Bansang Hospital Appeal


Major Construction Projects ~ Please scroll down


In Action: The Appeals achievements.

The Bansang Hospital Appeal has made real progress since my very first visit back in 1992. The major improvement program that has been implemented over the years has had a major impact on all departments.
The hospital now genuinely dispenses a very acceptable level of health care, with conditions on the wards having improved out of all recognition. It is now a great pleasure to visit the hospital and especially, my favourite, the children's ward.
However please do not be misled by the contents of this page as there is still so much more that needs doing. This is a hospital with an extremely high demand on its infrastructure and equipment due to the enormous numbers of patients constantly flowing through all departments. Recently replaced equipment and refurbished wards will require constant attention and frequent replacements to keep them within acceptable levels of effectiveness.
It is a constant battle to raise the necessary funds to just stand still, let alone make further desperately needed improvements. The hospital requires a steady stream of day to day supplies and attempting to satisfy just some of these requests, together with the transport costs, adds up to many thousands of pounds of commitment per year.
Major Construction Projects  
New Children's Unit ~ Ever since 1992 I have always wished that I could dramatically improve the conditions for the infants and children on the ward at the hospital. My dream was to build a fully equipped purpose built 80 bed children's unit. This long held ambition became a reality towards the end of 2003 and the new unit finally opened its doors in June 2006.
The construction of the Children's Unit................................................
The completed Children's Unit................................................................
The MITIE Group PLC ~ Installation of solar power...........................
The MITIE Group PLC ~ Restoration of the Colonial House............
Update and modernise the staff accommodation ~ In recent years it has become harder and harder to retain fully trained and qualified staff due to the actions of European governments. They have systematically enticed these wonderful nurses and doctors away from third world countries with the promise of better lives for themselves and the families. The consequences of such actions has left hospitals like Bansang desperately short of skilled staff with devastating effects on the patients welfare. I consider that if the Appeal can improve their lives with vastly improved living conditions and better education facilities for their children then we can perhaps stem the flow away from the hospital. This project is a vast undertaking and is desperately short of funding and so if you feel you could help then I will be eternally grateful ............... read more
Build a security perimeter wall  ~ Domestic animals, cows, goats, dogs, donkeys etc and wild animals freely roam around the hospital grounds and sometimes venture inside the hospital. However along came the UKGSer group who decided that they would take on this project having witnessed first hand the problems that these animals were causing. This group rode 7 Honda 90 motorbikes from the UK to Bansang in early 2006 and on arrival donated the bikes (with 3 spares) support vehicle and 2 tons of medical aid to the hospital. On their return to the UK they produced a magnificent book, Scooters in the Sahara, of their epic journey with all proceeds going to the Appeals funds. Furthermore they decided to raise the necessary funds within their group to build a security wall around the hospital. This is the page that Bill Oates published to raise the necessary  funds to build the wall.......... read more
Improvements to the departments
Some of the following improvements are only temporary and will require a more permanent solution in the future, as funding becomes available.
Stewart Robinson and his team from Barclaycard have installed substantial quantities of PC's within the hospital and the local schools. The hospital is now able to communicate via the Internet and has most patient records just a click away.
An extension to the labour ward ~ Completely refurbished with new, electric's, ceiling fans, hot water tanks, sluice and sinks, three flushing toilets, two showers, and new drainage pipes.
A temporary extension to the children's ward ~ Completely refurbished with, velux roof windows installed to improve light and ventilation, mosquito netting installed on all windows, new sinks, lighting and electric's. Additional work included the creation of a separate special care baby unit and a separate play area plus complete tiling of the store room.
Operating Theatre ~ Refurbished and completely tiled.
Sterilisation Room ~ Permanent new structure built with tiled walls, new work surfaces, sinks, lighting and electric's.
X-ray Department ~ Refurbished with a new office area created, developing area retiled, work surfaces installed and all new electric's and lighting.
Old Sterilisation Room ~ Converted by the hospital maintenance team into an emergency second operating theatre.  
Maternity Ward ~ Refurbished with velux roof windows installed to improve light and ventilation and new lighting and electric's,
Tuberculosis Ward ~ New taps and sinks installed.
Micro Biology Department ~ New taps, sinks, work surfaces, electric's and the installation of a water cooler and purification unit.
Pathology Laboratory ~ New sinks, fully tiled and new electric's and lighting. Further upgrades to the labs equipment have since been undertaken by the MRC (British Medical Research Council).
Pharmacy ~ New sinks and work surfaces installed.
Installation of a blood bank.
Installation of a 6 body refrigeration unit.
Male and Female toilet blocks ~ Refurbished and retiled.
Laundry ~ Hot and cold running water installed.
Hospital grounds ~ Two large multi tap wash hand basins installed. Used by visitors to the hospital.
Medical Library - An existing room converted into a library and stocked with books donated from the Kettering Post Graduate Library.
Local generator house ~ 300 kVa Rolls Royce generator supplied and installed, supplying power to the hospital and part of Bansang town. The electricity supply prior to this installation was almost non existent.
Improvements to the medical equipment
The following departments have received the following updates to their equipment.
Operating theatre ~ New specialist lighting unit, operating table, resuscitation equipment, comprehensive operating instruments and specialist reconstruction instruments.
All Wards ~ Almost all beds replaced, mattresses, sheets, pillows, window mosquito nets, equipment trolleys, drip stands, ward furniture,
Children's ward ~ Resuscitation equipment, oxygen concentrators, Incubators, children's toys.
X-ray Department ~ Complete x-ray unit, developing equipment, viewing boxes, lead aprons, x-ray cassettes.
Sterilization unit ~  Autoclave unit.
Pharmacy ~ Urgent pharmaceuticals regularly supplied.
Maternity Unit ~ Delivery beds, resuscitation unit, drip stands, suction unit and many other items appertaining to the department.
Library ~ Quantities of medical reference books, journals and general associated reading matter.
General medical ~ Examination beds, all nurses uniforms, wheel chairs, zimmer frames, crutches, walking sticks.
General non medical ~  Computer network, fax machine, maintenance kits, sewing machines, generators, bicycles.
(In Action)
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Bansang Hospital Appeal a UK registered charity  ~ 1064469