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FREE EYE MEDICAL MISSION AND SCREENING. – March 2023
Our hospital also joined the rest of the eye world to create awareness and sensitization on the eye disease -Glaucoma. The WORLD GLAUCOMA WEEK {WGW}took place between 12th to 18th March 2023.
Delivering a lecture on the WGW health week activities , the head of eye care department , Dr Judith Ahunanya lamented that “ Nigeria has a high prevalence of Glaucoma , and Glaucoma is the leading cause of irreversible blindness in the world. “
The hospital eye medical mission activities helped to screen and treat over five thousand patients, of varied forms of eye diseases, particularly glaucoma.
These also included students from many of the surrounding schools and academies , who also used the occasion as an excursion into the multifarious medical equipment seen all over the hospital.
IMPROVED DIALYSIS AND NEPHROLOGY SERVICES. – March 2023
As part of efforts to improve the dialysis services in the hospital , the hospital has launched three additional dialysis machines. This brings to five , the number of functional dialysis machines in the centre.
These were unveiled as part of activities to mark the World Kidney Day which was celebrated globally on Thursday March 9th , 2023. The theme for this year’s celebration was “ Kidney Health For All : Preparing For the Unexpected, Supporting the Vulnerable “
To mark the World kidney day , our hospital created awareness and sensitization of kidney health to the communities. We also offered free dialysis treatment sessions to about 10 patients on that day , who also benefitted from the new machines.
Dialysis services are now fully available and are open 24 hours a day, for seven days in a week, and can take five patients at a time.
NYSC CAMP CLINIC ACTIVITIES 2023 BATCH A STREAM 1. – February 2023
Our hospital, St Marys Children and Community Hospital Umuowa Orlu , as partners with the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), and the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), is in charge of managing the NYSC Camp Clinic during orientation activities . For the 2023 batch A stream 1, more than 1500 corp members were in camp from 25th January , 2023 to 15th February 2023.
The hospital camp clinic medical team were fully deployed for this service , and received commendations from both the state and national agencies for exemplary and excellent service.
LEADERSHIP MEETING OF SMCCH HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS – January 2023
The 2023 first quarter meeting of all the heads of departments/ units / wards and programmes of the hospital was held on the 27th of January 2023. The founder / president, Rev Fr Dr Sergius Duru , who was on his vacation in Nigeria during this time , chaired the meeting. The strategic plans towards collaboration to advance and develop the hospital in 2023 were presented by all the units. Also , Assistant Heads of all the departments/ units were also appointed, to strengthen departmental roles / functions.
There had been also several other committee/ programme and departmental meetings with the President ; which are all geared towards the continued development of the hospital.
The following new key positions were also created
- Assistant Medical Director. Dr Francis Okorie
- Assistant Director Clinical Services. Dr Obinna Emeto
- Assistant Matron. Mrs Maryann Iloka
- Assistant Accountant. Ms Uju Amadi
- Head Personnel / Human Resources. Mr Donatus Egbosimba
ARRIVAL OF CONTAINER SHIPMENT FROM GERMANY/ AUSTRIA – JANUARY 2023.
The container shipment from Germany / Austria arrived the hospital safely. This container contains various types of sophisticated equipment and hospital supplies. These shall be deployed for the clinical development of the hospital.
HOSPITAL END OF YEAR CHRISTMAS PARTY/ CANTATA – DECEMBER 2022. December 21, 2022
The 2022 End of Year Christmas party was celebrated on 21st December 2022. The day features varied presentations, dances and social events. There was a Christmas Cantata by the Angelic voices choir of the hospital. Other attractions included the raffle draws, awards and gifts to some members of staff and students.
SMCCH CELEBRATES WORLD DIABETES DAY. – NOVEMBER 2022. November 14, 2022
Our hospital joined the rest of the world to celebrate the World Diabetes Day on 14th November, 2022. This was aimed at creating awareness and education on the prevention, and management of Diabetes Mellitus.
As part of the ceremonies, there were free Diabetes Screening for all the patients , and health education in the all the out patients clinic hall all through the week. More than 2000 patients were screened during this period.
Appointment of a new Hospital Administrator. October , 2022
The board of management of the hospital has approved the appointment of Mr Mark Smith Ogala as the acting Administrator of our hospital with effect from 1st October, 2022. He has since assumed duties and it is expected that he will bring a great wealth of managerial and administrative development to the institution.
SMCCH Collaboration with NYSC and NHIA October, 2022
St Marys Children and Community hospital Unuowa has been selected and approved to run and manage the Imo State National Youth Service Corps {NYSC} camp clinic. This was contained in the approval letter to the hospital from the NYSC , in collaboration with the National Health Insurance Authority. { NHIA }
This collaboration shall commence immediately with the 2022 Batch C corp members. We hope that this collaboration shall help strengthen the role of our hospital in comprehensive and exce health care delivery in the state.
Partnership With Merciful Heart Foundation MHF. October, 2022
Our hospital has entered into a partnership with Merciful Heart Foundation
(www.mercifulhearts.org). Established in 2006, Merciful Hearts Foundation is a tax-exempt not-for-profit organization that provides preventive healthcare services to poor pregnant women, infants, children under five years, and elderly citizens of rural Imo State, Nigeria-Africa.
As partners , our hospital shall be responsible for the treatment and care of all its beneficiaries, and provide comprehensive maternal and child health care services with effect from 1st October, 2022.
Reacting to this development , the President of MHF , Dr Nnakwe expressed her excitement on this new collaboration , while the chairman of the board of management of our hospital, Pharm George Nwagha assured her , that our healthcare delivery to all its patients shall be in line with extant best practices.
OPENING OF EAR NOSE AND THROAT CLINIC / SERVICES September, 2022
The hospital has commenced full scale ENT Services from 1st September, 2023. As part of activities to introduce the newly opened Ear Nose and Throat Clinic and Services in the hospital , there was a seminar on ENT- INTRODUCTION TO ENT DISEASES AND SERVICES. Our ENT specialist , Dr Arinze Onyekwelu highlighted many of the symptoms and scope of the sub specialty.
The ENT Clinic is on Fridays , with ENT surgery is on Fridays / Saturdays , while Emergency ENT services are available 24 hours 7 days a week.
Speaking further , the hospital Paediatrician , Dr Adikuru , was very much elated with the introduction of this services , as she noted that many of her paediatric patients will need ENT consultations and care.
COLLABORATION WITH CHILDREN HOSPITAL SANKT AUGUSTIN GERMANY, AUGUST, 2022
We had a medical exchange programme between our hospital and Asklepios Children’s Hospital Sankt Augustin Germany. On August 29th, 2022, all interested employees of the children’s hospital in St. Augustin were able to find out more about the new children’s center in our St. Mary’s Children’s Hospital in Umuowa, Orlu, Nigeria.
Our initiator Dr. Sergius Duru came all the way from Austria to encourage a lively exchange between doctors, pediatric nurses, technicians and therapists, and to provide lots of information about the 20th anniversary of our hospital in Nigeria.
Mrs. Karin Hünteler, project manager Uzondu Bonn and also employee in the SPZ St Augustin,reported on the country and the health system in Nigeria and on the newly designed Children and Adolescent complex, and its departments such as the newborn and premature baby ward and the regular ward of the new children’s center in our hospital.
At the end, there was a lively professional exchange in a relaxed atmosphere, laying the first innovative foundations for the cooperation between the St. Augustin Children’s Hospital Germany and St. Mary’s Children’s Hospital.
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