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the health assistance for Herat Public Health
Department by Herat PRT (provincial Reconstruction Team)
From the time that Italian PRT has come to Herat Province, they have
done many assistance and cooperation with Herat Public Health
Department, via two focal points; Italian cooperation of the Italian
ministry of foreign affairs and Civilian Military Cooperation (CIMIC)
that are collaborating parallel to each other. We have arranged an
interview with them regarding these activities, and draw the kind
attention of you readers of magazine to it:
Q: Professor Mara, Responsible of Italian Cooperation, would you
mind indicating the assistance have been done for Health department
until now, via Italian cooperation?
Prof. Mara: We have begun our assistance under the name of Emergency
Program for Most Vulnerable people in most accessible Province,
which is Herat Province. The following activities have done till
now:
1. Rehabilitation of Pediatric Section (including Neonatology and
Nutrition ward) and providing the equipments (170,000 Euro)
2. Reconstruction of TB ward, Infectious Disease ward, ENT ward
Kitchen and Laundry.
3. Supplying Medicine for Herat Regional Hospital and 4 main
districts with the value of more than 50,000 Euro.
4. Providing Medical Equipments for Surgery, Nutrition and Neonatal
sections of Herat Hospital.
5. Sending 14 Health Personnel for refresher courses to Italian
Universities.
6. Repairing the existing Medical equipments by a Bioengineer and
training three of Herat Hospital Personnel, how to repair the
equipments.
7. In collaboration with military PRT, the Region Emilia Romaena has
sent huge amount of Furniture, computers and medical equipments. (it
will be handover promptly).
Q: Knowing the fact that, during your cooperation with this
department you have deeply understood the needs and challenges
toward this department, what are your future plans and assistance
for Herat Health Dept.?
Prof. Mara: Hereby I want to thank Dr. Raufa Niazi, Head of Herat
Public Health Department for her cooperation.
According to your requests and the needs of Health Section, the
following initiatives have been approved (2,500,000 Euro):
1- General Oxygen Distributing system for Herat Regional Hospital,
2- Advanced digital x-ray machine for Radiology Department.
3- Histopathology Center, having satellite connection Sienna
Histopathology Center, in order to communicate and interpret the
specimens.
4- While having Histopathology Department, it is necessary to have
the oncology section too. So it has been approved to provide Medical
Oncology center also.
5- Support the traumatology section, possibly with equipments of
Neurosurgery.
6- Provide equipments for Gyn-Obst section (especially for Premature
and dysmature), internal ward, stomatology ward, as per agreement
with the president of Public Health Dept.
7- Supplying Medicine for Public Health Dept., for 63 health centers
with the value of 300,000 Euro, including media activities, in
coordination with the Ministry of Public Health.
Dear Mr. Verolla, Responsible for CIMIC, Could you please name the
assistance and cooperation has been done?
Mr. Verolla: since March 2005, CIMIC has started its cooperation
with health department in purpose of improvement and betterment of
health facilities.
In the beginning we started with emergency programs to standardize
the structure of hospital, in other words;
1- We have reconstructed the emergency room of the Herat Regional
Hospital and supplied its all equipments.
2- For the Pediatric Ward 40 heaters were provided,
3- Maternal ward was supplied by medicine and renewable items
4- Two ambulances were provided for emergency cases
Mr. Verolla, you are going to start some big projects for Health
Department can you name them?
Mr. Verolla: considering the fact that the children mortality rate
is one the most biggest challenges toward health Department, the
project for a hundred bed pediatric Hospital has been approved,
which would be constructed with high standards to cover the need of
the region.
In Jaghartan district, we are making a comprehensive Health center
that is bigger and has more facilities than the other CHCs.
And for Farsi and Torghondi districts, two Basic Health Centers are
going to be constructed.
Could you say for readers of our magazine that until what time your
assistance and cooperation with Herat Health department will
continue? Would it be for some while or it will continue till self
sufficiency of government and people of Afghanistan?
Mr. verrolla: Health was and is important for us, and it is our
responsibility to prepare what we can do for health, it depend to
the forthcoming situation. if it depends only to me, I would say
that for all the time.
Prof. Mara: I strongly believe that, circle is a perfect symbol,
because it has not a beginning and not an end, so is our friendship
and the internal values of all cultures.
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