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Medical Clinic
While the Malawian government does send a HSA (Health Surveillance Assistant) to the village every month or so (provided there are enough supplies), the HSA only treats children under the age of five. Thus for the vast majority of people in Dzuwa, medical care is virtually non-existent. The immediate plan is to staff the clinic with a full time nurse that can provide basic medical care to all the people of Dzuwa, with particular emphasis on providing care to pregnant women and young children. Additionally, the nurse will lead classes on such topics as personl hygiene, nutrition and HIV/AIDS prevention.
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The nearest reliable hospital is about 40 km away from Dzuwa. Not very far by our standards, but considering the sick must be transported across rough dirt roads on an ox cart or a bicycle, it might as well be on a different continent. Many patients die on the way to the hospital, while others don’t bother unless they are very sick, and in which case it is often too late.
The construction of the clinic was completed in November of 2008. We have also built two homes for the clinic workers, as the Malawian government agreed to pay their salaries if we provided their housing. We are now supplying the clinic with medicine, equipment, and furniture. We must now get government approval before we can treat patients. Please pray that this process will not take any longer than would be absolutely necessary, that the government will be pleased with we are doing in Dzuwa, and that they will want to support us in our efforts.
