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Gratitude. Be kind to each other. Help where you can and be grateful for what you have. Thank you to the daily helping hands of our entire clinic. Thank you for every other day that you overcome, no matter what the hurdles. Your MalawiMed #medicine #christmas #love #gratitude #peace #help

Even if Christmas is not celebrated everywhere, we still wish contemplative holidays. A celebration of love, mutual awareness and consideration. We wish you all the best, health and a wonderful time during your internship. #christmas #love #health #respekt #phalombe

The hospital at night. When everything else is asleep, our doctors and assistants continue to work diligently. The sky above us is so beautifully calm. The Milky Way as a small reminder of how beautiful die nature can be. #holyfamilyhospital #malawi #med #nature #milkyway #aid #night #nightphotography

Say welcome and we wish you the best. A great stay, new experience, friends, colleagues. #followus #malawimed #holyfamilymissionhospital to see what they are experiencing and how the hospital is growing.

Here we give you an insight of the different wards in our hospital. In developing countries unimaginable how it can be elsewhere. This is a medical facility. A neonatal ward. We hope that everything will soon grow and become more modern, so that we can offer better conditions to the people here. Please help us and support us with the link in our bio or directly on our website. The donations are all anonymous. Even small amounts already help us!!! Thank you very much Your Malawi Team #neonatal #medical #helper #africa #neonatalnurse

A small impression of the hospital outside. Doesn’t it look beautiful at this time of year? #themission #hospital #autumn #malawi

About 30 minutes walk through the beautiful nature to the home visits in the village. Home visits are always made on Wednesdays 10:00-13:00, sometimes earlier. Mostly 1-2 home visits then. There are round about 70 palliative patients However, the patients always get medication for 30 days the patients, who can not be visited have to come to the clinic (the palliativ clinic / outpatient clinic is actually open every morning). Erick is the only trained palliative care provider at our hospital , but he is just learning a few other nurses. Erick loves to take famulants on home visits. The famulants get to know the traditional Malawian way of life and walk to the villages, which are mostly in the middle of nature. Have a nice day and successful treatments. #aid #phalombe #doctor #homevisit

Here you can see the result of the hard-working helpers. Finally everything is clinically clean again. ⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #chinesemedicine #covid #doctor #doctors #emergencymedicine #healthcare #herbalmedicine #hospital #internalmedicine #mbbs #medical #medicalschool #medicalstudent #medicine #medicineball #medicineveterinary #medico #medlife #medschool #medstudent #neet #nurselife #pharmacist #pharmacy #physician #science #study #studygram #surgeon #surgery

One of the most important things that is often given low priority is equipment maintenance. Here is an example of the repair and cleaning of the op lamp. You'll be amazed at how much of a difference it makes. ⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #chinesemedicine #covid #doctor #doctors #emergencymedicine #healthcare #herbalmedicine #hospital #internalmedicine #mbbs #medical #medicalschool #medicalstudent #medicine #medicineball #medicineveterinary #medico #medlife #medschool #medstudent #nurselife #pharmacist #pharmacy #physician #science #study #studygram #surgeon #surgery #veterinarymedicine

We can learn a few things from the local doctors. Here you can see the recordings from today: Laboratory physician explains diagnostics of: - Malaria (Plasmodium falciparum) - Sleeping sickness (Trypanosoma rhodensia) - Cryptococcus - Bilharzia (Schistosomas haematobium) Thank you a lot for your explanations and help. #malawimed #doctorslife

Having a short break until the next patient needs our help ⚕️ #help #helpers #medicine

We welcome the new students to our holy mission hospital. They have just arrived and we wish you the best and of course a lot of new experiences. In the near future you will learn what new utensils they brought with them.

In the holy family hospital, the perfusor was "discovered" for the first time a few years ago. With a training from our side, the local doctors could learn how it works and how to use it on the patient. Today we received a message that made us very happy and proud: „Guess what. We managed to use the infuser yesterday. To a child with convulsions who needed Phenobarbitone matainance. And a certain woman in maternity who needed alot of atropine after organiphosphate poisoning. Wow that was nice thing you taught us. Now things are getting simple.“ #medicin #malawi #phalombe #organisation #health #aid #aidorganisation #hospital

Do you know what an ambulance looks like in @malawi.med ? ☞ Please swipe to have a look inside Check out the other posts to see how the hospital is growing #ambulance #hospital #emergency #malawi

We, the MalawiMed Team are so proud of the progress we have made so long. Handing over of donations: 𝟐 𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐩𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 ◦ one for the emergency ambulances ◦ one for emergencies in the hospital ambulance 𝟐 𝐋𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟏 𝐄𝐂𝐆 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐢𝐌𝐞𝐝 𝟒 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐨𝐱𝐲𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 #malawi #medicine #donations

