When the AMAI team conducted the assessment at
health facilities in Lundazi district, I was unnerved by the general lack of medicine,
supplies and general infrastructure. Sometimes those supplies
were present but non-functional.
One facility received donated dental equipment. The problem? There are no
dentists at this facility.
Many other facilities either had “improvised” beds or
general patient beds due to limited resources. There were also concerns about power sources. Since many facilities have makeshift
power supplies that include a solar panel, battery and an inverter but the
usage from this power source varied depending upon the quality of equipment and
any damage that might have happened to the equipment.
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| An improvised labor and delivery bed |
