Electronic patients’ registration
This is another step ahead in upgrading our hospital.
Patients are being registered in the outpatient department. At present, patients' data are entered electronically.
Mission in Katondwe Hospital
Medical, educational and social aid
For 60 years now, we have been providing medical, educational and social aid in Zambia, a country in the southern part of Africa. However, the functioning of the Katondwe Mission Hospital would not be possible without the committed local personnel and great support from our Friends from all over the world.
The daily challenges of the hospital operations in Africa
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Thanks to the help of our Donors and Friends, the everyday challenges we have to face become much easier – thank you! See what’s new.
This is another step ahead in upgrading our hospital.
Patients are being registered in the outpatient department. At present, patients' data are entered electronically.
Patients, especially the younger ones, need words of comfort, understanding and empathy from us. We are there for them when they need our attention!
Sister Edyta during a conversation with a patient with a congenital heart defect and her mother. The girl is currently on supportive medications and under doctors' supervision. We hope, that surgery will be not necessary.
Each week we conduct a healthcare training session to promote and increase health awareness.
During those meetings, we discuss various topics related to health education which are also important for our patients.
The meetings are held in the outpatient department.
Czytaj dalejHelping is good.
Helping is important.
Anyone and anywhere can help.
Any form of help is valuable.
It is worth helping not only for others, but also for yourself.
The helping changes the world for the better.
Every gesture, even the smallest one…. changes the world, someone else's world.
So many things can be written about helping, but also just look at this happy dad who helped us with cutting the grass and received clothes for his child from us. Helping each other is invaluable!
Musically talented students who were doing their nursing internship at Katondwe Mission Hospital. In addition to their daily challenges, they were eager to perform their vocal skills.
The beautiful and joyful singing of these young people resounded throughout the hospital grounds!
Czytaj dalejOur hospital, like all other hospitals in the world, demands maintenance work on an ongoing basis. Let us introduce you to Eliot, our long-time employee - our "handyman" 😊 in one of the technical rooms, where we keep the necessary tools. Over there, our great Eliot with the rest of the technical team make most of the repairs.
Czytaj dalej1.5% of your tax will help us build a diagnostic imaging lab. We want to prepare it in accordance with the requirements of health care facilities, so as to maintain the safety of our patients.
Without an X-ray lab, we cannot perform many procedures.... Help us change this and you will contribute to saving the health and lives of many people, the rest will be taken care of by US. And we will keep you informed on an ongoing basis.
We are very grateful for the opportunity to cooperate with the Pro Spe Foundation.
We would like to thank You for supporting us in raising money for the building of an X-ray block and the purchase of a new X-ray.
Your initiative will certainly bring a lot of good and will bring us closer to our goal.
We are truly grateful to you!
Today, eighteen-year-old Joan was admitted to Katondwe Mission Hospital.
Joan is another person injured as a result of attack by the wild animals. In this case, a crocodile attacked this young woman while she was taking water from the Luangwa river.
Czytaj dalejWe are preparing our own food stocks as well!
The purchase of a proper amount of corn, an essential food ingredient in Zambia, is a matter of great importance in our schedule and one provided for in the budget.
Currently, the corn is being poured to tighter bags and properly secured against insects. It is supposed to get us through the entire year!
Future goals
Unfortunately, our Hospital’s needs for medical supplies and equipment are very high. As our resources are severely limited, we are trying to face the subsequent challenges in a proper order. The most urgent needs are secured thanks to your contributions to our specific fundraisers.
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How we help - a few words about Katondwe hospital
For 60 years, the Katondwe Mission Hospital has been providing medical help to the people of Zambia, Mozambique and Zimbabwe in Africa. As one of very few medical centres within 250 kilometres, it provides the local population with free medical care in several wards: paediatrics, internal medicine (female and male), gynaecology and obstetrics, and palliative care. A professional operating theatre and a diagnostic imaging lab (ultrasound, X-ray) are available for our patients. We also have a GP outpatient surgery, where many preventive and educational actions are organised on an ongoing basis. We also organise field medical programmes, which allow us to reach out to those in need who cannot come on their own to the hospital .
The Katondwe Mission Hospital is run by the nuns from the Congregation of Little Servant Sisters of the Immaculate Conception (Siostry Służebniczki Starowiejskie) from Poland. Thanks to their work, it continues to develop, providing medical care at the highest possible level. Our hospital may admit up to 100 patients simultaneously. We are still looking for new solutions to improve the health care for the people of the Luangwa Valley.
Through our eyes
"My visit to the Katondwe Hospital, albeit short, has left its mark on me forever. I am delighted that, thanks to the support of the company I work for, I have been able to visit the place and install a new power generator at the hospital. I know it is a drop in the ocean of the Sacred Heart’s needs, but I am also aware of the joy that every piece of support, however small, brings to them".Jacek Karolak, TME employee
Through our eyes
"Katondwe gets into your bloodstream. You experience your stay here with your entire body. First of all – physically, as climate in this part of Zambia requires exceptional endurance. Secondly –emotionally, often balancing on the extreme poles of feelings. Here, tears of happiness flow together with those of despair. You may depart from Katondwe in the corporeal sense, however, it’s hardly possible to leave such a place and just stop thinking about it. Once you get to know the everyday life of the hospital, you can’t help but be amazed at the devotion and resourcefulness of the entire staff, who are relentless in their efforts to develop the facility. This potential mustn’t be wasted!"Karolina, TME Projekt Katondwe
Through our eyes
"As always, life has quite rapidly and accurately verified my idea about this place. The hospital is big, hires lots of medical and technical staff and every single day helps over two hundred patients including children, pregnant women, victims of traffic accidents or people bit by wild animals. Can you imagine that the entity got connected to the electricity grid only two years ago? Honestly, I can't. I enormously respect the work of the hospital's management, their unconditional devotion and sacrifice. I am glad I could have the experience of working there and that I could help. Now, being back in Poland, I can better understand the hospital's reality so I can tailor our actions accordingly to what the institution needs."Wiktor, TME Projekt Katondwe
Through our eyes
"My stay at Katondwe was one of the most important experiences in my life. I had the unique opportunity to not only see first-hand how the hospital is run on a daily basis and to directly support its work. Everything I experienced here, every single encounter, conversation and story will stay with me for a long time. I’ve brought a piece of this place back here, in my heart, and I’m glad that I could leave some part of me there in exchange."Dorota, TME Projekt Katondwe
Become our Friend
Thanks to the support of our Donors, we are able to help our patients at a constantly higher level.
If you want to, you can get involved in the missionary work in various ways: