during his stay in the south of Zimbabwe.
The 59-year-old general and addiction medicine is from Peter Ackle
Ehrendingen deeply impressed by the people of Zimbabwe and of the work
is being done by Solidarmed and supported. inflow of Fränzi
"Africa has always fascinated me," says Peter Ackle, a specialist in
general medicine and medical director of the Department of Addiction
Medicine in Neuenhof. And actually, he had played for years with the
idea of making a profit in Africa once used as a doctor.
After visiting several hospitals in Uganda, northern Kenya and Gabon
(Lambarene), Peter Ackle has committed this year for a few weeks as
part of Solidarmed (Swiss Organization for Health in Africa) in a
hospital in Zimbabwe.
The Silveira's Hospital, which pays for basic medical care to over
150,000 people, is led for almost 10 years ago by the Swiss doctor
Christian Seelhofer. "The hospital has 150 beds, together with a local
doctor and the local Christian Nurses Seelhofer also manages 80 to 100
patients daily outpatient basis," says Peter Ackle.
Most people in the catchment area of the hospital are
self-sufficient and very poor, many have barely enough to eat, there
is no electricity in their round huts. "To get to the hospital, the
patients and their relatives mile-long march to take into account,"
says Peter Ackle.
Is "That's too many protracted illness because they are only treated
late. Tuberculosis, HIV and malaria are the three most common serious
infectious diseases that can be adequately treated here. Alone in the
clinic of the hospital-Silveira are supervised over 3000 AIDS
patients. "
This countryside hospital, whose infrastructure Solidarmed significant
support, be set up very well under the circumstances. "It represents a
district hospital at us with departments of surgery, obstetrics,
internal medicine and pediatrics.
In addition, include an orphanage and huts for women in labor to the
hospital, where pregnant women live, until they bring their children
to the world. "Attached is a school for nurses, which also
participates actively in the supply.
There is a list of essential drugs, which are generally available.
"Nevertheless, the ongoing initiative of managers with respect to a
well-functioning pharmacy is a perennial favorite. Thanks to the
well-maintained basic infrastructure (laboratory, X-ray, ultrasound,
operating rooms, anesthesia with competent human resources) are often
made accurate diagnoses can be treated quickly and conclusively. "
Peter was also impressive Ackle the fact that nurses regularly visit
local villages and huts, and on-site using a specially written
diagnosis and treatment of the book just to provide simple and
reliable scheme to patients.
The use of physicians in hospital-Silveira were valued by the
population, so Ackle: "People are very grateful and take seriously the
advice of doctors.
However, since the ancestral cult is alive and well, it takes the
doctors and some flair to convey medical statements so that they are
consistent with the lifestyle of the patient and can thus be followed
properly. "So, you move between ancestor worship and modern medicine,"
says Ackles. "In Silveira Hospital is a very good job," states the
doctor Aargau.
Particularly impressed him was the respectful attitude of doctors and
staff over the population. "You do not appear as patronizing <Retter>,
but help where it is necessary to bind and patients and relatives in
the responsible one."
"Difficult for me was not the simple life in Zimbabwe, but a lot more
coming back," says Peter Ackle. "The huge contrast between the poor
people who need daily to fight for the essentials, and prosperity here
with us, was between the base and the super-medicine, almost
overwhelming," looks back Ackle. And sometimes he longs for the rather
meager life in Zimbabwe, where there were few distractions and thus an
unimpeded access to the real essence.
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