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The first meeting of the new Supervisory Board was held this month in the hospital. As announced in the last newsletter, this six member board is installed with the aim to improve supervision locally, as part of the larger transition process. The members are: Professor Mohamed Syed Fofanah (Chairman of the board), Dr. Augustine Jimissa…

Due to financial constraints and patient care naturally being prioritized, our Facility Department has been struggling to keep up all necessary maintenance, reaching the point that one of the ambulances was not safe to drive anymore. But recently the Facility Team received some vital support. A donor specifically made a donation to help with major…

LHMC received a beautiful donation from Madam Kadiatu Kanu, an indigene of the Gbonkolenken Chiefdom, where the hospital resides. The donor could not donate the items in person as she stays outside of Sierra Leone, but she sent the donated items through a relative. She donated two wheelchairs and five walkers in different colours. LHMC…

From the start the ultimate goal has been the transfer of the hospital to Sierra Leone. As we announced in previous newsletters the establishment of a local NGO is being prepared to enable this. The NGO will be a Company Limited by Guarantee (CLG). The CLG will be administrated by a Board of Directors, consisting…

Meet Magret Saffa, a 70 year old patient at LHMC. In February, she was referred from Kenema Government Hospital to our hospital. She had been involved in a road traffic accident which led to a severe injury at the ankle: a dislocated ankle fracture. After a long journey, she was warmly welcomed in LHMC and…

We recently had the pleasure of hosting a team of the Female Cancer Foundation, a crucial partner of LHMC. The visit marked one year of the cervical cancer screening project. We are very proud to announce that we have screened more than 1.300 women in communities around the hospital, far more than the set goal…

On our next stop in the hospital tour, we visit the laboratory team. On the left is Laboratory Manager John S. Koroma, who is responsible for managing and supervising the team, ordering and managing laboratory supplies, ensuring smooth operations and compliance with safety & medical standards. On the right is Mohamed Foray, our most senior…

Our clinical team received a lot of emergency cases, including young children suffering from serious malaria and women in obstructed labour. Almost all of these cases were in need of blood transfusions. In the first picture, you can see one relative donating blood, laying in one of the new blood donation chairs. These chairs were…

  Meet Mabinty (25) and her son. She was sent to the Lion Heart Medical Centre by the Primary Health Unit (PHU) in her hometown Mayepoh, because the labour was not progressing. That same day, the 5th of January, our doctors performed an emergency C-section to deliver a healthy baby boy. She was soon discharged and…

The arrival of the container preludes busy times for our store team, the next stop in our Hospital Tour, working at the Pharmacy and the Big Store, the last one now overflowing with boxes. Ibrahim Tholley and Samdix Alimamy Conteh serve as the Storekeeper and Assistant Storekeeper, respectively. They are responsible for supplying items to…