April 14, 2017. How appropriated to spend Good Friday morning as Jesus would have done, visiting sick children.

2. Blessing arranged for three nurses to take us on a tour of the pediatric
ward. Here Lydia is talking with Kieus (who has a BSc in Nursing and
Masters in Public Health). Zirihum, also a nurse has an MSc in Nutrition is
talking on the phone. Zinu Yaya (in white)

3. Blessing Goes To Used Clothing Stores And Buys Clothes
For the Babies.

7. As we entered the NEURO Unit, the two male nurses who were
accompanying us told us that pregnant mothers do not get Folic Acid
supplement and that many serious birth defects result. Hydrocephalic
and Spinal Bifita were the most visible in this unit.
Folate Deficiency: Causes, Symptoms, and Diagnosis - Healthline
1.www.healthline.com/health/folate-deficiency
Jul 26, 2016 - Complications of a deficiency may include: megaloblastic
anemia, which means the RBCs are larger than normal and not fully
developed. low levels of white blood cells and platelets. serious birth
defects in the spinal cord and brain of a developing fetus,
which are called neural tube defects.

10. He Smiled For Us.

12. Weigh Scale For Babies

13. Measurement Sliding Unit To Measure The Length of the Child

14. A Big Problem With Low Birth Weight
Babies Is Keeping them Warm. This Is
A Warming Unit.

15. Mother’s Name is Selamanit Abetew Phone 0910582806

16. Emmanuel is Three Months Old and Weighs 3.5 kg.
A target weight is set for each child.

17. This baby Emmamuel, needs
supplementary feedings especially
formulated for low birth weight or
premature babies. We need to be sure
that we have allowed sufficient money to
buy this.

18. We Meet Surafel. He is 9 years old. He has meningitis
and an abscess in his thigh. He smiled when we gave
him a Frizabee.

19. This is a government run hospital. Yesterday, they said no more superantibiotis. His
nurse went home very upset knowing he could not live without longer term
medication.

20. The nurses calculated out the
cost of the medication. (5000
Birr). We hope it works!

22. We only looked in as one had
to put on a gown to go in.
Notice they have oxygen. I
know one of the Rotary Clubs
projects’ was oxygen for one
of the hospitals.

24. Some Interesting Comments From Kidus:
• We have already eradicated Polio. The vaccination
in very effective . We have not seen a case for 10
years.
• Appendectomy is the most common surgery in
children along with shunts for hydrocephalic and
spinal bifida.
• Normal average birth weigh is 2.8-3.5 kg.
• A target weight is set for each child.
• The unit accommodates age 28 days to 14 years.
• When a child leaves the hospital, often the home
situation is not good (water, lack of money, no
money to buy milk)
• Most mothers’ breast feed
• Shunts are very expensive. Government and other
organizations donate the surgery.
• Complications from a surgery can lead to paralysis

26. And This Is A Bit Of The Story With One Department