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Haiti - Health : More details on La Providence Hospital of Gonaives
07/11/2014 09:32:10

The hospital La Providence of Gonaives inaugurated last Tuesday, https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-12435-haiti-health-inauguration-of-the-hospital-la-providence-in-gonaives.html is an entirely new hospital structure complying with international norms and standards, with a high technology technical platform and an advanced information system.

Built on a total area of 1,500 m2 (with a floor area of 10.380 m2), the hospital has a capacity of 200 beds and is under the supervision of the Health Department of Artibonite.

The structure and roof are made of reinforced concrete, meeting the seismic standards and paracycloniques. The building includes waiting houses for the families of the women in the final stages of pregnancy.

Medico-technical services :
The hospital offers the following medico-technical services :

An emergency with a capacity of 20 beds,
4 surgery rooms,
A sterilization room,
Obstetrics and Gynecology space with a capacity of 40 beds
Motherhood with 10 delivery tables,
A neonatal room with a capacity of 16 incubators,
Pediatrics with a capacity of 20 beds and 20 bassinets,
An odontology room,
A room of medical imagery,
A laboratory,
A room of anapathologie,
A pharmacy
A sterilization space

Support Services :
The hospital provides support services, such as :

25 studios used as a residence for providers,
A village of pregnant women with 8 bedrooms,
A village of families covering an area of 250m2.

Administrative Services :
The administrative services include:

Medical Direction,
Administration,
Statistics and Archives,
The Human Resources Department,
Finance,
Logistics,
Secretariat.

This project has received funding of more than 29 million Canadian dollars. In 2010, a pre-investment study conducted by the "United Nations Office for Project Services' (UNOPS) and the Ministry of Public Health and Population (MSPP), in collaboration with the World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) helped define the primary function of the hospital which is maternal and child health. Thus, the hospital infrastructure will enable the inhabitants of the department of Artibonite and surrounding to have access to various health services such as maternity, neonatology department, pediatrics, internal medicine, surgery, emergency, medical imaging and laboratory services.

In 2013, additional funding of US $ 2.5 million were granted by the Mexican Government to finance the purchase and installation of solar panels. These facilities will complement significantly the power of the hospital in solar power, especially the power of vital services while reducing operating costs [4,000 m2 of solar panels will provide 200 KW power for 4 priority areas of the hospital whose emergency department.]

The hospital has received a contribution from the French Development Agency (AFD) to the tune of 2.2 million euros for the supply of drinking water.

The respect of the environment is a key element of the project, a special effort was made in the development of architectural concepts to minimize the effects of different energy sources.

HL/ HaitiLibre