Hello!

This year I have been working in a fantastic hospital in Zambia. It has 350 beds and it delivers care to a huge rural population of Zambia. The care is so good that people travel from neighbouring countries for medical care. We treat everything from malaria, open fractures, brain bleeds, cancer, malnutrition, severe burns, major trauma... The hospital staff have a great work ethic and go above and beyond to help. Unfortunately it is suffering from government underfunding. The hospital has not received the grants it was promised this year. We are now in a great debt to pharmacies who are now unable to supply the hospital with essential medications and supplies.

There are a few projects that i would specifically like to fund for.

1. A life box. £250. This is a machine that measures the oxygen levels of patients. This is vital when treating people with chest trauma, chest infections and sepsis. It helps us to prioritise the very limited oxygen we have to the patients that need it most. The box is rechargeable so once its on the ward it can be used again and again and again..!

2. Skin grafting knives. £2/blade. Open fires mean that we get a lot of young children and babies that have terrible full thickness burns. Sadly the hospital has run out of the proper knives used to graft skin and help these children. A £2 blade is enough to graft a child.

3. Milk. £1/ L Children that suffer large burns become very protein deficient and need protein to help boost their immune system and heal. We mix milk with oil and sugar to make high calorie, high protein drinks. Unfortunately we are always out of milk!

4. Mosquito nets £5. My ward has 30 beds and 4 mosquito nets! As my colleague said: " we are giving patients malaria free of charge!". I would love to protect my patients with a mosquito net whilst they are unwell

5. An emergency drug fund. £ Unlimited..There are certain drugs that the hospital cannot afford. These drugs are often life saving and come at a relatively cheap price. For example: Tranaexamic acid can stop a women from bleeding during child birth and its not supplied from our medical stores.

So, if you have some money to spare I can promise you that it will be used well!!

Thank you :)