Making A Hospital Healthier
July 8, 2014
Now the staff's family member can collect safe water from tapstands at the hospital.
A group of Rotarians had been working with the hospital, donating desperately needed wheel chairs. While visiting the hospital, the Rotarians immediately realized the dire water situation Kapiri Mission Hospital faced and reached out to Water Missions International’s office in Malawi.
A WMI team traveled from their nearby office and tested the water, discovering the same bacteria as the government lab. They explained their test results to the hospital staff and pointed to the many patient records with cases of diarrhea to illustrate how the water was impacting their patients’ health. Eager for clean, safe water, the hospital asked WMI and Rotary International for help.
WMI studied the hospital’s needs and infrastructure in order to customize a safe water solution for the hospital’s staff and patients, while Rotary International worked to procure funding for the project. With funds in place, WMI staff installed two chlorination systems that treated the local well water, rendering it safe for consumption.
Safe water system operator Simon stands next to the hospital's chlorination system.
Now safe water flows in Kapiri Mission Hospital, providing doctors with safe water for surgical operations and nurses confidence in the water that they give their patients to drink.
“Ever since Water Missions International helped us with the safe water provision, cases of water related illnesses have decreased at the hospital. We used to have many patients suffering from diarrheal diseases before we were introduced to chlorinated water, but with the availability of safe water we no longer experience all these illnesses,” explained an overjoyed staff member Simon. “We are all very happy with the safe water as it is improving our health and well-being at the hospital. Now we can look forward to healthy lives.”
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