Children’s hospital given complete facelift

August 25, 2011

On August 25, the chairperson of Mehr Nuri Foundation’s Public Council, Professor Gulnara Karimova, cut the ribbon to inaugurate a newly reconstructed children’s hospital No 5 in Tashkent. One of the goals given to the Foundation is the reconstruction of major medical facilities across Uzbekistan. The in-patient hospital which has been given a complete facelift provides medical care for all newborns in Tashkent as well as children under 3.

Over 200 people, including doctors, staff of medical facilities, Ministry of Health officials, representatives of international and local NGOs and journalists, attended the opening ceremony for the reconstructed hospital.

Dilorom Davletova, chief doctor of children’s hospital No 5:

“Our staff was elated to hear the news that the hospital would be reconstructed. And today we have all gathered together to witness its rebirth. Our newly reconstructed hospital has been given up-to-date equipment; new devices in the functional diagnostics unit, intensive care and therapy units, and notably a digital x-ray machine. The walls in the hospital’s interior now feature children’s theme images so that kids and their parents can feel at home. This complete renovation now motivates us to improve our skills and knowledge as well and use the new equipment for the benefit of our children. On behalf of my colleagues, children and their parents I want to say a big thank you to the Fund Forum and Mehr Nuri Foundation for this wonderful present for us and our little patients.”

The renovation of the hospital has been carried out by Mehr Nuri Foundation with support from sponsors from January to August 2011 and in full compliance with Sanitary Rules and Norms. The new design has seen the kitchen, the centralized sterilization section, the drugstore and the Laundromat moved into a newly added extension. The warms have been transformed into single and double-bed rooms with better amenities. The entire hospital has been supplied with medical inventory and facilities, office equipment, and furniture.

Johannes Koppel, the International Committee of the Red Cross:

“Mehr Nuri Foundation’s activities are very interesting to me. I’ve come here today in order to learn more about what has been done and about the Foundation’s projects. I’m aware that the Foundation oversees a series of charitable and social projects aimed at supporting women and children.”

Many doctors have noted that the hospital has been completely transformed both in and outside. The surface has been covered with bricks, old wooden window frames supplanted with double-glazed analogs, the adjoining area landscaped, and covered pavilions erected. The hospital now boasts brand new equipment for diagnostics and treatment.

The walls inside the hospital now feature images of cartoon and fairy-tale characters have been created by artists so that the visitors – children and their parents – could feel at home. This, in turn, will contribute to the little patients’ quicker recovery.

The hospital was originally built in 1964 and could house 140 patients. It includes: early age pediatrics unit, mother rehabilitation unit, premature and sick baby care, intensive care and therapy unit, a drugstore, admission section, a biochemical lab, a physiotherapy unit, ultra-sound, electrocardiography and x-ray units, a dining room, a laundromat, a statistics section, and central sterilization section. The hospital is staffed by 171 people, thirty of them doctors. Annually the hospital provides care for 3,000 children.

Several facilities being reconstructed by Mehr Nuri Foundation will soon be inaugurated. Among them are:

1. Republican Specialized Research Medical Center (a seven-storied medical treatment facility);
2. Central Clinical Hospital No1 (hydrotherapy section);
3. Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Melioration (Training facility “B”, winter dining room and summer pavilion for events)
4. Rural medical post “Urtasaroy”
5. Tashkent Pediatric Medical Institute (gymnasium)