MALAWI: La Obra Maxima Donates Three Oxygen Concentrators to Pririmiti Hospital
Mastone Peter
A Spain-based missionary non-governmental organization (NGO) known as La Obra Maxima has donated three oxygen concentrators to Pirimiti Community Hospital of Zomba Diocese in a bid to improve delivery of quality health care services at the facility.
La Obra Maxima is a missionary NGO of the Order of the Discalced Carmelites (OCD) in Northern Spain. It has made this donation as one way of trying to equip the isolation ward for Covid-19 patients which the hospital has created.
Bishop of Zomba Diocese, Rt. Rev. George Desmond Tambala, who is a member of the Order said that the Diocese is very grateful for the donation which has come at a time when Pirimiti Hospital needs medical equipment, especially those that can help in the prevention and fight against Covid-19 pandemic.
Speaking after receiving the donation, the Nurse-In-Charge for Pirimiti Hospital, Sister Mary Njuguna thanked the Discalced Carmelites for the donation.
“As a hospital, we have an isolation ward, but we did not have any equipment in it until today we are receiving these oxygen concentrators. These machines can support up to 15 patients because we can put distributers to each machine so that it can serve up to 5 patients who might need oxygen supply”, continued Sister Njuguna.
Zomba Diocese has five health centres and one community hospital, Pirimiti, which has received these oxygen concentrators.
The Diocese joined forces in the fight against COVID-19 as evidenced by the recent appointment of a special Diocesan Taskforce on Covid-19 by Bishop Tambala.
As of June 29, 2020, statistics according to Public Health Institute of Malawi (PHIM) indicated that Malawi had 1,224 confirmed cases of COVID-19, 260 recoveries and 14 deaths while 13, 917 tests have been conducted.
