Friends of Edna 12th Anniversary

Posted on Dec 22, 2011 in Hospital News | 0 comments A special ‘Thank You’ to the Friends of the Edna Adan Hospital on the occasion of the 12th Anniversary of the formation of the Friends of the Edna Adan Hospital who have been our longest and strongest supporters, even before the hospital was opened in 2002. We all remember when in 2000, the hospital was still under construction and just a shell with no roof, no doors and no windows....
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Year End Newsletter 2011

Posted on Dec 17, 2011 in Edna Adan, Hospital News, Somaliland | 3 comments 2011 has been another year when once again, the Edna Adan Hospital was blessed with so many new developments as well as new friends. As our friends know, Edna started out as a Maternity hospital but in 2011 we’ve seen many new services and procedures that have changed the lives of people in Somaliland. Here are some of the examples of the 514 operations performed since January, 2011: 185...
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“Tiger” Goes Home

Posted on Nov 11, 2011 in Hospital News | 0 comments Two weeks ago, we posted to our Facebook page the touching story of a premature baby boy, affectionately nicknamed “Tiger,” for his toughness. Tiger was given little chance of survival. And yet, one day after another, he did manage to survive. In that first message, Edna shared photos along with this message, “We call him him ‘Tiger’ because he was born prematurely...
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100 New Graduates!

Posted on Oct 27, 2011 in Hospital News | 0 comments Edna Adan, the teaching staff, the volunteers – and, basically, everybody in the whole of Somaliland – is very proud to announce the graduation of 100 newly-trained pharmacists and laboratory technicians. We’ve added a new photo gallery to commemorate the event. New Photo Gallery of...
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Vive La France – Water!!

Posted on Sep 11, 2011 in Blog, Hospital News | 5 comments As you may know, access to water has long been a pressing concern for Edna. She has often spoken of this as being her single biggest challenge. Edna is deeply, deeply grateful to France for having funded this months-long effort, which has now met with success. During the past four months, we have been in labour with our water well drilling effort which we started with kind support from France....
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Newly-Graduated Doctors for Somaliland

Posted on Aug 6, 2011 in Blog, Hospital News | 7 comments Edna cried with happiness upon the graduation of these two former Edna Hospital nurses from medical school. They are among Somaliland’s newest (and finest!) doctors. These two young women first graduated from the Edna Hospital school of Midwifery and then were trained by the Hospital as Nurses. The two showed such a lot of promise that the Edna Hospital then sponsored them through Medical...
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Video: Hospital’s Ever-Expanding Mission

Posted on Apr 29, 2011 in Hospital News | 0 comments “Originally intended to be a small, normal maternity facility…” In this video, Edna Adan relates how the mission of the hospital expanded from the original goal of serving expectant mothers. More than 10,000 babies have now been born at the Edna Hospital. In addition, the hospital treats everything from snake bite to war wounds. Turned out, there were not enough trained nurses,...
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Saving Lives with Ultrasound

Posted on Mar 30, 2011 in Hospital News | 0 comments There is a training program in progress now at the Edna Adan University Hospital. Students are learning how to make use of Ultrasound machines in order to better anticipate when there will likely be problems with a delivery. ISUOG Outreach has been working with Edna for months now, planning this training. Edna says of the project, “The teams arrived and started training as soon as they...
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Recent Achievements at Edna Hospital

Posted on Mar 19, 2011 in Hospital News | 0 comments Here is a summary, provided by Edna Adan, of some of the highlights of these past few months: 1. After the operating theatre was opened, we had the visit of surgeons from Kijabe hospital who performed the first operations in the new facilities equipped with supplies received from the Fistula Foundation and Direct Relief. Among the operations performed were seven children with hydrocephalus who...
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Newly Possible Surgeries

Posted on Jan 21, 2011 in Hospital News | 0 comments The newly-built Operating Theaters are being put to very great use at the Edna Adan University Hospital these days. The Kijabe Surgeon who operated on our patients returned from Borama to follow up on the patients. The five young Hydrocephalus patients have now gone home, a week following the surgery to place shunts to drain the fluid from their brains. We also have photos of a breast surgery...
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First Operations

Posted on Jan 15, 2011 in Hospital News | 0 comments Here is a followup to yesterday’s blog post announcing the opening of the two new operating theaters. We have photos of the first set of operations, including surgeries on five small children who suffered from Hydrocephalus. These were performed by two surgeons and one anesthetist who are residing at the hospital for one week and working hard, putting the new facilities to good use....
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New Operating Theaters Open

Posted on Jan 13, 2011 in Edna Adan, Hospital News | 1 comment The following is a report by Edna Adan about the grand opening of the new Operating Theatres. Already, numerous surgeries have been performed. The past few days have been some of the busiest and also happiest days of my life: We opened the theatres and started operations! 1. Opening. Ceremony was attended by the First Lady of Somaliland, the Minister of Health, the Minister of Religious...
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Bachelor of Science Midwifery Programme

Posted on Dec 13, 2010 in Hospital News | 0 comments The University of Hargeisa (UoH), Edna Adan University Hospital (EAUH) and Tropical Health and Education Trust (THET) would like to announce their forthcoming BSc. Midwifery programme due to start in March 2011. This programme which is the first of its kind in Somaliland is designed to create a new cadre of midwives who will help to address maternal and infant health across the country. The BSc...
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Der Bund news article (in German)

Posted on Dec 3, 2010 in Edna Adan | 0 comments Here is a newspaper article published in the Swiss newspaper, Der Bund. Edna is gathering much support among the Swiss. Samstagsinterview Edna Adan, ehemalige Aussenministerin von Somaliland, Gründerin eines Frauenspitals in Hargeisa «Wir fordern die Frauen auf: Lasst eure Töchter nicht verstümmeln!» Edna Adan kämpft gegen die Beschneidung der Frauen. «Mein Vater war dagegen», sagt sie,...
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Year End Newsletter

Posted on Dec 2, 2010 in Hospital News | 0 comments 2010 has been an exciting year for my country Somaliland as Presidential elections were held in June and a new President elected. We have also been very busy at the Edna Adan Hospital. While there have been many things to celebrate in 2010, there remain many challenges which we will continue to fight in the coming year. With your support we will remain dedicated to improving health for the people...
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