Kayerekera Health Centre in-charge Alick Sibale has appealed to well-wishers to facilitate installation of electricity and running water at the facility to improve service delivery at the maternity wing.
In an interview on Wednesday after receiving a consignment of assorted medical supplies from Pamoza Tingakwaniska Youth Organisation, he said the facility has operated without electricity and water for five years.
He said: “A health centre ought to have reliable electricity and running water because the maternity wing needs such amenities to function well.
“However, this health facility has been running without water since it was built in 2019. It has also been using solar electricity which Paladin Africa installed whose batteries are now worn-out.”
Sibale said lack of electricity is affecting drug storage as other drugs and vaccines require to be stored at a low temperature.
However, he thanked the organisation for the donation, saying it will improve delivery of healthcare services.
On his part, the organisation’s nurse Elvas Mwenelupembe said they donated the medical supplies to promote access to sexual and reproductive health services for adolescent girls.
She said: “We have donated medical supplies to Iponga, Mlare, Nyungwe and Kayerekera health centres.
“We hope this will help women and girls access family planning services because sometimes they are sent back without being assisted due to lack of resources.”
Mwenelupembe also said her organisation donated medical supplies and sanitary materials to Kayuni Community Day Secondary School to help girls during their menses.
The medical supplies included iodine, spirit, pregnancy test kits, emergency pills, surgical blades, gloves, paracetamol and ibuprofen.
The K3.4 million medical supplies donation was funded by Breuckmann Foundation and German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development.
