Aira Hospital

Actually we do not celebrate neither Christmas, nor New Year at this time. Christmas will be on January 7^th and New Year is on September 11^th. However we follow the same calendar as in Europe when it comes to registration of the operating room activities. I guess by old habit from the time when the hospital was a true missionary hospital run by the “foreignjies” (the white people).

3 786 is the number of surgical procedures performed in 2008, not including the several hundreds of eye surgeries done by the ophthalmic nurse at the OPD.

This remarcable result could never have possible without the hard working and dedicated operating theater staff who are always in full activity, never wasting a minute. Often they do two assignements at one time, like supervising the postoperativer patients and at the same time preparing surgical instruments.

 

The OR technicaians who have no formal medical training are doing a lot of minor surgeries on their own, and always closing up after major surgeries to speed up the program.

 

Maternity has also been busy. Often the staff there is overwhelmedd with complicated deliveres arriving simultaneously while at the same time they have to care for critical patients as well.

This lady came with IUFD (Intra Uterine Fetal Death – the baby had died in the womb) and very severe eclampsia. At arrival she was deeply unconscious with convulsions and very high blod pressure. The child was extracted immediately on arrival by craniotomy (destructive delivery). The patient had valium infusion, magnesium sulfate and hydralazine. The later had to be given at 5 minutes interval under continously controle of the blood pressure.

The nurse, who is doing her first clinical year and do not have a lot of experience wrote “Oh, God help us. Please!” And He did. The patients has recovered miracoulsly and is now semi awake after 48 hours.

Patient after 24 hours	Patient after 48 hours
Husband and father watching the patient	Sister Ayantu - I fancy the hat!
Documentation	Oh, God help us! Please

  

 

eclampsia ← click here to watch a remarkable recovery from severe eclampsia in 48 hrs  

 

Tags: eclampsia, IUFD

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