Our students with the local doctors and helpers sorting the new instruments. Although we have so many requests from the students who are helping so diligently, we are still lacking a lot of instruments, medicines and other important equipment to keep the clinic running and thereby saving or preserving lives. Just an example of how many instruments are still required/ The exclamation points highlight the urgency of some of these !̲!̲!̲ ☟ • Green amitge • Allis forceps • Big clamps • Big needle holders • Blade holder size 4 !!! • Bladder retractor • Placenta dish • Kidney dish • Big suction tubes • Mariable retractor • Curved scissors • Cord scissors • Bilators • Currete • Ternaculum • Mymectomy scroul • Rescuscitare • Gowns and linen !!! • EKG Elektroden ☟ Please follow the link in our bio to help. #help #malawi #med #medicine

We welcome our newly arrived students from Germany to the hospital. They will stay until the end of August and support the hospital and equip it with new utensils. We wish them a wonderful time there and look forward to many pictures and stories. Best regards to: Jenny Westhues Samuel Höchst Hannah Böhm Jasmin Schulz Victoria Degenkolbe #malawi #health #hospital #student #studentnurse #medicine #organisation #peace#malawimed #holyfamily

Finally the time has come! After a long time due to corona and missing funds, new donations could be handed over again on 05.July 2022 17 protective gowns 5 packs of gloves 5 perfusors 1 pulse oximeter We would like to thank all the donors and students who helped so energetically. But all this is far from enough for us to ensure that the hospital reaches a desirable standard. The clinic still lacks the many utensils and equipment. We are glad about every help. Donation link can be found in the bio. #aid #aidorganisation #aidorganization #hilfsorganisation #malawi #malawicichlids #malawi🇲🇼 #doctor #dental #medicine #medical

The Holy Family/hospital and all the patients say thank you to all the donations that reached the hospital in July 2022. We from MalawiMed would like to thank all the donors and doctors and physician assistants, as well as helpers who support us so actively. 🙏🏼 Details will follow in the next posts…

Our board member Thomas Lingelbach visits Holy Family Mission Hospital Two days ago, out board member Thomas Lingelbach arrived in Malawi to meet the Management of the Holy Family Mission Hospital and to strengthen our collaboration. In the next days he will visit the different wards and talk to clinicians and the medical directors of the hospital. Further meetings are planned with our friend from ProPhalombe and our partner Action Medeor Malawi. Further updates will follow in the next days. #holyfamilymissionhospital #malawi #malawimed #cooperation #friendship #exchange

Delivery of donations April 2022 Many thanks to all our donors in Europe, as well as our partner in Malawi @action.medeor #holyfamilymissionhospital #phalombe #malawimed #suctionpump #bloodpressure

Welcome Anna Sophie Fockenbrock and Lena Kohlmeier „After an exhausting trip to Malawi and the first impressions at the holy Family Mission Hospital, we settled in quite well and handed over our donations from MalawiMed e.V. Within our suitcases we brought medical equipment like laryngoscopes, different catheters, infusion lines and medical gloves. Everyone was thankful for the donations and welcomed us with great cordiality. We are looking forward to our stay in Phalombe.“ @llena_a @annasophie_fo #holyfamilyhospital #malawi #phalombe #malawimed #donations

Even though there are many tasks in the hospital and our local doctors and students give their all to provide the necessary help, there is also a lot to see from the nature and culture. A break in between is very important to gather the necessary energy for all of us. #malawi

📸privat Behind each photo there is a story worth telling. This month the next students and doctors from Heidelberg will arrive in Malawi to provide the help and support that is needed. We wish them all the best.

📸privat 𝗭𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗲 Förderung des Holy Family Mission Hospitals in Phalombe, die der Region Malawi und weiteren Teilen Afrikas, sowie die Stärkung der Zusammenarbeit und Ausbildung von Medizinstudenten. Aufbau einer Plattform zum Erhalt und Förderung des sozialen und kulturellen Austausches und zur Stärkung einer Zusammenarbeit. Unterstützung des Holy Family Mission Hospitals Phalombe und weiterer Krankenhäuser in Afrika. Diese Unterstützung kann finanziell, durch Beiträge der Mitglieder und Spenden von Externen, sowie in Form von Sachspenden erfolgen. Aufbau eines Famulaturprojektes zur Weiterbildung von Medizinstudierenden und dem fachlichen und kulturellen Austausch vor Ort. Weiterverwendung und Transport von medizinischen Geräten und Gütern zur Verbesserung der medizinischen Grundversorgung vor Ort. Ausbildung und Aufklärungsarbeiten in den Bereichen Prävention, Sexualität und Erkrankungen im Kinder und Jugendalter. Promote Holy Family Mission Hospital in Phalombe, the Malawi region and other parts of Africa, and strengthen cooperation and training of medical students. To build a platform to maintain and promote social and cultural exchanges and strengthen a collaborative relationship. To support Holy Family Mission Hospital Phalombe and other hospitals in Africa. This support can be financial, through members' contributions and donations from external parties, as well as in-kind donations. Establishment of a clinical traineeship project for the further education of medical students and the professional and cultural exchange on site. Further use and transport of medical equipment and goods to improve basic medical care on site. Education and awareness work in the areas of prevention, sexuality and diseases in children and adolescents. #malawi #hospital #clinic

