zaterdag 26 september 2009
LOL
Ja en dan is het weer eens tijd voor wat lol na al die serieuze zaken. Vandaag bedachten de kinderen dat het leuk was om een "sushi rol" te maken van papa. Een goed recept voor lol!
donderdag 17 september 2009
Educating ethnic minority children
For some beautiful pictures and interesting information about Unicef's work for ethnic minorities please click on Unicef.
dinsdag 15 september 2009
CAC Infusion Pumps Donation, National Hospital of Pediatrics
Article in Lotus News September:
A donation of five infusion pumps to the National Hospital of Pediatrics Cancer Ward helps to increase the chemotherapy treatment available to patients.
While in industrialized countries nearly 80% of children treated for cancer will survive, this survival rate drops to 20% and even 10% in developing countries where access to information, early detection and treatment are often not available. Yet, most childhood cancers can be cured when detected early and treated without delay. Eighty percent of the world's children with cancer live in low-income developing countries where misdiagnosis, late diagnosis, lack of access and abandonment of treatment are almost insurmountable obstacles opposing improvement of outcomes.
National Hospital of Pediatrics: Cancer Ward
The Cancer Ward of the National Hospital of Pediatrics comprises of about eight crowded rooms, down along one long corridor. Cheery Christmas lights and cute wall paintings belie the serious business at hand. At any one time the cancer ward is dealing with 50 - 70- patients, ranging in age from new borns to 17 year olds. Patients are usually two to a bed as well as Mothers and Fathers sitting and helping alongside. Some are day patients, most live-in. All require daily treatment, usually involving chemotherapy. The most efficient way to administer this treatment is with an infusion pump. This simple electronic pump dispenses the necessary treatment accurately and precisely according to the patient's age, weight and dosage required.
Without the pump, the nurses have to figure out the correct dosage down to milimetres with simple drip fed bags, which makes it much more difficult. According to Dr Lan, head of the Oncology Department (of NHP) 3,000 children are admitted to her department every year. Understaffing and lack of sufficient pumps means that immediate treatment is not always available to these children.
When CAC visited the Cancer Ward in April 2009, the Ward had just eight infusion pumps in operation; one pump bought by the hospital, another pump received through private donation and the remaining six pumps given by a private clinic operating in Hanoi. These eight pumps were in constant use but could not address the overwhelming need for immediate treatment of so many patients. With this in mind, the NGO `Making Dreams Come True' approached the CAC for funding. `Making Dreams Come True' is headed by Que Nguyen who works tirelessly to improve the facilities and amenities for children in the hospital. Having visited the ward and reviewed the facilities and patient numbers, CAC proposed to the HIWC Board that five new infusion pumps be donated to the Cancer Ward. On May 14th, 'Making Dreams Come True' organised a handover ceremony for the pumps. With National TV and press attending CAC Co-Chair Anna Pia Hudtloff presented the five new machines to Dr Lan, Head of Oncology Department. Que got some of the children to sing and invited mothers to share their experiences of dealing with a child with cancer.With more music and songs cookies and drinks were handed out to all the patients and families on the Ward.
Maeve O'Donovan
Lieke Berghauser Pont
A donation of five infusion pumps to the National Hospital of Pediatrics Cancer Ward helps to increase the chemotherapy treatment available to patients.
While in industrialized countries nearly 80% of children treated for cancer will survive, this survival rate drops to 20% and even 10% in developing countries where access to information, early detection and treatment are often not available. Yet, most childhood cancers can be cured when detected early and treated without delay. Eighty percent of the world's children with cancer live in low-income developing countries where misdiagnosis, late diagnosis, lack of access and abandonment of treatment are almost insurmountable obstacles opposing improvement of outcomes.
National Hospital of Pediatrics: Cancer Ward
The Cancer Ward of the National Hospital of Pediatrics comprises of about eight crowded rooms, down along one long corridor. Cheery Christmas lights and cute wall paintings belie the serious business at hand. At any one time the cancer ward is dealing with 50 - 70- patients, ranging in age from new borns to 17 year olds. Patients are usually two to a bed as well as Mothers and Fathers sitting and helping alongside. Some are day patients, most live-in. All require daily treatment, usually involving chemotherapy. The most efficient way to administer this treatment is with an infusion pump. This simple electronic pump dispenses the necessary treatment accurately and precisely according to the patient's age, weight and dosage required.
Without the pump, the nurses have to figure out the correct dosage down to milimetres with simple drip fed bags, which makes it much more difficult. According to Dr Lan, head of the Oncology Department (of NHP) 3,000 children are admitted to her department every year. Understaffing and lack of sufficient pumps means that immediate treatment is not always available to these children.
When CAC visited the Cancer Ward in April 2009, the Ward had just eight infusion pumps in operation; one pump bought by the hospital, another pump received through private donation and the remaining six pumps given by a private clinic operating in Hanoi. These eight pumps were in constant use but could not address the overwhelming need for immediate treatment of so many patients. With this in mind, the NGO `Making Dreams Come True' approached the CAC for funding. `Making Dreams Come True' is headed by Que Nguyen who works tirelessly to improve the facilities and amenities for children in the hospital. Having visited the ward and reviewed the facilities and patient numbers, CAC proposed to the HIWC Board that five new infusion pumps be donated to the Cancer Ward. On May 14th, 'Making Dreams Come True' organised a handover ceremony for the pumps. With National TV and press attending CAC Co-Chair Anna Pia Hudtloff presented the five new machines to Dr Lan, Head of Oncology Department. Que got some of the children to sing and invited mothers to share their experiences of dealing with a child with cancer.With more music and songs cookies and drinks were handed out to all the patients and families on the Ward.
Maeve O'Donovan
Lieke Berghauser Pont
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