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World Safety Patient Day 2020
Today is World Patient Safety Day. Patient safety means safe hospital care through patient-centred treatment and high quality services. The theme for 2020? That there is no better way to protect patients than to protect healthcare workers. This is an imperative, basic rule for sustainable and well-functioning healthcare systems that has been made even clearer as we collectively…
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We Want to Stay by These People’s Side.
A faded yellow hallway. A scooter by the front door. G. is sitting on the ground by his three children. In front of him is a pack of food, delivered a few days ago by our volunteers Marco and Cristiana. Before the medical crisis, G. had a car hire firm, but the recession has left…
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EMERGENCY Magazine: COVID-19 Response
We want to tell you more about how EMERGENCY has responded to the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the very early days of this outbreak, we have been doing all we can to support the communities that we work with, ensure that our facilities stay open, and help other healthcare and shelter organisations too. Read our digital…
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Work at the Covid-19 Hospital in Bergamo Comes to an End.
Medical work at the field hospital set up in Bergamo for the COVID-19 health crisis officially drew to a close yesterday. Soon the facility will be turned into a clinic for follow-up checks on patients with the virus who need monitoring. EMERGENCY worked at the hospital for weeks, running intensive and sub-intensive therapy with a…
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Eid Mubarak to All Muslims Around the World.
Eid Mubarak! On such a special day, we want to introduce you to a special place. Outside the Salam Centre for Cardiac Surgery in Sudan, there is a gathering space EMERGENCY keeps for its patients and staff, surrounded by greenery. You can come here to pray, you can come here to think, or you can…
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We are Working to Ensure that No Life is Worth Less than Another.
What is the meaning behind these red T-shirts? We can call it belief in free access to healthcare for all, but we may also call it ‘the spirit to live.’ We borrowed the poetry from Shima, an incredibly committed nurse from Sudan, who has been with us for 10 years already. “I will never…
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“These are the Moments, or Rather the Gifts…”
Meet Arafa, Eleonora and Dr Juha. They are pictured at the Salam Centre for Cardiac Surgery where the little one is recovering after undergoing cardiac surgery, performed by Dr Juha. Eleonora has stood alongside Arafa and her mother during this delicate process. She wanted to share this happy story with us. ••••••••••••••••••••••••••⠀ “Arafa received her…
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International Nurses Day 2020
“To do this job, you must understand that it is a state of mind and soul. I never allow myself to give up, the purpose is to give the best service possible, to never leave patients alone, to make them trust you.” This is what Stoja, EMERGENCY nurse and Medical Coordinator at EMERGENCY’s Paediatric Clinic…
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Mother’s Day 2020
For those celebrating Mother’s Day, we bring you to the Paediatric Clinic in Mayo, on the outskirts of the Sudanese capital Khartoum. This picture was taken in December 2019, when illnesses like cholera, rather than COVID, were the main concern. In the middle of a cooking class, we were struck by this tender moment: a…
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EMERGENCY to Take Part in CTSNet Live from Africa: Perspectives on COVID-19 From Sub-Saharan Cardiac Centers
COVID-19 is a global health emergency, but the resources available to deal with the virus vary around the world. This coming Friday, 8 May, CTSNet is streaming a free webinar which will host representatives from the cardiac surgery sector across Africa. Cardiac surgeons based in South Africa, Sudan, Nigeria, and Tanzania have been invited to share their approaches on…