8 October has been another milestone for the whole the Katondwe Mission Hospital community.

From today, our Mother and Child Clinic is supplied with running water from a new deep-drilled well. We are so happy about this: the entire hospital staff, our guests and the friends of our institution.

The well of St. Padre Pio was donated by Mr Ryszard Łuczyk from Przeworsk and many inhabitants of the Podkarpacie region, who have raised an adequate amount of money during the campaign "Recycled paper for the Mission".

We are deeply grateful for your every donation. It brings us closer to purchasing an X-ray machine for the Katondwe Mission Hospital.

In the hope of raising an adequate sum of money, we are eager to develop an even more challenging plan – to build a diagnostic X-ray and CT imaging laboratory. We aim to draw up a project in compliance with the recommendations and requirements for healthcare facilities in order to maintain the safety of our patients and staff. We also must install air conditioning in the X-ray and CT rooms due to the equipment requirements.

We believe that good people will support our initiative.

During their stay at the Katondwe Mission Hospital, Dr Szymon and Dr Wojtek performed a series of medical procedures, including: a Latarjet procedure of the shoulder, fixation of a femur fracture on an external stabiliser, plate fixation of a humerus fracture, removal of a connection from the femur, reconstruction of hand function – lengthening of tendons, the release of contractures, foraminotomy of the L5/S1 spine, correction of hallux valgus and hammer toes in the foot, revision of a wound and removal of necrosis from the femur, correction and plate fixation of the bones of the lower arm.

We had some very special guests in July. We enjoyed the visit of: Alicja Podgórna – a physiotherapist, and two orthopaedists: Szymon and Wojtek.

They brought with them a lot of positive energy, as well as some orthopaedic equipment, much needed at the Katondwe Mission Hospital.

During their stay, Dr Szymon and Dr Wojtek performed a series of medical procedures, including: a Latarjet procedure of the shoulder, fixation of a femur fracture on an external stabiliser, plate fixation of a humerus fracture, removal of a connection from the femur, reconstruction of hand function – lengthening of tendons, release of contractures, foraminotomy of the L5/S1 spine, correction of hallux valgus and hammer toes in the foot, revision of a wound and removal of necrosis from the femur, correction and plate fixation of the bones of the lower arm.

Every day, we admit new patients to the Katondwe Mission Hospital. They arrive from the neighbourhood as well as from furthest corners of Zambia. They come to find relief in their pain and alleviate their conditions.

The most common diseases are sickle cell anaemia, tropical splenic enlargement, malaria, tuberculosis and HIV. There are also many cases of cancer, heart disease or kidney disease. Many patients are malnourished.

We regularly deliver babies and perform caesarean sections.

The name of our hospital – the Sacred Heart Hospital – symbolises and reminds us that we devoted ourselves and our patients to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. This is why we wholeheartedly celebrate the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, an important day for the Church.

This year, the holiday is on the 11th of June.
A special Holy Mass was held on the hospital premises that day.

On 12 May, we celebrated the International Nurses and Midwives Day at our hospital. On this day, we wanted to express our admiration and appreciation for our nurses and midwives for their daily, committed fulfilment of duties of their demanding profession. Their knowledge, their skills, and their dedication to others mean that each patient at the Katondwe Mission Hospital can feel safe and cared for.

Thank you for your work!