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The Making Of The First Burn Unit In

Yohannes Demissie /M.D./ The making of the first burn unit

 Burn care in Ethiopia – Situation of burns

– Burn workshops in South Ethiopia

– A center in

THROUGH

– Collaboration between the AA Health Bureau & HUH, Norway funded by NORAD,

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Partnership agreement May 2000

Yekatit 12 Hospital Haukeland University Hospital Norway

Sponsor: NORAD (Norwegian Agency for International Development)

HaukelandHYekatit A U K 12 UniversityE HospitalL A N D HospitalBurn UnitU H Yekatit 12 Hospital Burn Unit 11/4/2017 Objectives of the Burn Project

 I. Develop suitable infrastructure

. ward, ENT clinic Yekatit 12 Hospital Burn Unit . infusion unit,, ...... endoscopy room, ...... bacteriology lab, OR, . . pharmacy store, . ref. clinic, work- shop, . physiotherapy

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II. Training of personnel  Nurses  plastic surgeons,  physiotherapists,  FK …..

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III. Provide clinical service

 wound care, surgical care, Nutritional support Physiotherapy,  Bacteriology lab

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Post resuscitation  Wound care

– Vaseline gauze – Saline – Bacteriology

 Nutritional support

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 Physiotherapy,

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IV. Increase awareness Based on study made Focused on Burn Prevention & The culprit in rural Ethiopia First aid

11/4/2017 CLP Project 2003

 CLP Project with an objective of establishing a cleft team composed of:  • Plastic surgeon • Speech therapist •ENT •Orthodontist •Pediatrician

11/4/2017 Merger of the 2 projects

Burn / CLP Project 2005

11/4/2017 Outputs Infrastructure

 Burn unit,  Cleft ward,  Operation room / RR

 Infusion unit  Med workshop,

 Out patient unit,  Physiotherapy unit,

11/4/2017 Outputs infra-structure

 Main OR, Burn/CLP OR

 ENT Clinic

 Endoscopy Room

 Hospital sewer system

 Hospital-garden

11/4/2017 Outputs Personnel training India Norway Other Plastic Surgeons 14 Sandwich Training

Nurses 6 2

Dentists India 2 1

Med. Tech 2

Infusion product/n 3 Tanzania Dental Tech. 1

Physiotherapists 2 S. Africa 1 Uganda Speech therapists 6 S. Africa

11/4/2017 ENT Specializat/n 1 SA

Collaborations

– AAU – Norway: FK, Diakoneskhijem, Nursing college in Bergen, Swedish college of nurses. – ALERT

– Canada, U.S.A., Greece, TFW, – ‘Catholic sisters’ net work’ Smile train, Interplast, Rotary,

– AMREF – India: CMC & H, Stanly med school, Sri Ramachandra college – Project – Uganda: Fredscorpset – Netherland: Dutch - foundation… _ South Africa: UCT, Red Cross hospital in Cape Town, – U.K. Facing Africa

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Fredscorps

 Through the trilateral exchange

among

 Ethiopia, Norway & India

Later

 Ethiopia, Norway & Uganda

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11/4/2017 Consolidation of the Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Unit

2006 11/4/2017 Future challanges  Keep up service

 Keep up training

 Keep up alternative financial supports

 Consumables

 Retention of personnel 11/4/2017 Stakeholders

AAAHB /Yekatit 12 Hospital ALERT/ Hospital FMOH AAU

– Affiliation of our unit, – DTU AAU – SLT traning AAU

11/4/2017 PRS UnitS 2017

Unit 1 & 2 – 5 Consultant Plastic surgeons – 3 fellows in the 3-year-program – 9 + at TAH Residents – 19-bed-burn unit – 16 beds for other PRS cases

Unit 2 at ALERT

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