John: Koidu Government Hospital's special baby care unit will open later in July 2020 (2020)
prediction · status: came true · last event: came true (2021-04-20) · owner: John · last mentioned: 2023-05-02
In July 2020 John said a special baby care unit would open at Koidu Government Hospital later that month. In April 2021 he said neonatal mortality at the hospital had fallen by 50% in the past year thanks to the new infant care unit.
Part of: Maternal Center of Excellence: the brothers' Partners In Health project in Sierra Leone (2019)
About: Koidu Government Hospital
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-07-21 | predicted | Later this month (July 2020) a special baby care unit opens at Koidu Government Hospital, which John calls a huge milestone for infant care. | Somebody Once Asked . . . 00:01:56 |
| 2021-04-20 | came true | Change is already happening: in the last year neonatal mortality at Koidu Government Hospital fell by 50% thanks to a new infant care unit. | Breaking Ground!!! 00:00:29 |
| 2023-05-02 | recalled | A special care baby unit at Koidu's hospital has already dramatically reduced child mortality. | GOOD NEWS 00:04:23 |
What is said about it
11 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2023-05-02 · GOOD NEWS — John: The unit is so full that the team sometimes has to make unspeakably difficult decisions about whom to admit, but its babies receive world-class care. — 00:04:52
- 2023-05-02 · GOOD NEWS — John: Two years ago the parents of almost all the babies in the unit would have gone home heartbroken. — 00:05:50
- 2023-05-02 · GOOD NEWS — John: In the special care baby unit, PIH co-founder Ophelia Dahl asked whether a frail baby on CPAP would live; the nurse answered that all these babies will live: this is the good news room. — 00:06:49
- 2020-07-21 · Somebody Once Asked . . . — John has heard that health workers in PPE and the smell of chlorine can trigger people with PTSD after surviving the Ebola crisis. (hedged) — 00:02:26
- 2020-07-21 · Somebody Once Asked . . . — John: There is encouraging news but it is very difficult; any effective healthcare response must include mental health care and real listening and reassurance. — 00:02:26
- 2020-07-21 · Somebody Once Asked . . . — John cites Dr. Marta Patino's summary of the approach to care in this crisis: kindness, patience, information, empathy. — 00:02:26
- 2021-04-20 · Breaking Ground!!! — John: The mental health clinic is growing, as is a new clinic for adolescent care. — 00:01:16
- 2021-04-20 · Breaking Ground!!! — John says the MCOE should dramatically accelerate this progress. (hedged) — 00:01:16
- 2021-04-20 · Breaking Ground!!! — John: As a teaching hospital, the MCOE will train the next generation of Sierra Leonean health care workers. — 00:01:16 · also in: Risk Is a Privilege
- 2021-04-20 · Breaking Ground!!! — John: There is a very long way to go in strengthening Sierra Leone's health care system, but this is a big milestone. — 00:01:16
- 2021-04-20 · Breaking Ground!!! — announcement: John: The groundbreaking will be celebrated on April 29 at 6 p.m. Eastern with a livestream featuring friends from PIH Sierra Leone; John hopes viewers join. — 00:01:16