in 2012.
The hospital was in great need of basic equipment. Many of the facilities e.g. obstetric ward and operating theatres, were decades old and equipment such as beds, mattresses, operating tables, delivery beds and baby resuscitation equipment needed to be replaced. Between 2012 and 2015, Simon's Mango Tree equipped an empty building within the hospital to create 3 new and functioning operating theatres and a recovery room. It also completely re-furnished the obstetric ward as well as supplying hundreds of boxes of medical equipment such as surgical gloves, sutures, dressings, surgical instruments and scrubs, patient gowns, stethoscopes and nappies.
Simon's Mango Tree believes that every operation is a learning opportunity for the local doctors and nurses. We do not demand that things are done our way but we do add to the local practices and hope that we leave behind some of our knowledge and experience when we leave.
The hospital was in great need of basic equipment. Many of the facilities e.g. obstetric ward and operating theatres, were decades old and equipment such as beds, mattresses, operating tables, delivery beds and baby resuscitation equipment needed to be replaced. Between 2012 and 2015, Simon's Mango Tree equipped an empty building within the hospital to create 3 new and functioning operating theatres and a recovery room. It also completely re-furnished the obstetric ward as well as supplying hundreds of boxes of medical equipment such as surgical gloves, sutures, dressings, surgical instruments and scrubs, patient gowns, stethoscopes and nappies.
Simon's Mango Tree believes that every operation is a learning opportunity for the local doctors and nurses. We do not demand that things are done our way but we do add to the local practices and hope that we leave behind some of our knowledge and experience when we leave.
Before and after pictures showing some of the work Simon's Mango Tree has done in St Joseph's Hospital 2012-2016
October 2016 team
May 2017 Team
October 2017 team
May 2018 team
October 2018 team
May 2019 team
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We also organise lecture courses for the doctors and nurses which are held in the nurses’ training college within the hospital grounds. Our project has linked Northwick Park Hospital in London with St Joseph's Hospital in Jirapa. Our aim for this relationship is that it should grow stronger, be long lasting and of mutual benefit. |
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Our future aims include:
- To continue to support existing projects that supply theatre equipment and provide education for the nursing college.
- To help to equip a newly built obstetric ward with beds, resuscitation equipment, cots, incubators, delivery tables, trolleys, delivery instruments etc.
- To expand our educational support throughout the hospital.
- To work towards taking surgical teams to treat patients.
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