Saving Lives at Galkayo Hospital, Somalia
Drought conditions continue to worsen in Somalia and famine looms as the country’s long-running armed conflict drags on. The effects of drought, flooding and displacement, in addition to the fighting, have left roughly half of the population dependent on outside support for their survival and livelihoods support.
In Somalia, we support all in patient units at Galkayo Hospital, a public facility located in the south of Galkayo-Galmudug.
We offer services ranging from general healthcare, to pediatric services, to a stabilization center for severely malnourished children, while also providing care for patients with infectious diseases such as measles and whooping cough.
Galkayo Hospital serves roughly 200 people per day in all departments.
The hospital includes a 54-bed stabilization center supported by International Medical Corps.
Ambulances like the one above transport critically ill patients to Galkayo Hospital.
International Medical Corps’ team of doctors and nurses provide a range of healthcare services at Galkayo Hospital.
Inside the 54–bed stabilization center, doctors and nurses attend to patients.
A nurse checks the weight of a child admitted at the stabilization center to monitor his progress.
A nurse measures mid-upper arm circumference to screen a child for malnutrition.
A Somali mother cradles her sick child, who is receiving treatment at the hospital.
International Medical Corps’ doctors and nurses attend to sick and malnourished children at Galkayo Hospital.
A newborn baby sleeps in an incubator at Galkayo Hospital.
One of our surgeons prepares for surgery at Galkayo Hospital.
A mother feeds her severely malnourished child special therapeutic food provided at the hospital.
A cholera treatment unit at Galkayo Hospital addresses the need for prevention and treatment of disease outbreaks.
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