http://www.medicmalawi.org Supporting healthcare in Malawi Wed, 28 Nov 2007 09:40:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If you just don't know what to get that certain person for Christmas, then why not consider Medic Malawi's Send A Gift scheme. Help families in Mtunthama without even leaving your armchair Download the Send a gift brochure and order form.Share This http://www.medicmalawi.org/2007/11/28/alternative-christmas-gifts/ A big thank you to everyone who helped in the preparing and packing of the container, now on its way to Malawi. Unfortunately we weren't able to get the Land Rover into container, despite the valient efforts of the packing team, who tried all sorts of ways to it into a ... http://www.medicmalawi.org/2007/09/08/packing-the-container/ In addition to the equipment list, this is also a list of commonly used drugs at St. Andrew’s Community Hospital. If you can donate any of these items, please let us know before the end of August. Tablets Amoxyl Ampicillin Penicillin VK Cotrimoxazole Trimethoprim Chloramphenicol Ciprofloxacin Cloxacillin Cephalexin Cefuroxume Metronidazole Multivitamins Iron with ferrous sulphide Paracetamol Aspirin Brufen Indocid Diclofenac Morphine Pethidine Nitrofurantoin Erythromycin Metochlopromide Phenobarbitone Buscopan Bisachudyl Cocodamol Magnesium trisilicate Cimetidine Ranitidine Omeprazole Lansoprazole Diflucan Acyclovir Griseofulvin Ascorbic acid Propranolol Hydrochlorothiazide Methyldopa Nifedipine Allopurinol Frusemide Atenolol Glibenclamide Tolbutamide Prednisolone Hydrocortisone Ketoconazole Griseofulvin Ergometrine Tablets Piriton Promethazine Quinine Injectables Benzyl penicillin Gentamicin Benzathine Penicillin Ampicillin Chloramphenicol Cefriaxone Diazepam Phenobarbitone Diclofenac Metronidazole Lignocaine Ketamine Atropine Pethidine Morphine Dexamethasone Aminophylline Dextrose 50% Frusemide Metoclopramide Buscopan Ergometrine Ointments and creams Dexamethasone ... http://www.medicmalawi.org/2007/08/07/more-hospital-supplies-needed/ We have recently returned from Mtunthama, and can report that over the last twelve months there has been the most impressive progress. The Operating Theatre is finished and awaits only the necessary equipment and an anaesthetist to start functioning; there is a large surgical ward nearing completion, which should ... http://www.medicmalawi.org/2007/08/07/newsletter-august-2007/ Hospital Equipment Shopping List We would like to be able to include as much of the following as possible in the container going out at the beginning of September. If you can help by donating anything from this list, please get in touch. Thank you. 8-10mls test tubes Adhesive plaster Anaesthesia machine and monitors ... http://www.medicmalawi.org/2007/07/30/hospital-equipment-shopping-list/ Visit of Felicity Derry-Thomas and Ann Tregarthen of 'Operation Sunshine' SW England. “While planning a visit to Zambia to see the projects we support there through 'Operation Sunshine' we thought it a good idea to see St. Andrew's Clinic /Hospital in Malawi, and what a good idea it was - ... http://www.medicmalawi.org/2007/06/25/newsletter-june-2007/ Alex Peyton-Jones, a cycling enthusiast since he was give his first bike at the age of ten, has just completed a marathon trip from Land’s End to John O’Groats to raise money for Medic Malawi. Alex, now 26, is a landscape gardener who uses his bike as daily transport to and ... http://www.medicmalawi.org/2006/09/25/sponsored-cycle-ride/ The Operating Theatre The entrance to the new Operating Theatre, in the final stages of completion It is really exciting news that the Operating Theatre will be in use very shortly thanks to a generous donation from Aspect Capital Ltd., a hedge fund management company in London. The building houses a large ... http://www.medicmalawi.org/2006/09/25/newsletter-september-2006/ On 26th June 2006 the Prideaux family left Heathrow for St Andrews Clinic, Mtunthama. We arrived safely, with not one customs inspection, despite bags bulging with dental equipment and basketballs!! At the clinic were treated like royalty, with our host families sharing what they had with us, making sure we had ... http://www.medicmalawi.org/2006/07/25/the-prideaux-family-adventure-2006/ Visit by students from St. Peter’s Church of England School, Exeter to St Andrew’s Hospital, Mtunthama, Malawi, April 2006 At the beginning of our trip, we spent five days working in and around the hospital. We spent our time working in the kindergarten and feeding programme, painting murals in the reception and ... http://www.medicmalawi.org/2006/04/30/visit-by-st-peter%e2%80%99s-school-exeter/