BY DELISA THWALA
MBABANE– The promise made by Taiwan Government through the Taiwan Technical Mission is currently being executed in Eswatini.
This is also benefiting the Kingdom of Eswatini hugely, the mission has embarked on its pregnancy program which helps establish a system of instrument maintenance.
When explaining this, the program leader, Shi Guo, said the maternal and infant health function enhancement program responds to the needs of the Ministry of Health in Eswatini by donating many important medical instruments to 85 partner medical institutions across the country.
In addition to this she mentioned that, to enable the partner hospitals to make more effective use of these donated equipment, they plan to work with Shi Guo medical workers.
“To design 10 standardized procedures and maintenance forms for medical equipment operation. In addition, medical management volunteers are recruited through the National Councils.
“Starting this year, 21 introduction sessions have been held in five second and third-level hospitals and 11 primary clinics, and a total of 147 medical staff and medical workers to use the forms,” she said.
Further highlighting, she mentioned that medical management volunteers from this program have been in history for more than four months, and through several visits to hospitals and discussions with medical staff, they have become more familiar with the local medical resources and understand problems such as the shortage of local medical staff.
“Sustainability has always been a concept in the program. I believe that through this workshop, medical hospitals can establish an instrument maintenance system, so that each medical instrument can maximize the value, benefiting more mothers and newborns in history,” she said.
Worth noting is that the Maternal and Infant Healthcare Improvement Project is assisting the Kingdom of Eswatini to establish a system for equipment maintenance and upkeep. As part of the project’s response to the Ministry of Health’s needs, numerous critical medical equipment has been donated to 85 collaborating healthcare facilities nationwide. To optimize the utilization of this donated equipment, the project has collaborated with the local biomedical staff to design standardized operating procedures and maintenance checklists.
