Hospital visits

When our supervisor Ritva was visiting here we had an opportunity to visit in Chitungwiza Central Hospital which is one of the biggest hospital in Harare. This public hospital was quite different compared to Finland's hospitals. Hospital rooms were messy and there were lot of patients in the one room. There was about 400 place for patients but the number of staff was very low because of the bad salary. For example one of the doctor earns only 300 dollars a month which is about 240 euros.After touring around the hospital we were able to go to theatre. At the operating room we were able to follow four different operations, one of them was section and the woman gave birth to triplets! That was wonderfull experience to see and all of the children were healthy and happy. Aseptic in the theatre was not same level than in Finland. There were no hand sanitizer and the place for handwashing was very ancient too. The clothing of the staff were very worn and seem unhygienic. We were pretty shocked when we saw a butterfly flying above the operating table..

After visiting in the public sector we went to one of the private hospital of Harare. The difference between these two hospital was quite huge. The rooms were more modern, there was more space for patients and even the staff seemed more friendly and satisfied with their jobs. Nurses took care for the patients better than previous hospital where the patients waited many hours at the corridor, half naked in their uncomfortable looking beds, without nobody saying a word to them.