I am very pleased to provide you with an update on the x-ray
project and happy to announce that we have reached our fundraising target! This
is great news for Ola During Children’s Hospital and the children in Sierra
Leone.
More good news is that the equipment is scheduled to arrive
on the 18th of May and a clearing agent is already processing the
paper work so that we get the equipment out of the port within days of its
arrival. Meanwhile, the recruitment process for x-ray technicians is underway and
a Canadian radiographer arrived last week to help set up the x-ray department
and further train the technicians over the next 4 months. The radiography staff
will undergo a radiation protection safety training in May 2013 and the
Radiation Protection Board will come to inspect the x-ray department in June,
which is when we hope to have the x-ray department up and running.
I continue to be very excited about this project because I
know that a functioning x-ray department will have a positive impact on the care
we can provide for the children in the hospital. I look forward to the day that
we no longer have to send children across town to Connaught hospital for
x-rays!
I would like to extend my appreciation to everyone who
raised money for this project, as friends and family of Welbodi Partnership
staff made over 150 contributions over the past 9 months. I would also like to
thank the various Foundations that have made significant contributions to this
project.
Tenki plenti.
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