Context 2005 charity projects, Romania
On March the 23rd, a crew of technicians left for Sibiu, Romania to carry out some of the planned 2005 charity projects at the Children's Hospital and the University Hospital. The crew consists of five volunteers: Jan Scheerder, Jo and Frans de Jong, Jan van Rossum and Arnold van Rijn. They all have a technical background. They plan to stay for 16 days and hope to finish the following projects:
- expansion medical gasses facilities ICU Neonatology department (University Hospital)
- reorganization oxygen facilities (University Hospital)
- expansion medical gasses facilities first aid outpatient's clinic (Children's Hospital)
Arnold will try to keep us posted about their adventures and experiences in Romania...
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March 31st
It's Thursday night, 20.00 h. The project at the Children's Hospital is going well and on schedule. With a bit of luck we can finish this project on Friday night. We are conferring with the hospital about the two dentist chairs we brought with us, whether we should install them right away.
For the third day in a row, Jan Scheerder is trying hard to repair the Philips Ultra Mark 9 Echograph. We have donated this machinery three years ago but it's a troublesome piece of equipment. It's even been sent back to the Netherlands for repair. Still, after a month or so, the machine quits working. Tomorrow, Jan will give it a last try. If he doesn't succeed, we call it a loss. This is really a disappointment because the echograph is utilized by the cardiologist and has saved a few young lives in the past years.
We've been trying to report the thefts to the local police for a week now, but still it's not ready yet. Bureaucracy is still a problem over here, that's not new for us.