Messages from Max Kooijmans

This month, two new volunteers got off to a flying start: Hasan Özcan (left in the photo) and Amie Moores (right). Both come for half a year to gain experience in international healthcare and vice versa to strengthen LHMC. Until recently, Amie worked in London in the emergency department and before that in the…

We owe you an update on the expansion of the outpatient clinic for some time now. The new building was taken into use at the beginning of this year. It consists of three parts: a dental room, a gynecological room and a room for minor surgery, which is mainly used for cleaning wounds. In addition, it includes…

February also marked the beginning of a new cycle of community outreach. Every Friday in the coming months, two members of our outreach team will travel to a health clinic (PHU) in our region. Beforehand, we again invited employees from all 21 clinics for a PHU Training Day. The topics for this cycle are Diabetes and Malnutrition (SAM), but…

The Ministry of Health put our patience to the test, but in mid-January we were officially given the green light: the Lion Heart Yele Pure Water has been tested, approved and suitable for production. On January 17, the first bundles with sachets of water flew over the counter and since then they have outperformed the competition…

Thanks to Compete IT Solutions, the members of our management team received their own laptop. They no longer have to do their work on old slow laptops with broken screens. And our head nurse now has access to a computer for the first time. Pictured are our finance manager Alhaji and HR manager…

An important condition for the future of the hospital is a better, greener and more reliable energy supply. At the moment, LHMC is mainly dependent on a diesel generator at night and in the rainy season. Rising fuel prices and shortages entail major risks for patients. That is why we want to expand the existing solar energy system and…

A number of students have started their practical internship with us again. Franzi (right in the photo) and Loes (left) are our new interns from Groningen, with a strong interest in tropical medicine. For both it is the penultimate internship, but Franzi will stay with us for a month longer! We also have new trainees…

It has been quiet for a while around the employee of the month. At the request of the employees, the procedure surrounding the election was revised, which meant that we had to skip a number of months. Last month it was that time again with none other than CHO Sultan. Since his arrival, Sultan has been a very valuable part of our…

Every year, the Lion Heart Foundation has a number (2-3) multi-year scholarships that are awarded to local employees to encourage them to deepen and improve and thus further contribute to the growth of the hospital. One of the conditions of the scholarship is that after this they can…

No, no training on how to harvest a coconut. This is the code word that the expat doctors use for the monthly scenario training. Once a month at an unexpected time, an employee is asked to show his or her best acting skills and pose as a seriously ill patient. One of…