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 25th
After a long trip of about 22 hours, the team arrived at Sibiu, Romania. We left on Wednesday afternoon at 15.30 from Alphen (the Netherlands). There were no troubles at the border and everything went smoothly. Just one minor incident: the windshield of the van sustained a crack, which was beautifully fixed with a piece of tape.
At 15.00 local time, we arrived at the University Hospital and found the truck, which left a few days earlier, was ready to be off-loaded. With a lot of help, the off-loading was a piece of cake and within a couple of hours, all the stuff was stored in a storage room of the hospital. The rest of the day, we hooked up with our Romanian friends and both students who are doing a 
physiotherapy placement at the moment.
The next day, we discovered all the tools were stolen from the storage room! Without these tools, it's impossible to carry out any planned work. The team succeeded to arrange some tools via a local contractor and started to carry out the charity projects with only half a day delay.