In Kigoma – Up to the Heri Hospital

We headed up to Heri Hospital today to do a site visit as a potential next place in the region for our next two campaigns. It is a regional mission hospital another hour north of here in the heart of coffee country and near the Burundi border.

I had already spoken to the director, a Philippino-American surgeon who was enthusiastic about participating. The long and short of it is that the facility is a decent and functional hospital that can accommodate both our training and clinical space needs, as well as house of our staff, volunteers and participants. And finally, we have already received the blessings of the Regional Minister of Health to continue, so we’re good to go.

My forward vision for this project is one more round of training, this time at Heri Hospital, with a follow on refresher for the same group and then passing off the start up to a larger organization with capacity to roll it out regionally. So far, it is all falling into place.

So much more to share but there is work to do.

Pinch me.