📸 privat 𝗗𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 As a district hospital, Holy Family Mission Hospital provides care for the people in Phalombe and receives financial support from the government for this. However, the government is often months in arrears with payments, which in turn causes problems with ordering medicines. Since the beginning of our activities in Malawi, we have therefore regularly supported the hospital with larger deliveries of medicines. Thanks to the work of "Action Medeor", the German medical aid organization, which maintains a branch office in Malawi, this is possible at any time. This kind of support is direct and efficient. By ordering from "Action Medeor", the hospital can reliably access a large number of medicines, as the range is based on the list of essential medicines published by the WHO. Since non-commercial health facilities can purchase high-quality medicines at favorable prices through "Action Medeor" via the branch office in Malawi, this strengthens local structures and reduces dependence on expensive international imports. The sustainability of the support is further strengthened by the fact that "Action Medeor" supports the training of pharmacists. This is intended to further promote the local production of medicines. In particular, the HFMH needs a wide range of antibiotics, simple painkillers, infusions and consumables such as compresses and syringes. Thereby the costs for medicines are affordable due to the charitable work through "Action Medeor". To get an overview of the costs, we have listed a few consumables and medications for you here: Antibiotic Amoxicillin - 100 pieces: 1,40 Euro Paracetamol - 1000 pieces: 3,60 Euro 10 ml syringe - 100 pieces: 5,80 Euro Ringer's lactate infusion solution - 1 x: 0,68 Euro Sterile surgical gloves - 1 x: 0,55 Euro As this list shows, even a small donation can become a big support in Malawi and help many people. You want to support our project and the people in Malawi with medicine? Then donate now a small amount to the account below. https://www.malawimed.org/verein_wiekannichhelfen.php

📸 privat 𝗙𝗮𝗺𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 During a clinical traineeship in a hospital in Malawi, one encounters completely different overall circumstances and challenges than in the European healthcare system. The spectrum of clinical pictures differs significantly. In Malawi, for example, there are numerous clinical pictures and complications that are largely unknown in Europe. The means available for diagnosis and therapy are insufficient in Malawi, so that the trainees gain an insight into rudimentary patient care that is limited to the essentials. They are made aware of the importance of a detailed physical examination. In combination with the warm and friendly Malawian population, the trainees have the opportunity to gain unique and valuable experiences and impressions for their future careers. #medicalstudent #medicine #medical #malawi

📸privat 𝗛𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 Holy Family Mission Hospital is the only hospital in the district of Phalombe, in the south-east of Malawi. The hospital premises include accommodation for employees and a guest house, as well as a school for the nursing professions and church facilities. The various wards are housed in individual building complexes, most of which were financed by donations. The project belongs to the Catholic Church and is under the jurisdiction of the Archdiocese of Phalombe. Its primary tasks are curative medicine, health care and the training of nurses. As the largest employer in the region, the hospital also fulfills an invaluable economic role. Holy Family Mission Hospital has a good 200 beds and sees up to 30,000 patients a year in the outpatient sector. Infectious diseases such as malaria, HIV and tuberculosis dominate the clinical routine. Together with tropical and parasitic diseases, their treatment represents an immense challenge for the hospital's approximately 200 employees. In addition, there is often a shortage of medical supplies and the power outages that are part of everyday life. In July 2018, the bishop replaced the management at the hospital, so that now a group of Capuchin sisters around Sr. Letkristos takes over the management at the hospital. The Medical Directors at the hospital are Dr. Elisha B. Kawenjere and Dr. Sylvia M. Paliani, and most of the care is provided by the team of Clinical Officers. #aidorganisation #clinic #clinicals #malawi

📸privat 𝗩𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 not only alone covid vaccination is important. According to current figures, there are 85.580 cases of covid in Malawi. Of these, 2.626 are deaths. (24.03.22) #covid_19 #malawi

📸privat 𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗬 𝗙𝗔𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗬 𝗠𝗜𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗛𝗢𝗦𝗣𝗜𝗧𝗔𝗟 The association MalawiMed e.V. was founded in 2015 by 8 students of the medical faculty of Heidelberg. On the way to becoming a doctor of medicine, certain compulsory internships, so-called clinical traineeships, are stipulated in the study regulations. Some of the founding members spent such an internship at the Holy Family Mission Hospital in Phalombe, Malawi. Influenced by their impressions and experiences on site, they got together and organized themselves in an association to support and improve the medical situation in the hospital. One of the starting points is the arrangement of clinical traineeships for intercultural and professional exchange. Since its foundation, more than 65 students have been able to complete a clinical traineeship at the hospital. With their help and the support of many donors and sponsors from several countries, the hospital could also be supported with urgently needed medical equipment and materials. #malawi #hospital #aidorganisation

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