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The Making Of The First Burn Unit In Ethiopia
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 Addis Ababa
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 Harar – Uganda: Fredscorpset – Netherland: Dutch Noma- 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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