An update bulletin from Dr Lwoga to all
churches who support St Luke’s through the Anglican mission agency
USPG. Dr Lwoga is the only doctor at the hospital and of retirement
age himself USPG need to raise £16,650 during 2005 as part of
our ongoing commitment to the hospital.
Life at St Luke’s continues and we are slowly making improvements
to the hospital and our facilities and service to the community, thanks
to your generosity through prayer and giving, it is only through the
long-term commitment from USPG that we are able to help the people of
Milo and the surrounding areas.
Revival and Renovation
There has been quite a lot of building work at St Luke’s over
the past few months. You may remember that the dispensary at Ludewa
was shut down completely after a severe fire. Thankfully, due to much
hard work, it is now up and running again, although it still has some
furniture damage, which we plan to renovate further in the
future. Expansion of Ludewa Dispensary and Njombe Health Centre started
during 2004. We have commissioned builders to construct maternity
wings for these two facilities through funds donated by friends from
England. Through your kind donations, we have also been able to purchase
an ultra sound scanner and an X-ray machine. These have been installed
and are working well. We have also recently acquired a computer which
we are slowly learning how to use. To improve our water supply, a
new intake for piped water was built towards the end of 2004. We have
now started getting a supply of water from this extra source. Work
has also started on harvesting precious rain water.
Education
Education is the key to growth. Our library is growing, thanks in
the most part to a number of up-to-date reference books and booklets
donated by the World Health Organisation. During the year we continued
to receive more and more of their publications. We also now receive
the Nursing Times journal. Although self-learning from books is important,
we recognise that this needs to be backed up by training and teaching.
Due to limited resources, most of the nurses and doctors receive their
training from other hosnitals in Tanzania but St Luke’s still
tries to organise as much as it can 'in-house'."
Source: The Spire Magazine - 2005 September
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