{"id":19114,"date":"2014-12-10T18:00:47","date_gmt":"2014-12-10T18:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wearelikeyou.org\/?p=19114"},"modified":"2015-12-02T12:10:10","modified_gmt":"2015-12-02T12:10:10","slug":"sisters-hospitallers-will-reopen-the-saint-benedict-menni-health-center-of-monrovia-in-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wearelikeyou.org\/en\/sisters-hospitallers-will-reopen-the-saint-benedict-menni-health-center-of-monrovia-in-january\/","title":{"rendered":"Sisters Hospitallers will reopen the Saint Benedict Menni Health Center of Monrovia in January"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row row_type=”row” type=”full_width” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column][vc_column_text]Encarnaci\u00f3n Gonz\u00e1lez<\/strong>, Sister Hospitaller, and Mikel Tellaeche<\/strong>, CEO of Aita Menni Hospital in Arrasate (Basque Country, Spain) and Health Program Manager at the Saint Benedict Menni Health Center, had headed up to Liberia to address the reopening in January of the center, which comprises a Communitary Care Service specialized in emergencies. Along with them, Sisters Joana Agbotse<\/strong> and Colette Banka<\/strong> flew from Ghana to Monrovia.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Although the state of emergency in Liberia was lifted on November 13th, there are plenty of shortages\u00a0and fight against Ebola virus has not finished. Many of the needs are still uncovered<\/strong>: health staff, drugs and facilities to care for Ebola patients as well as patients who suffer other conditions and can\u00b4t be treated. After the outbreak and the colapse of the national health service,\u00a0the estimation\u00a0is that only 10% of the previous capacity is functioning. The emergency is double: keeping on controlling the outbreak and rebuilding the health system. The reopening of the St. Benedict Menni Health Center<\/strong> has been included into the actions addressed by the Ministry of Health and Social Wellfare<\/a>\u00a0(MOH&SW) for the reconstruction of the National Health System.\u00a0[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1449054159480{margin-top: 32px !important;}”]Facing this situation, Sisters Hospitallers<\/a>, along with the health services of the Diocese of Monrovia and the help of\u00a0Catholic Relief Services<\/a>\u00a0(CRS), decided to reopen the Saint Benedict Menni Health Center, closed last August. The facility is a health center located in Paynesville, close to Pipeline Road, which offers health care to an estimated population of 7,500 inhabitants.<\/p>\n

\"Actividad<\/a>

Indicators of activity at the St. Benedict Menni Health Center (2013)<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1449054193050{margin-top: 32px !important;}”]Due to the Ebola epidemic, reopening the center involves some actions to guarantee the safety of patients and staff, mainly adaptations in the facility and staff\u00b4s training. Amongst the adaptations, and according to the safety protocols from MSF<\/a>, an area with a triage and an isolation zone for suspicious cases has to be build at the entrance.<\/p>\n

\"Triaje<\/a>

Triaje en el Saint Joseph\u00b4s Catholic Hospital, Monrovia, Liberia<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1429006442637{margin-top: 32px !important;}”]Estimations say that the construction works will be finished at the end of January and, thanks to the effort\u00a0of Catholic Relief Services<\/a> (CRS), will be funded by Caritas Belgium<\/a>. Additionally, a new incinerator will be installed, and CRS will send technicians to assess and guarantee the potability of the two water wells at the center. Training of the staff will start on December 15th and will continue until the reopening. The center will reopen with \u00a0the OutPatient Department and vaccination. In a second stage the Maternity will be opened.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”32px”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1429006466552{margin-top: 32px !important;}”]<\/p>\n

Background\u00a0of the\u00a0Saint Benedict Menni Health Center<\/h3>\n

The Saint Benedict Menni Health Center, located in Monrovia, Liberia, was focused in primary healthcare services, with a specific Maternity area. It remains closed since last August, due to the impossibility to guarantee the safety of the patients and the staff. The center was managed by three Sisters Hospitallers:\u00a0Felicia Inmaculada Gbortsu, Colette Banka <\/strong>and\u00a0Mar\u00eda Encarnaci\u00f3n Gonz\u00e1lez Calzada,<\/strong> who along with 20 proffessionals and one volunteer took care everyday of and average of 30 patients.<\/p>\n

Nowadays, Sisters Hospitallers is present in 27 countries<\/a> of 4 continents, with more than 350 facilities of social and health care.[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”transparent” position=”center” up=”8″ down=”0″][vc_empty_space height=”32px”][vc_video link=”https:\/\/youtu.be\/ed5o846SFlQ”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

El centro de salud de Hermanas Hospitalarias fue clausurado en agosto por el brote de \u00e9bola.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":228,"featured_media":18039,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[78],"tags":[113,119,117,115,118,116,95,96,114],"class_list":["post-19114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-we-are-like-you-en-en","tag-caritas-belgium","tag-catholic-relief-services-en","tag-colette-banka","tag-encarnacion-gonzalez","tag-felicia-gbortsu","tag-joana-agbotse","tag-mikel-tellaeche-en","tag-saint-benedict-menni-health-center-en","tag-sisters-hospitallers"],"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":false,"source_text":false,"source_url":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wearelikeyou.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wearelikeyou.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wearelikeyou.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wearelikeyou.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/228"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wearelikeyou.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19114"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.wearelikeyou.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19114\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19118,"href":"https:\/\/www.wearelikeyou.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19114\/revisions\/19118"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wearelikeyou.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wearelikeyou.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wearelikeyou.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wearelikeyou.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}