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Report development projects 2006

The Urgenta crew has been back for a while from carrying out the 2006 development projects in Sibiu, Romania. All planned projects have been successfully completed and Urgenta looks back with with satisfaction. Arnold made a report of all work that has been done.

We have a Romanian translator!

At the beginning of April, we were called by mr. Ron Schellekens, representing the Sonneheerdt Association. The Sonneheerdt Association's main mission is creating possibilities with and for the visually impaired and blind, according to their demands. Ron was looking for a volunteer translation job for one of his clients, mr. Simi Topliceanu. He's a Romanian who has been living in the Netherlands for quite some time now. We gladly accepted his offer and in the meantime, Simi has already translated some documents in Romanian like the news page and the current projects. The Romanian site had not been updated for a long time and finally this has changed.
Thank you Simi and Ron!

Development projects 2006 Romania

These are busy times, just before the Eastern Holiday! In the past 15 years, we'd have been in Romania already. It's the first time we'll leave after the the Eastern Holiday.

The truck was loaded on friday and left for Sibiu, Romania (check the donation certificate). Time of arrival is planned at Thursday, April 20th, the same day we plan to arrive in Romania.

We're going to carry out 2 development projects from April 19th untill May 5th. On Friday and Saturday, April 21th and 22nd, we'll start with the installation of 8 oxygen and compressed air outlets at the delivery rooms of the Spitalul Judetean Sibiu (University Hospital). After the Eastern weekend (in Romania, it's a week later), we'll start with the project at the Cardiology department of the Spitalul Clinic De Pediatrie Sibiu (Children's Hospital). This department will be fitted with 36 outlets for oxygen and compressed air.

If there's enough time left, we'll try to install another 8 outlets at the First Aid Clinic of the Children's Hospital. The hospital plans to completely renovate this department in the Summer, to improve the logistic capabilities.

As always, the projects have been made possible by donations and support by different people and companies. Our gratitude goes out to:

• B. Hinderks and family, Delfzijl
• Kropman BV, Engineering Nijmegen
• ODMedical, Medical Technology Leeuwarden
• M. van Zoelen BV, Electrical Engineering Utrecht
• Fred Janssen, Car Rental Het Gooi en omstreken
• LeasePlan, Car Lease
• Terwindt en Hekking, Ford dealer Nijmegen

Fundraising students

Three nursing school students started to sell cookies for the upcoming projects in Romania. They were doing a paper on quality of care and foreign aid in Romania and found our website. They decided to sell cookies and candy and will donate the profits to Urgenta in order to support the development projects of April in Romania.

Thank you Inge, Bianca and Marcel !!

Upcoming projects Romania

Since our last visit to the Children's Hospital and the University Hospital in Sibiu, we've been busy preparing for the upcoming development projects in Romania. We plan to carry out both projects at the end of April. The technicians will leave on Wednesday, April 19th.

We're still not there! Transportation of the crew and the materials has not been arranged yet. It's a costly affair and we haven't succeeded to retrieve the necessary funding. The good news is, there are still a few possibilities to explore.

Nonetheless, we could still use some interested sponsors. If you think you can help us in anyway, please contact us. Of course, a donation is appreciated as well. Please donate on banking account 7825857 Stichting Werkgroep Urgenta or donate on-line through the donation module.

Children's Hospital

We are going to install an oxygen / compressed-air network in 17 boxes of the Cardiology Department. The severly ill patients (up to 2 years old) will stand a better change of survival when this installation is installed.

We're still short of some of the needed supplies but we are convinced we can come up with the goods. First we have to extend the main network, which we've installed in the past, from the main building to the pavillion where the Cardiology Department is residing. We have to cross a distance of 50 meters, partly through a connecting channel between the main building and the pavillion.

The oxygen installation is already installed by the hospital's technical services. We're going to take care of the branches to the 17 boxes, including the medical compressed air connections. In total, we'll install 34 outlets. We will use a tehalit skirting system which will carry all pipings and outlets.

University Hospital

We plan to install an oxygen / compressed air network in two delivery rooms of the Women's Clinic. In total: 8 outlets. Each year, 3000 babies are born at this department. This installation will make it easier for the doctors to lead woman and child through labor.

Placement Romania

Jennie submitted her first placement-report from Romania. She's an educational theory student from the NHL University, currently doing an placement at the Children's HIV Clinic in the city of Sibiu, Romania. She'll keep us posted from there.

Development Romania 2006

The Urgenta team is home again after a 5 days stay in Sibiu, Romania. Extensive talks have been held with the University Hospital and the Children's Hospital about the development projects of 2006. A second preliminary report is available.

Development Romania 2006

The Urgenta team is currently in Romania to prepare the 2006 development project at the Children's Hospital.

Arnold has sent a small report about the preliminary meetings they've had with the Board.

Placement Children's AIDS Home Sibiu

In October, a Pedagogy-student of the NHL University asked the Urgenta Foundation for help in arranging a placement in Romania. We were much obliged to help her out and succeeded in finding a spot at the Children's AIDS Home in Sibiu. The placement will last for about 3 months and she will be supervised by a psychologist. The Children's AIDS Home is affiliated with the Children's Hospital Sibiu.
Read more about AIDS in Romania.

She will frequently send in reports about her stay in Romania.

Development Romania 2006

An Urgenta team will leave for Romania on December 5th. to attend to preliminary meetings with the Board of the Children's Hospital about the planned development project of 2006.
The project consists of the installation of a medical gasses system at the Cardiology department of the Pediatric building. For this project to succeed, we still need support in the form of donations, materials and transportation. If you can provide us with any of the forementioned, please contact us or make an on-line donation. Any support is welcome!

The Urgenta team leaves on December 5th and returns on December 10th.

Development Moldova

The recommendation report about the medical development issues in Moldova has been accepted by the commissioners and they've discussed it with the boards of the concerned hospitals in Moldova. This led to a secondary recommendation report by the Urgenta Foundation which deals with the wish list of the medical equipment. Additionally, the Urgenta Foundation has calculated the costs of installing basic facilities in the Trinity and Cotaga Hospital.

There will be further talks with the hopitals in Moldova.

Development Project Moldova

Vidotrans HTG Relief Transports has started with the transportation of hospital beds from the UMC Utrecht (Netherlands) to several hospitals and clinics in Chisinau, Moldova. This is part of the medical development project Moldova. From their newsletter:

"The Local Health Department Utrecht has assigned Vidotrans HTG to take care of the transportation of 30 truck loads of hospital beds to several hospitals and clinics in Chisinau, Moldova. The beds will be loaded at the UMC Utrecht (Netherlands), after a thorough check-up and disinfection. This operation will take 10 weeks, 3 trucks a week, all in the Fall of 2005. Medical equipment will be included as well. This project will be continued in 2006 with another 20 truck loads."

Charity Project Moldova

The recommendation report concerning the charity project medical/technical development Moldova, is finished and presented to Mr. Hille of the GG&GD Utrecht.

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