{"id":3351,"date":"2019-08-06T18:59:34","date_gmt":"2019-08-06T18:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/?p=3351"},"modified":"2019-08-06T18:59:34","modified_gmt":"2019-08-06T18:59:34","slug":"two-central-somalia-hospitals-facing-closure-due-to-funding-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/2019\/08\/06\/two-central-somalia-hospitals-facing-closure-due-to-funding-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Two central Somalia hospitals facing closure due to funding crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"

DUSAMAREB (SoOHA) –<\/strong> Two hospitals in\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>central Somali\u00a0<\/span>region of Galgadud\u00a0<\/span>are on the brink\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>closure due to lack of funds to support operations.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

P<\/span>eople living<\/span>\u00a0in Abudwaq and Balanballe are<\/span>having\u00a0<\/span>to seek private\u00a0<\/span>treatment<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0as Ibado<\/span>hospital in\u00a0<\/span>Abudwaq and Balanballe\u00a0<\/span>h<\/span>ospital a<\/span>re\u00a0<\/span>running o<\/span>ut of drugs and cannot provide services<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The\u00a0<\/span>Intern<\/span>ational Medical Corps\u00a0<\/span>(IMC)\u00a0<\/span>ceased its support to\u00a0<\/span>both<\/span>\u00a0hospitals\u00a0<\/span>in June<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0citing lack of funds.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr<\/span>\u00a0Nur Hussein Sheikhdon, the director of Ibado\u00a0<\/span>h<\/span>ospital<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0told Radio Ergo that\u00a0<\/span>since then th<\/span>e<\/span>y have\u00a0<\/span>been facing financial problems<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>The hospital\u00a0<\/span>can no longer pay<\/span>\u00a0staff salaries, water and electricity bills\u00a0<\/span>or buy<\/span>\u00a0medical supplies.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>I fear the institution could\u00a0<\/span>soon<\/span>\u00a0halt its services due\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>lack\u00a0<\/span>of funds.\u202fThe hospital serves\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>large population<\/span>. P<\/span>eople from\u00a0<\/span>various<\/span>\u00a0town<\/span>s<\/span>\u00a0come here for\u00a0<\/span>treatment<\/span>,<\/span>\u201d<\/span>\u00a0he said.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr Nur said the hospital\u00a0<\/span>treated<\/span>\u00a09,800 people from Abudwaq and surrounding areas\u00a0<\/span>in June and July.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>The<\/span>\u00a035 staff\u00a0<\/span>of<\/span>\u00a0doctors, nurses, cleaners and watchmen have been working\u00a0<\/span>without pay<\/span>\u00a0since June.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Habiba Osman, who lives in Abudwaq, took her daughter-in-law to the hospital when she went into labour but found\u00a0<\/span>she could not be assisted. She, therefore, took her<\/span>daughter<\/span>-in-law<\/span>\u00a0to a private hospital<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0where she\u00a0<\/span>had\u00a0<\/span>to pay<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe used to get free services at Ibado hospital but now I was forced to go to a private hospital because they are no longer able to support u<\/span>s<\/span>. I am<\/span>\u00a0struggling to pay the $30 bill,\u201d she said.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The hospital in Balanballe town<\/span>, 95 km away,\u00a0<\/span>faces a similar situation<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Saqo<\/span>\u00a0Siyad<\/span>\u00a0Adde, a midwife at Balanballe\u00a0<\/span>h<\/span>ospital<\/span>, said\u00a0<\/span>the hospital<\/span>\u00a0has\u00a0<\/span>cut down its operations.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOur records show that<\/span>\u00a0the hospital treated 4,200 people in June\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>900<\/span>\u00a0in July<\/span>. The hospital is running\u00a0<\/span>short of medicine<\/span>s<\/span>\u00a0and we fear we\u00a0<\/span>may not have enough for the next<\/span>few\u00a0<\/span>months<\/span>,<\/span>\u201d\u00a0<\/span>she said.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Saqo and 29 other staff are working\u00a0<\/span>without pay<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Farhiya Mohamed Elmi, a resident<\/span>\u00a0of<\/span>\u00a0Balanballe<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>expresse<\/span>d<\/span>\u00a0concern about the future of her family<\/span>\u2019s health care.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Whether it is vaccination, check-up, treatment and dealing wit<\/span>h malnutrition, we were relying<\/span>\u00a0on the hospital. We have no other free hospital, we pray the services to continue<\/span>,\u201d<\/span>\u00a0she said.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Abdifatah Qanyare, head of IMC in Galgadud region, confirmed the ending of its support to the hospitals due to lack of funding.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Officials from Galmudug health ministry told Radio Ergo that the authorities are trying\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>find ways to\u00a0<\/span>keep services going at both<\/span>\u00a0hospitals.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source: Radio Ergo<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DUSAMAREB (SoOHA) – Two hospitals in\u00a0the\u00a0central Somali\u00a0region of Galgadud\u00a0are on the brink\u00a0of\u00a0closure due to lack of funds to support operations.\u00a0 People living\u00a0in Abudwaq and Balanballe arehaving\u00a0to seek private\u00a0treatment,\u00a0as Ibadohospital in\u00a0Abudwaq and Balanballe\u00a0hospital are\u00a0running out of drugs and cannot provide services.\u00a0 The\u00a0International Medical Corps\u00a0(IMC)\u00a0ceased its support to\u00a0both\u00a0hospitals\u00a0in June,\u00a0citing lack of funds.\u00a0 Dr\u00a0Nur Hussein Sheikhdon, the director …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3352,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-health-cluster","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3351"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3353,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3351\/revisions\/3353"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}