Ga West Hospital Project

Yesterday we went to visit this hospital to say hi to Enoch, who is in charge of the Lab there.  We found out that he has been promoted and will now be over all the labs in the District.  This is the second project we have done at this hospital lab.  The first project we had counters, cupboards, table and desks built for the lab.  It was an empty building that had been provided by another organization.  We also bought them a blood chemical analyzer.  This second project was to give them more supplies for the lab to make it more useful.   This District Hospital is very busy and serves a lot of people.  They are so grateful for our help.

We took Elder (Doctor) and Sister Hill (from Okotoks) with us.  Dr. Hill is the mission doctor here in the West Africa Area now.   We had a tour of the hospital and realized that they have some serious water problems.   Some areas have sinks and taps but no pipes bringing water to them.  Also there is no sufficient water coming from their borehole to satisfy the needs of the Hospital.    We will work with Enoch and others and see if it is something we can perhaps help with. 

The Humanitarian Department wants us to do bigger projects that have bigger impact.  For example, choose and area and build on it gradually, as we have done with this Hospital and hope to continue to do.     We have been discussing and coming up with areas of focus for  2015 and Bro. Buah, our Welfare Dept. manager, will take it to the Area Presidency on Monday for approval.    We want to focus on Medical, Education and Water and have some good ideas.

We have much happening in the next few months.  We finish here about the first part of May and will be very busy.