Identifier
Created
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05DJIBOUTI232
2005-03-04 08:15:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Djibouti
Cable title:
U.S. NGO DONATES CARDIAC MONITORING SYSTEM TO
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UNCLAS DJIBOUTI 000232
SIPDIS
STATE PASS USAID
NARIROBI PASS TO REDSO
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PGOV EAID SOCI DJ
SUBJECT: U.S. NGO DONATES CARDIAC MONITORING SYSTEM TO
DJIBOUTI CENTRAL HOSPITAL
UNCLAS DJIBOUTI 000232
SIPDIS
STATE PASS USAID
NARIROBI PASS TO REDSO
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PGOV EAID SOCI DJ
SUBJECT: U.S. NGO DONATES CARDIAC MONITORING SYSTEM TO
DJIBOUTI CENTRAL HOSPITAL
1. (U) Assist International, a United States
non-governmental organization (NGO),has partnered with a
local NGO, International Aid Services, to provide a USD
250,000 reconditioned, full perimeter cardiac monitoring
system with central station to Peltier Hospital in Djibouti.
Peltier, a 450-bed hospital, is the largest hospital in
Djibouti and serves as the referral hospital for the
country's four district hospitals and 21 clinics.
2. (U) Ambassador and Minister of Health Ali Kamil
inaugurated on February 23 the center at Peltier in which the
equipment is located, along with Acting Foreign Minister and
Minister of Cooperation in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Mohamoud Ali Youssouf, Assist International's President
Robert Paget, USAID Director, and members of the Peltier
staff. A corner of the hospital was renovated to receive the
eight full-perimeter Merlin Philips/HP color cardiac
monitors. They will measure invasive and non-invasive blood
pressure, oxygen and temperature of patients. Assist
International brought in a team of eight persons to supervise
device installation and the training of doctors and other
technicians at the hospital in operation and use of the
monitoring system. The system increases the essential
capacity of Peltier to treat critically ill patients.
3. (U) Assist International's gift to Peltier complements the
USD 12 million USAID essential health services improvement
project, which is focused mainly in the rural areas and on
maternal and child health, rehabilitation of rural clinics,
and support to district hospitals. The U.S. program also
aims to improve the quality of health services in Djibouti
through training and supervision of health service providers
and by ensuring community participation in health
administration.
4. (U) According to Assist's president, Paget, Assist
International, based in Scotts Valley, California, has
completed over 50 humanitarian projects in 30 countries
around the world, including in Ethiopia, Ghana, Zambia,
Zanzibar and Tanzania in Africa.
RAGSDALE
SIPDIS
STATE PASS USAID
NARIROBI PASS TO REDSO
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PGOV EAID SOCI DJ
SUBJECT: U.S. NGO DONATES CARDIAC MONITORING SYSTEM TO
DJIBOUTI CENTRAL HOSPITAL
1. (U) Assist International, a United States
non-governmental organization (NGO),has partnered with a
local NGO, International Aid Services, to provide a USD
250,000 reconditioned, full perimeter cardiac monitoring
system with central station to Peltier Hospital in Djibouti.
Peltier, a 450-bed hospital, is the largest hospital in
Djibouti and serves as the referral hospital for the
country's four district hospitals and 21 clinics.
2. (U) Ambassador and Minister of Health Ali Kamil
inaugurated on February 23 the center at Peltier in which the
equipment is located, along with Acting Foreign Minister and
Minister of Cooperation in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Mohamoud Ali Youssouf, Assist International's President
Robert Paget, USAID Director, and members of the Peltier
staff. A corner of the hospital was renovated to receive the
eight full-perimeter Merlin Philips/HP color cardiac
monitors. They will measure invasive and non-invasive blood
pressure, oxygen and temperature of patients. Assist
International brought in a team of eight persons to supervise
device installation and the training of doctors and other
technicians at the hospital in operation and use of the
monitoring system. The system increases the essential
capacity of Peltier to treat critically ill patients.
3. (U) Assist International's gift to Peltier complements the
USD 12 million USAID essential health services improvement
project, which is focused mainly in the rural areas and on
maternal and child health, rehabilitation of rural clinics,
and support to district hospitals. The U.S. program also
aims to improve the quality of health services in Djibouti
through training and supervision of health service providers
and by ensuring community participation in health
administration.
4. (U) According to Assist's president, Paget, Assist
International, based in Scotts Valley, California, has
completed over 50 humanitarian projects in 30 countries
around the world, including in Ethiopia, Ghana, Zambia,
Zanzibar and Tanzania in Africa.
RAGSDALE