Posts Tagged ‘hospital’

U.S Government Supports New Outpatient Clinic at Gondar University Hospital

June 21 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Ethiopia, News, Uncategorized, United States Tags: , , , , ,

June 20, 2011, Gondar – Ethiopian Minister of Health, Dr. Tewodros Adhanom, and Country Director of the United States Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC-Ethiopia), Dr. Thomas Kenyon, today broke ground on the construction of a new comprehensive outpatient clinic at Gondar University Hospital, Gondar.  Upon completion of the construction, the University Hospital will have a new, comprehensive state-of-the-art... Read more

Elmhurst and Ethiopian hospitals exchange doctors to provide better care for patients with HIV

June 17 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Ethiopia, News, Uncategorized, United States Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

Ethiopia and Elmhurst are worlds apart, but a partnership between hospitals in both places is helping doctors better treat their patients. For the past four years, Elmhurst Hospital has exchanged doctors with Debre Berhan Hospital in rural Ethiopia in the hopes of sharing ideas and teaching African medical workers ways to prevent infection and provide HIV treatment. “There were basically... Read more

North Wales medical staff help hospitals in Ethiopia

March 20 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Ethiopia, News, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , ,

A Conwy nurse has been explaining how she and a team of medical staff from north Wales have been helping hospital in Ethiopia. Rhian Smith, 33, is a senior staff nurse on the neonatal unit at Ysbyty Glan Clwyd, Bodelwyddan, Denbighshire. Since the hospital launched a link project with Hossana Hospital in southern Ethiopia in 2005, she has travelled there three times. Read more

Seattle volunteers to bring lifesaving equipment to Ethiopian hospital

January 24 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Ethiopia, News, Uncategorized, United States Tags: , , , ,

More than two dozen volunteers — doctors, nurses, technicians and more — from the nonprofit group Seattle Anesthesia Outreach (SAO) will travel to Black Lion Hospital in Ethiopia this month to install anesthesia machines, monitoring devices and dozens of other pieces of equipment they hope will save lives and improve patient care, especially during and after surgery. When Steve Sands walked... Read more

Ethiopia witnesses conjoined twins’birth

July 3 | Posted by ocean | Uncategorized Tags: , , ,

Last Saturday was like any other day for St. Paul General Specialized Hospital. But the regularity was broken when something extraordinary happened. Gerba Mechas was expecting the birth of twins. But the conjoined twins Dr. Anbesse Jima, a third-year resident of gynecology and pediatrics helped deliver are the first of their kind in Ethiopia. “There has... Read more

Ethiopian Gunman Who Shoot 3 People In Knoxville, Tenn. Was Mentally Ill ( VIDEO )

April 20 | Posted by ocean | Ethiopia, News Tags: , , , , ,

Police: Hospital shooter mentally ill, had grudge
(AP) – WATCH VIDEOS SCROLL DOWN KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Police say a gunman who opened fire outside a Tennessee hospital was mentally ill and thought a monitoring device had been implanted in him during an appendectomy in 2001. Knoxville Police Chief Sterling Owen IV identified the gunman as Abdo Ibssa (AB’-doh IHB’-sah), a naturalized citizen from... Read more